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

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

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 - 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

VIDEOCAST - Joe Clabby, from Clabby Analytics examines how much more you can afford to spend for energy efficiency based on local utility costs, data center tier level, remaining data center capacity and other important factors.
Posted: September 11, 2008 | Premiered: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Energy Industries | IT Infrastructure | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | 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

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Keep these eight key steps in mind when designing and testing your disaster recovery strategy.
Posted: March 26, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Storage Best Practices | 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