PODCAST - This podcast will discuss the differences between Tier 0, 1 and 2 storage.
Posted: December 17, 2008 | Premiered: December 12, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Storage | Disk Drives | Flash Memory | Power Supplies | RAM | Solid State Disks | Tiered Storage

CASE STUDY - After outgrowing its storage infrastructure, University HealthSystem Consortium partnered with Hitachi Data Systems to deploy a virtualized, tiered storage environment. Learn how UHC achieved such dramatic results by reading this end user case study.
Posted: December 16, 2008 | Published: December 16, 2008


Topics:  Data Migration | Data Storage | Databases | SAN | Server Virtualization | SQL Server | Storage Systems | Tiered Storage | VMware

PRODUCT LITERATURE - The Service Oriented Storage Solutions platform enables IT to automate processes, simplify management and leverage physical assets without sacrificing performance or reliability.
Posted: December 16, 2008 | Published: December 16, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Databases | QOS | SAN | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

CASE STUDY - This E-Guide provides Canadian Solutions Providers with a check list that will improve the efficiency and ease of a data deduplication project and consequently support your services margins.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Budgeting | Channel Management | Data Centers | Data Storage | Disk Backups | ROI | Sales Channels | Tiered Storage | VARs

PRODUCT LITERATURE - This SearchStorage Tech Report examines the use of solid-state drive (SSD) technology in the high-performance storage tier to help storage professionals understand and make better decisions regarding their storage infrastructure.
Posted: December 9, 2008 | Published: December 9, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Databases | Disk Storage Systems | RAM | Solid State Disks | Storage Infrastructure | Tiered Storage

WEBCAST - Watch this technical Webcast to learn strategies from experts on how to collapse switching tiers in the data center network with a two-tier switching architecture from Juniper Networks.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Premiered: November 21, 2008


Topics:  Chassis | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Network Architectures | Network Security | Switches | Switching | Tiered Storage

PRESENTATION - A tiered DR plan helps to address this problem by creating different levels of protection that can be applied to different applications and systems, with associated recovery requirements designed to stagger restoration efforts.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Classification | Data Recovery | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | SLA | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Over the past couple of years, a new DR product category has emerged--disaster recovery testing tools, these applications can scan your storage environment and alert you to any potential gaps in your recovery plan.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Classification | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This document discusses ways to address power, cooling, floor-space, environmental (PCFE) issues and best practices for improving energy efficiency.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Archiving is a proven best practice that has helped sites worldwide improve performance, control costs and automate data retention. This whitepaper discusses the major components of an archiving project as part of a full data management strategy.
Posted: November 17, 2008 | Published: November 17, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Email Archiving | Enterprise | ERP | ILM | Records Retention | SLA | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - In 2000, 93 new storage companies were launched with a first round of funding and in 2007 just five new storage companies were funded with first-round money, this has had the effect of slowing down the flow of new ideas and invention.
Posted: November 11, 2008 | Published: November 11, 2008


Topics:  Data Classification | Disaster Recovery | Email Management | IT Infrastructure | Security | Storage Hardware | Tiered Storage

JOURNAL ARTICLE - The storage and server cluster installed at The University of Texas at Austin is a lesson in how to do HPC. Storage requirements for HPC go beyond massive capacity, and include the use of high-performance file systems.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Cluster Software | Clustering | Grid Computing | High Performance Computing | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | Tiered Storage

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Vendors are starting to add solid-state storage to their arrays, but it isn't as simple as replacing enterprise drives with solid-state memory.
Posted: September 2, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Solid State Disks | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper takes a specific look at the business value associated with the movement from a nonvirtualized server infrastructure to a server infrastructure where hypervisor technology is an integral component of the overall system architecture.
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 - 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