WHITE PAPER - A comprehensive virtualization strategy encompassing virtual servers and consolidated storage enables unprecedented gains in overall data center efficiency and flexibility. Read this white paper to learn about integrating virtualized servers with VMware vStoarge-Enabled Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs.
Posted: March 12, 2010 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Security | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | VMware

CASE STUDY - One of the greatest challenges for Fox Chase has been to keep pace with the backup requirements imposed by ever-growing amounts of data. Read this case study to learn how Fox Chase implemented a storage solution that significantly reduced backup times and improved the data reduction ratio.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Deduplication | Data Storage | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - The IBM System Storage TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway solution is an enterprise-class, data protection platform designed to quickly and safely protect business information while reducing the amount of space required for storage. Read this paper for more details.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Data Storage | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This Product Profile details where ProtecTIER is today, how native replication increases its value to enterprise and mid-market customers, and how customers are using ProtecTIER to protect their critical data.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: December 14, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Replication

EBOOK - Selecting a new server is always a crucial call, but virtualization adds some wrinkles that administrators must be aware of. This first chapter outlines the selection criteria with special emphasis on hardware attributes that demand serious consideration in a virtual environment.
Posted: March 9, 2010 | Published: March 9, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Hardware Selection | Hardware Virtualization | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Hardware | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - With the rapid growth in computing power and storage capacity, typical data center power consumption and power density are both spiraling upward. Read this whitepaper to learn the potential benefits that can be derived from an increased focus on power consumption and power efficiency.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2010


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Network Infrastructure | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Switches

WHITE PAPER - Deduplication 2.0 is the first highly efficient storage solution that addresses all the shortcomings of Deduplication 1.0 to achieve what storage efficiency is supposed to achieve – significantly lower total cost of ownership.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: February 22, 2010


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Information Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores in detail the methods used for deduplication, and the unique integration of software, servers, and storage that makes the SD3 appliance the solution of choice.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Deduplication | Data Storage | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - This paper will show how Atrato’s unique products introduce green benefits to the data center while increasing both capacity and performance. Atrato’s no compromise solution gives customers the option to go green while improving the efficiency of their data centers.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | Green Storage | Power Consumption Monitoring | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this article is to examine the unique benefits of Intel® Solid State Drive (Intel® SSD) over traditional HDDs and competing SSDs, and to explore the benefits one could realize in using these new high performance SSDs in storage and embedded applications.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: February 24, 2010


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | Flash Memory | High Performance Computing | Solid State Disks | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the current state of the virtualized datacenter architecture and the limitations it places on operational efficiency. It concludes with a detailed analysis of Dell's combined storage and server solutions and their proven ability to dramatically improve operational efficiency in highly virtualized infrastructures.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Published: February 1, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Hardware | Storage Virtualization | TCO

WEBCAST - This webcast discusses how using two different back up methods for active and inactive data can simplify management, reduce capital cost structure and operational costs.
Posted: February 19, 2010 | Premiered: February 19, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Capacity Planning | Data Deduplication | NAS | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization in general is supposed to help your customers reduce costs and save money by increasing the utilization of physical server hardware. The solution is a relatively simple one - a tool for better management of customers' storage IO bandwidth combined with higher utilization rates. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: February 18, 2010 | Published: February 18, 2010


Topics:  Fibre Channel | ROI | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - The storage landscape continues to evolve. Faced with such an array of storage ideas and options, how does one begin to make sense of such complexity? If you’re reading this, then the chances are you’re about to gain some useful insights into how best to create a Smarter Storage Environment within your business.
Posted: February 16, 2010 | Published: February 16, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Building a SAN, even a highly available and fault-tolerant enterprise-class SAN, is a fairly straight-forward process that takes less than 30 minutes. While it does take a bit of pre-planning, the small amount of effort required to build your own storage server can result in a significant cost savings and is ideal for applications and clustering.
Posted: February 15, 2010 | Published: February 15, 2010


Topics:  SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Software | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | VMware