Storage refers to computer components, devices and recording media that retain data for some interval of time. Storage provides one of the core functions of the modern computer, that of information retention. Topics include Storage Area Networks, NAS, and Virtualization.
Research giant Forrester estimates that on average, data repositories for large applications grow by fifty percent annually. However, up to half of all that data can be duplicate or otherwise unnecessary. With no end in sight for the increase of raw data (both structured and unstructured), organizations must be ever more strategic about where and how to store enterprise information. Meanwhile, a tightening economy is putting pressure on costs, just as compliance mandates call for greater visibility into processes and data. What to do? Register for this Web Seminar to learn the four pillars of strategic storage, and how they can be used to simultaneously reduce costs, while improving speed, accuracy and accountability. The four pillars will be discussed in detail, with real-world examples of each: deep compression, database archiving,de-duplication thin provisioning. Download Now
The average SMB has most of the same data protection needs as its larger competitors. But most SMBs can't afford a trained staff assigned specifically to storage management and protection. As a result, when they buy storage management software they look for solutions that are both less expensive and easier to use than traditional products. Download Now
Small and Mid-market customers struggle to meet ever mounting e-mail archiving requirements and associated compliance demands - often with a limited I/T staff and within strict budgetary guidelines. Compliance requires eMail to be retained more stringently and for longer periods of time - fueling existing challenges of eMail management. Learn more today!
Virtualization is a sea change from the days of one image per physical machine. And the benefits are clear, from better hardware utilization to lower costs to easier management. But while the resulting server consolidation is a good thing, it only solves half the problem. You still need to ensure that best-practice storage management is available to both your physical and virtual servers. Download Now
This whitepaper is a technical overview describing key functions and capabilities of Email Archiving Software-as-a-Service. Find out how easy it is to deploy a Managed Archiving Service with no hardware or software and minimise storage costs.
Disk-to-disk (D2D) backup, combined with data de-duplication, is an emerging category within the data protection ecosystem that ESG believes has the potential to change the entire landscape. D2D backup with data de-duplication solutions minimizes the disk and/or the bandwidth capacities required to store and move data used for protection purposes. Data de-duplication solutions optimize physical storage and bandwidth by using less of each to protect your data. Download Now
The DXi-Series disk backup solutions leverage data de-duplication technology to increase disk capacities 10 to 50 times and replicate data between sites over existing WANs. The DXi Series spans the widest range of backup capacity points in the industry, from 1.2TB to 240TB of raw disk capacity. Read more about the DXi Series and how its technology can benefit your data center. Download Now
Customers have been augmenting their legacy tape-based backup and recovery processes with Quantum’s portfolio of Virtual Tape Library (VTL) systems and disk-based backup appliances for improved performance and reliability since 2002. This report highlights the capabilities of the company’s latest offering for midrange and distributed enterprise environments, the DXi-Series disk-based backup and replication appliances. Download Now
As with many new technologies, there is a lot of confusion in the market about data de-duplication. In fact, recent ESG Research reveals strong interest in and awareness of data de-duplication among organizations of varying sizes and industries. ESG believes such strong interest in data de-duplication this early in the adoption curve could be indicative of either underlying confusion in the market about what constitutes data de-duplication and what doesn’t or the compelling nature of data de-duplication. Download Now
The majority of data is very seldom accessed. The old 80/20 rule still applies today. Twenty percent of the data is accessed eighty percent of the time. The other eighty percent of the data is not accessed very often. The need to store data for a long period of time, coupled with the knowledge that much of data will be infrequently (or never) accessed helps to define one of the new roles of tape in the data center. Download Now
This whitepaper discusses the key e-discovery challenges facing legal and IT departments today, from regulations such as FRCP to the technology needed to effectively to address them. It also describes how businesses can develop a proactive strategy to deal with e-discovery requests in the event of litigation, saving time and money in the process.
Cloud computing allows companies to use IT resources as a service, taking advantage of shared applications, processing and storage managed within the cloud - either inside a private cloud at an internal data center, or in an external cloud at a service provider. Greater robustness of the virtualized servers supporting this new IT model will ensure a resilient cloud infrastructure capable of delivering "on-demand" access to users. Download Now
Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows is your Windows-based backup and recovery utility that allows you to get back to business after a system crash rapidly and minimize downtime. Download this demo software to learn how Acronis True Image Echo Server can help you restore an entire Windows server in minutes after any unforeseen event (Note: THIS FREE DOWNLOAD IS APPROXIMATELY 164mb.)
Storing redundant data inflates capital and operational costs and hinders efforts to ‘go green.’ In this webcast, Brian Babineau explains how data deduplication can dramatically reduce requirements for storage capacity; data center power, cooling and space; and remote office IT support while improving storage efficiency. Download Now
NetApp® SnapManager® for Oracle (SMO) is designed to significantly simplify all these tasks and more. In this article, we examine how you can deploy SMO to simplify and even automate data protection, recovery, and cloning across both primary and secondary storage. Learn more today!
This paper describes the role of deduplication in the evolving data lifecycle, along with its historical significance. Industry expert Steve Duplessie explains how Data Domain has changed the status quo when it comes to data protection by reducing the number of products needed for operational and disaster recovery. Learn more today!
This 10 pg unbiased research note provides: •Guidance on whether this is best area for your organization to cut costs, •Specific cost-reduction measures including potential mistakes and mitigation steps, •Case studies that provide real-life insight. Learn more today!
Haitham Al-Beik, Product Development Engineer, highlights the key product attributes of Avance that deliver ease of use and other elements designed to improve an IT Administrator's world. Download Now
Lee Kaminski, Product Manager for Stratus Avance High Availability Solution, discusses what an effective availability solution requires and how Avance delivers.
The mission of this paper is to illustrate, through case studies, how modularity not only delivers its more obvious and easily understood benefits but also its most subtle, least understood, and profound reliability benefit: fault tolerance. The inherent fault tolerance of modular design provides a powerful new defense against failure, introducing into complex systems a strategy for reliability that is not only adequate, but superior. Download Now
A new approach to power distribution for high density server installations saves floor space, simplifies power cabling, saves capital cost, reduces weight, and increases electrical efficiency. This paper describes this distribution architecture and quantifies the benefits. Download Now
Kahn Consulting, Inc. (KCI) has assessed Data Domain deduplication storage systems using criteria derived from broad compliance requirements and best practices related to information management. In this paper, KCI evaluates the Data Domain deduplication architecture and specifically how its Data Invulnerability Architecture is designed to protect system data using a number of techniques. Learn more today! Download Now
This paper focuses generally on optimal storage and storage management for SharePoint and specifically evaluates NetApp's approach, detailing how the capabilities in NetApp's DataONTAP and SnapManager for SharePoint Server offerings help to drive storage efficiency, reduce cost, and exclude complexity in a comprehensive SharePoint implementation. It is not so much a "how to" guide, but rather a "why to" explanation. Learn more today!
Many IT organizations have now established effective monitoring systems for the various infrastructure domains in an enterprise-wide IT landscape: servers, storage, network, peripherals and desktops. The management of application performance, however, is more complicated and does not yet reflect this maturity. Learn more today! Download Now
Nothing is scarier than the prospect of having to recover an entire site after a disaster. VMware® Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is designed to simplify and accelerate disaster recovery. This article discusses the challenges of DR planning and how VMware SRM—in conjunction with NetApp storage functionality—can simplify DR for virtual infrastructure. Download Now
