August 09, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper explores the need for uptime, explains the three components that contribute to uptime, reviews some of the problems with existing enterprise server management, provides a clear definition of clustering, and finally gives an honest explanation of what it can and can’t offer your organization.
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.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Xiotech’s Emprise 7000 family of storage area network (SAN) solutions is based on Xiotech’s patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE™) technology and proven virtualized, distributed cluster architecture. Read this white paper now to learn about the Emprise 7000 family in detail and the many benefits available.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn more about the Xiotech’s Emprise 5000 system, a revolutionary concept in data storage offering the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) of any storage area network (SAN) or SAN-like system on the market.
November 30, 2006 - (Free Research) Storage challenges for IT professionals are particularly complex in today's environment of rapid obsolescence of storage hardware and digital media.
August 10, 2009 - (Free Research) Servers play a crucial role in daily enterprise operations. But even the most powerful and resilient servers are useless without adequate storage. Storage solutions contain the operating systems, applications and virtual images needed to operate every server. This eBook chapter will help you better understand your data center storage challenges.
April 26, 2010 - (Free Research) If you are in charge of IT at a mid-size enterprise, you’re probably about to bite the bullet to add a new Storage Area Network (SAN). Why? The simple answer is that it’s a combination of challenges and opportunities. Read this paper to learn why any organization that runs more than one business server application should consider a SAN.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper is directed toward all levels of IT professionals—anyone who is interested in understanding the differences among the diversity of storage area network (SAN) offerings and approaches to storage virtualization. Read this paper to find out more.
July 07, 2010 - (Free Research) Read this paper to learn how virtualization has been hyped as the answer for data center growth. And while consolidation can solve some of the challenges associated with running more workloads.
June 01, 2010 - (Free Research) Many enterprises looking to increase the flexibility, improve the scalability, enhance the availability and reduce the costs of data storage have turned to SANs. The Compellent SAN enables businesses to continuously integrate new disk drive, switch and network interface technologies without having to replace existing hardware or software.
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).
December 05, 2008 - (Free Research) This paper proposes several sample virtualization architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.
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.
September 02, 2010 - (Free Research) Chelsio's 320E 10GbE Storage Accelerator is a dualport 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter with PCI Express host bus interface optimized for storage applications. The third-generation technology from Chelsio provides the highest 10GbE performance available and dramatically lowers host-system CPU communications overhead. Read this white paper to learn more.
February 09, 2010 - (Free Research) Implementing automated storage tiering with F5 ARX as part of its broader virtualization strategy has enabled Clackamas County to reduce storage costs, lighten the management burden on the IT team, and maximize the value of its existing iSCSI investment.
April 01, 2010 - (Free Research) Dell, Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to determine the relative performance of various remote replication and backup technologies for remote office/branch office (ROBO) data protection to a central office across a wide area network (WAN) using the Blue Coat® WAN Optimization solution. Read this test report to learn more.
December 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Dell Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to determine the relative performance of various remote replication and backup technologies for remote office/branch office (ROBO) data protection to a central office across a wide area network (WAN). Read this test report to discover key findings.
July 12, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper provides a list of the Top 10 ways you can improve SQL Server performance with the hardware you already own.
September 02, 2010 - (Free Research) In this month's cover story, Jacob Gsoedl explores how unstructured data became one of the top challenges in today’s organizations and highlights how file/NAS virtualization allows for future growth.
September 02, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper focuses the challenges faced by IT organizations that have adopted server virtualization but have not virtualized their storage infrastructure. It then shows how new flexible solutions like the EVA Cluster can be used to unleash the power of your physical storage.
September 02, 2010 - (Free Research) Read this case study and learn how Oakwood Worldwide saves $120,000 a year with an HP StorageWorks EVA8400 solution.
March 01, 2010 - (Free Research) This IDC White Paper discusses the practical approaches the IT organization must consider so that it can effectively execute on the corporation's compliance and eDiscovery objectives while still meeting the IT organization's budget, application performance, and service-level objectives.