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Software-defined Storage: the overall benefits
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This brief video cuts through some of the confusion surrounding SDS and tells you what to look for – and what to avoid – when choosing an SDS product.
Posted: 18 Mar 2015 | Published: 18 Mar 2015

IBM

Top Five Reasons Why Customers Deploy a Flash 1st Strategy on EMC VNX Storage
sponsored by EMC
WHITE PAPER: In this two-page paper, discover a data strategy designed for organizations with VNX storage and explore the top five reasons VNX users deploy this strategy in their IT environment.
Posted: 26 Jul 2013 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

EMC

AppAssure 5 The next generation of backup, replication and recovery software
sponsored by Dell Software
WHITE PAPER: IT environments are increasingly complex and need to have fast, reliable backup and recovery in one unified solution. Access this paper today to learn how to go beyond backup by establishing a new, highly automated standard for data protection.
Posted: 08 Oct 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

Dell Software

vSphere Storage Appliance Technical White Paper
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper covers the vSphere® Storage Appliance (VSA) architecture, deployment of a VSA cluster, and basic monitoring and management.  Discover that VSA is resilient and easy to deploy, while enabling you to use advanced vSphere features like vSphere HA, vMotion®, and vSphere DRS.
Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011

VMware, Inc.

Storage Virtualisation and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualisation at the controller level of a storage system. It describes how HP defines virtualisation technology and how it applies to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage system.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Feb 2008

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Importance of Unified I/O in VMware® ESX Servers
sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Unified I/O in VMware ESX servers deliver many cost and power savings advantages.
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008

All resources sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.

Top 5 Considerations While Setting up Your MySQL Backup
sponsored by Zmanda Inc.
WHITE PAPER: A well thought through backup plan and configuration will go a long way to ensure that you can recover your database - when a system or user error deletes important data stored in MySQL - without impacting your business.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 | Published: 08 Jul 2008

Zmanda Inc.

Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN & Citrix XenDesktop 1,000 Desktop Reference Architecture
sponsored by Dell Compellent
WHITE PAPER: Dell tested a sample of 1,000 virtual desktops and simulated real-world workloads using a Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN in a Citrix XenDesktop VDI environment with Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 as the hypervisor.
Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

Dell Compellent

IDC Report "Backup and Recovery: The Open Source Option Comes of Age"
sponsored by Zmanda Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read the IDC Vendor Spotlight on Zmanda. Learn the latest user requirements, market trends and the unique role of Zmanda in bringing enterprise-scale open source backup & recovery solution to the market.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 | Published: 08 May 2008

Zmanda Inc.

Building the Efficient Enterprise with Dell, Intel, and VMware vSphere 4
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: With the emergence of standards-based architectures, virtualization, and ubiquitous high-speed connectivity, cloud computing technology is primed to form the basis for a new, highly efficient enterprise IT infrastructure. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

DellEMC and Intel®