Storage Spending White Papers
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Oracle's Pillar Axiom -- A Better Choice Than EMC
Sponsored by: Oracle India Pvt. LtdThe Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 storage system addresses some key challenges that competing storage vendors have yet to overcome. It's an ideal fit for consolidating storage for multiple Oracle Databases or Oracle Applications, and it's also a good choice for EMC CLARiiON customers nearing the end of a lease agreement.
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Taking Advantage of Multicore/Multiprocessor Technologies to Meet Today's Storage Needs
Sponsored by: Oracle India Pvt. LtdThis comprehensive white paper explores how Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances can perform complex processing for compression, deduplication, real-time storage analytics, and other advanced data services without slowing down I/O throughput and without costing more than competing solutions.
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Unified Storage in Virtual and Cloud Environments
Sponsored by: Arrow + NetAppThis expert E-Guide describes the architectural characteristics of unified storage and explains how it provides a measure of relief in virtual and cloud environments. Read now to explore the latest advances in this emerging technology space and what you can expect in terms of cost savings and management efficiency.
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Princeton Insurance Increases Flexibility, Strengthens Competitive Edge with Private Cloud
Sponsored by: Arrow + NetAppThis short case study reveals how Princeton Insurance deployed a converged storage platform and created their own private cloud, and the considerable cost and efficiency benefits they now enjoy. Read now to learn more.
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NetApp Data ONTAP 8.1 : Efficient, Flexible, Scale-out NAS and SAN Storage
Sponsored by: Arrow + NetAppThis ESG Lab Validation offers an evaluation of one vendor's efficient, flexible, scale-out NAS and SAN response to the current storage conundrum. Read now to explore test results of operational efficiency, non-disruptive operations, and on-demand flexibility and performance optimization.
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Enterprise Storage Quality Awards: Vendor Ratings across 5 Categories
Sponsored by: Hitachi Data SystemsThis e-guide highlights the results of the Enterprise Storage Quality Awards. Read now to find out which vendors scored highest in initial product quality, reliability, features, technical support, and more.
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HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning best practices
Sponsored by: HP & Intel®If you're considering deploying thin provisioning, you need to ensure you have the solution that's most conducive to your particular needs and that will save you the most time and money. Check out this comprehensive white paper to make sure you do.
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Hit the Reset Button for Storage
Sponsored by: Barracuda NetworksDiscover how using a two-tiered storage optimization solution will eliminate duplicate data and compress data before storage, helping you cut both storage and labor costs within your organization.
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Eliminate Tradeoffs between DAS and Networked Storage
Sponsored by: CoraidThis white paper explores modern solutions that bring together the best qualities of direct-attached storage and shared storage. Read now to learn more.
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Marc Staimer: How the Cloud Storage Pricing Model can Dramatically Lower TCO
Sponsored by: TwinStrata, Inc.In this expert presentation transcript, Dragon Slayer Consulting president and founder Marc Staimer delves into the cloud pricing model that is changing the traditional method of buying storage from an up-front model to a pay-as-you-go model. Read now to learn more.
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Coraid Case Study - Notrefamille.com: Microsoft SQL Database
Sponsored by: CoraidThis short case study reveals how Notrefamille.com deployed a modern, cutting-edge storage system that is 25% less expensive than Fibre Channel, improved throughput to their servers, reduced complexity, and made future growth simple and cost-effective.
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Duplo Turns to Coraid Ethernet Storage for High Performance Hyper-V Virtualisation
Sponsored by: CoraidThis short case study explores how Duplo easily and affordably deployed a virtual infrastructure without sacrificing data protection or performance at a significantly lower total cost of ownership compared to a legacy Fibre Channel storage array. Read now to learn more.
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HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage and VMware vSphere 5 Best Practices
Sponsored by: HP and VMwareAccess this comprehensive best practices paper to get a grip on your vSphere 5 environment with 3PAR StoreServ federated tier-1 storage.
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Faith in Ethernet Is Paying Off
Sponsored by: CoraidThis IDC Vendor Profile reviews Coraid, a supplier of storage hardware and software solutions. Check out this IDC analysis to see how Coraid's solutions performed under scrutiny.
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Leveraging “The Power of Ethernet”
Sponsored by: CoraidBefore you virtualize your desktops, it is imperative to make sure you have a storage system that can accommodate the new demands that a virtual desktop infrastructure brings. Failure to do so could result in performance issues and staggering costs. Read now to learn more.
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High Performing Virtualized Workloads Require a New Storage Protocol
Sponsored by: CoraidAccess this Storage Switzerland paper by Senior Analyst George Crump to learn why today's high-performing virtualized workloads demand a new storage protocol, and learn how virtualization workloads differ from traditional ones in terms of performance, scalability and cost.
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Pricing Cloud Storage
Sponsored by: TwinStrata, Inc.Learn about pay-as-you-go cloud storage options and better storage spending in this expert presentation transcript from Storage Decisions Chicago. Explore cloud storage vs. traditional systems, find out what you should consider in a cloud storage cost/benefit analysis and discover how to get discounts if you do invest!
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Buyer’s Guide: Scale-Out Storage Systems
Sponsored by: SearchStorage.comScale-out NAS was developed to solve the problem of NAS sprawl. If managing your traditional NAS is becoming too burdensome and expensive, check out this expert resource.
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Achieve Dramatic Cost Savings in Your Storage Infrastructure
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc.Many forward-looking companies are using innovative technologies to dramatically drive down storage costs while increasing capacity. Check out this white paper to explore some of the ways they are achieving this.
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The Debate Over Global Deduplication
Sponsored by: SearchDataBackup.comUntil recently, organizations that wanted to deduplicate their backups were forced to choose between either source or target-based dedupe. But now, global dedupe does both while eliminating bottlenecks. Read now to learn more.
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Storage Magazine: March
Sponsored by: SearchStorage.comThis issue of Storage Magazine breaks down the DR planning process and offers tips to help organizations increase their ability to tolerate disruptive events. It also covers the key findings from a recent report on storage arrays and rounds up the newest players in the PCIe solid state landscape.
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The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Provides Enterprise-Class Value in an Exchange Environment
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper explores 4 of the biggest challenges that customers face when considering using Exchange Server 2010, and how the Storwize V7000 storage system addresses these challenges. Read now to learn more.
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Silverton Whitepaper: NetApp SAN Performance and Clustered ONTAP
Sponsored by: NetAppThis comprehensive white paper explores how a modern unified storage system with integrated data protection can provide a more agile and responsive storage infrastructure that can continually change and adapt as new, unforeseen demands arise. Read now to learn more.
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SSD: Features, Functions and FAQ
Sponsored by: QLogic CorporationThis expert E-Guide explores key considerations for integrating solid state storage into a server, and answers frequently asked questions about solid state. Read now to learn more.
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Future Predictions for Dell SAN Strategy
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc.This E-Guide explores Dell's recent acquisitions and how they're shaping the current and future storage landscape. Read now to learn more.
