WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the business value associated with the movement from a nonvirtualized server infrastructure to a server where hypervisor technology is an integral component of the overall system.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Change Management | Data Centers | Data Migration | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | TCO | Testing | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Escalating storage demands are creating a dilemma for many storage administrators. This article explains the concepts of green storage, examines deployment issues, looks at one user's struggles, and considers the future of green storage practices.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Centers | Power Generation Equipment | ROI | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This Buying Guide helps readers identify prospective tiered storage products. Tiered storage reduces expenses by keeping critical data on the fastest disk platforms, while less valuable data goes to slower and less expensive storage.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: July 30, 2008


Topics:  Data Classification | Disk Backups | Performance Testing | Policy Server Software | Purchasing | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - With storage requirements growing unabated, organizations need to consider how to manage their data protection, disaster recovery and archive requirements. This whitepaper explains how COPAN's systems are well positioned to meet these needs.
Posted: July 30, 2008 | Published: July 30, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | MAID | Security | Tiered Storage | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization provides liquidity to IT by delivering improved hardware utilization, physical server consolidation, increased availability and lower data center operating costs.
Posted: July 8, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Fibre Channel | Networking | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This article explores what it takes to implement deduplication with VMware Disaster Recovery, and about leveraging the replicated data in your Disaster Recovery environment for Disaster Recovery testing and other purposes.
Posted: June 10, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Tiered Storage | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores how solid state disk (SSD), especially Flash-based SSD can be incorporated into an energy-efficiency strategy as part of a tiered storage architecture to address power concerns while also reducing server and storag...
Posted: June 10, 2008 | Published: December 7, 2007


Topics:  Disk Backups | Hard Disk Drives | Power Generation Equipment | RAID | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Solid State Disks | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how organizations can address data growth issues through the power of enterprise data management. As a recognized best practice, database archiving has proven effective in managing continued application data growth.
Posted: May 20, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Content Archiving | Data Management | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | Knowledge Management | Records Management | Records Management Software | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Global Namespace technology (GNS) can transform file management processes and procedures. This white paper outlines GNS technologies and explores 6 key steps for evaluating and implementing a GNS solution. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: April 25, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Management | Disk Backups | File Management Programs | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This IDC white paper describes the growing need for data backup and recovery solutions, the advantages of disk-based systems and the software required to manage these systems. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: April 2, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disk Backups | Indexing (Information Management) | NAS | RPO | RTO | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups | Tiered Storage | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - The goal of intelligent data archiving is to move dormant data off of primary storage systems and put them on lower cost, easy to manage archival storage. Read this ESG white paper to learn more about intelligent data archiving and its benefits.
Posted: March 27, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2007


Topics:  Content Archiving | Content Archiving Software | Continuous Data Protection | Data Migration | Disk Backups | Email Archiving | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization allows companies to respond quickly to changing storage capacity requirements and much more. This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualization technology and highlights an innovative new virtualization solution.
Posted: March 5, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Replication | SAN | Storage Network | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This paper looks at how real-time primary data compression of online active data reduces total costs of storage and energy and improves near-line and secondary storage operations, without compromising performance or changing existing infrastructure.
Posted: February 22, 2008 | Published: February 11, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Compression | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | NAS | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - DataDirect Networks' S2A storage appliance technology is an established, field proven storage solution for high-performance cluster computing environments that delivers industry-leading I/O performance.
Posted: February 21, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Management | Disk Backups | RAID | Serial ATA | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Data retention has become a primary function for storage managers and initiating a data retention policy (DRP) requires some careful consideration. Read this white paper to learn 10 best practices and strategies for creating a DRP.
Posted: February 12, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Electronic Discovery | RAID | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups | Tiered Storage | Virtual Tape Libraries