August 16, 2010 - (Free Research) This data deduplication technology tutorial will look at all of the data dedupe alternatives and take a look at some of the most significant deduplication backup products. Learn about global data deduplication, what to look for in a data deduplication product, inline vs. post-processing deduplication, and more.
March 15, 2010 - (Free Research) The market for midrange and high-end network-attached storage has become increasingly consolidated, yet still competitive, over the past year. This document offers a point-in-time snapshot of vendors' positions in the market at the time of the evaluation and evaluates each vendors' strengths and cautions.
June 18, 2010 - (Free Research) This e-guide offers advice about implementing file virtualization and details the benefits of implementing this technology. Read on to learn more.
July 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper illustrates the concepts of Celerra Data Deduplication, a feature of the EMC® Celerra network file server that increases the efficiency with which network-attached storage (NAS) data is stored. Read this paper to learn how to achieve storage efficiency with data deduplication.
May 10, 2010 - (Free Research) Improving your storage management and better leveraging your network-attached storage (NAS) data or block storage data is a challenge for many IT organizations. Read this transcript to learn best practices for improving storage management and how to better control NAS data storage systems via data classification, tiering techniques and more.
July 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper describes Celerra® Data Deduplication, a feature of the EMC® Celerra network file server that increases the efficiency with which network-attached storage (NAS) data is stored.
January 25, 2010 - (Free Research) The protocol utilized to transport data between servers and storage for High Performance Computing (HPC) and to define a Storage Area Network (SAN) is Fibre Channel(FC). Fibre Channel is an "invisible" protocol, because it is only known to the technicians that implement it and keep it working. This paper will provide an overview of this technology.
August 31, 2010 - (Free Research) The reason for the rise of 10GbE iSCSI is simple ‐ it offers the lowest cost of ownership and the highest performance among all SAN fabric alternatives. Read this white paper to learn more about these exciting developments.
November 24, 2009 - (Free Research) This data sheet discusses SAN Headquarters (SAN HQ) for managers of Dell EqualLogic storage. SAN HQ uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to collect performance, alarm and health status data from dozens of EqualLogic storage array groups that could be spread across multiple locations around the world.
May 05, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper defines six types of replication and looks at the advantages and drawbacks of each. It also provides an overview of factors (such as protocol and total cost of ownership) that should be taken into account when developing a replication strategy.
December 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This ESG Lab report examines the economic excellence of highly scalable EqualLogic iSCSI storage solutions compared to traditional direct attached storage (DAS), Fibre Channel storage area network (FC SAN), and multi-protocol solutions (defined as systems that provide FC, iSCSI, and NAS connectivity).
June 09, 2010 - (Free Research) Read this report for a discussion of the WAN and SAN performance results gained from using this new backup and replication solution.
May 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This document provides a detailed overview of using EMC Celerra with VMware vSphere 4. VMware vSphere is an infrastructure virtualization suite that provides virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities in an integrated package.
August 12, 2009 - (Free Research) The purpose of this white paper is to describe the benefits of a clustered architecture in comparison with traditional controller-based architectures, and to discuss the technology that makes HP LeftHand SANs better by design.
August 06, 2009 - (Free Research) With the launch of vSphere 4, VMware introduces a new version of the hypervisor, ESX 4.0 and the management interface, vCenter. Some key benefits offered by this release are greater resource efficiency, management control and freedom of choice for virtual datacenter storage resources and connectivity options.
January 27, 2010 - (Free Research) The risks attached to not having a BC or DR plan are neither small nor cheap. Every good plan employs certain technologies and methodologies to limit the disruptiveness of an outage. CDW offers storage, power and networking specialists to assist with disaster recovery needs.
March 05, 2010 - (Free Research) In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, you will discover how to balance the storage and networking demands of today’s virtual environments.
September 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper shows how enterprises may make the transition to 10GbE for storage using Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays and Dell PowerConnect™ switches.
December 10, 2009 - (Free Research) Even though some network servers look very much like the standalone computers that fill your office, they play a very different role in your business than desktop PCs do, and therefore their design is very different under the hood. Take a tour of the components that give a server the power it needs to handle your tough workload.
August 19, 2010 - (Free Research) This joint white paper prepared by Legrand/Ortronics and Fluke Networks reviews best practices for the technician performing field tests on installed optical fiber cabling. As traffic over networks expands and expectations of reliability increase, testing optical fiber cabling after installation is more important than ever.
June 18, 2010 - (Free Research) Are you worried about how server administrators configure virtual switches? Do you wonder when virtualization and live VM migration will create chaos on the network?If so, you are invited to a Webinar that discuss both performance inhibitors and solutions for critical applications migrated to a virtualized environment.
June 15, 2010 - (Free Research) The video surveillance market is in the throes of transition. IP surveillance is rapidly taking over from traditional analog CCTV. Within the next three years more than half the surveillance cameras used in North America will be IP cameras, according to the research firm Frost & Sullivan. Read this whitepaper to learn more.
