August 06, 2010 - (Free Research) To realize the full benefits of vSphere, you need networked storage. And when it comes to virtualized servers, iSCSI is viewed as the top choice over Fibre Channel. In this month's cover story, Eric Siebert goes under the hood of VMware vSphere to show you how to make iSCSI work for virtual machines plus other essential and informative articles.
December 08, 2008 - (Free Research) In 2008, Forrester answered 106 end user inquiries on archiving, including questions on eDiscovery, retention, message archiving, and using archiving to cope with the data growth explosion. This white paper summarizes these answers and explains why it's necessary to retain data for regulatory compliance or legal discovery purposes.
June 15, 2010 - (Free Research) Cloud-based services are all the rage,but should you move your online, nearlineor backup storage to the cloud? Discover which environments are conducive to cloud-based services, what to look for in a public cloud SLA and how to build a private cloud environment.
March 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper describes the benefits of using Navisphere® Quality of Service (QoS) Manager on EMC® Celerra® Unified Storage Platforms in a VMware ESX environment.
June 07, 2010 - (Free Research) With HP's Insight Capacity Advisor Virtualization Services, organizations can get better return on investment (ROI) and achieve lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Additionally, these services make better use of your infrastructure and increase overall flexibility and reliability throughout it. Read this paper for details.
June 07, 2010 - (Free Research) Before choosing from HP's rich portfolio of virtualization services, read this paper for eight considerations to help make the best decision for your virtualization needs.
August 26, 2010 - (Free Research) Learn backup expert W. Curtis Preston’s take on the state of virtual server backup today including an overview of the different approaches to virtual server backup, the importance of Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Services (VSS) for backing up VMs and more.
June 16, 2010 - (Free Research) Read this solution brief to learn how to drive enterprise-level efficiencies and capabilities into your network by using Dell's EqualLogic line of iSCSI SAN storage solutions.
March 25, 2009 - (Free Research) Storage consolidation brings many applications together to a single storage pool. It improves storage utilization, simplifies management, and increases reliability in well implemented SANs. While consolidation makes it easier to manage, provision, and backup your data, how do you manage different application service level requirements?
June 23, 2010 - (Free Research) In this case study, Wikibon interviews a UNIX infrastructure manager about the four sets of storage management tools for the SAN that he and his team uses, his future SAN management plans, and how he has reduced the number of SAN management tools.
April 07, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper is intended for people who are proposing solutions, who are providing installation services or consulting, and who might be assisting in deploying VMware ESX backup solutions with HP ProLiant servers and HP StorageWorks storage technologies.
October 03, 2008 - (Free Research) This paper reviews Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange, a disk-based data management solution which optimizes the storage capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server.
August 10, 2010 - (Free Research) This ESG analyst report discusses the technology companies leading the way in providing solutions that provide elasticity and efficiency in the storage infrastructure and remove many of the management headaches we’ve come to know, helping users start down the path towards virtual IT.
June 04, 2010 - (Free Research) This report explores the value of some exciting new storage technologies which are collectively known as “reservationless storage.”
July 16, 2010 - (Free Research) Learn backup expert W. Curtis Preston’s take on the state of virtual server backup today including an overview of the different approaches to virtual server backup, the importance of Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Services (VSS) for backing up VMs and more.
July 27, 2010 - (Free Research) Download this brief guide to learn the top 5 questions you should be asking to ensure that your choice of a cloud storage provider will meet your business needs.
July 29, 2010 - (Free Research) Read the ESG market report the learn about why storage environments are currently under pressure, the emergence of scale-out storage, and the rise of scale-out 2.0.
July 20, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper details the compelling benefits created by improving the efficiency and performance of the “Technical Enterprise” with a Scale-out NAS storage infrastructure. Scale-out NAS enhances the traditional file server to provide an unlimited ability to scale capacity and performance across the organization.
January 25, 2010 - (Free Research) This TechReport gives the lowdown on what constitutes an internal storage cloud. Download to learn how these internal clouds will cut costs and help you manage enterprise data storage more efficiently.
October 01, 2008 - (Free Research) Priceline.com purchased and deployed six 3PAR InServ S400 tiered storage arrays across multiple locations to consolidate and protect all mission-critical and SAN-resident data, including core demand collection and offer processing Oracle® databases.
September 08, 2009 - (Free Research) Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.
March 05, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper compares traditional data protection options and provides an overview of the impact data deduplication is having on the storage industry. Deduplication is quickly gaining momentum in the growing disk-to-disk backup market and offers several significant improvements over traditional data protection methods.
