CASE STUDY - Download this case study and read how Crest Animation eliminated storage bottlenecks, improved productivity, and gained more than $19 Million in benefits with HP StorageWorks Solution.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2007


Topics:  Clustering | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This document covers the key overall concepts and procedures you need to setup and configure your Hyper-V platform. It reviews in detail the approach that PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Databases | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - This Guide is a companion to How to Guide: Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge Servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. In this Guide, we use the Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 as target servers.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Databases | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation

PODCAST - Join Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst with ESG, as he explores high-speed, power-efficient deduplication with industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor who have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Management | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | ROI | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups

WEBCAST - Industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Management | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | ROI | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups

EGUIDE - This Essential Guide offers a collection of tips, tools and techniques that you can use to back up your virtual servers more efficiently. Find out about the intricacies of using VMware's Consolidate Backup (VCB) application, get tips on how to fine-tune your current backup app for virtual servers, and read about the common problems and solutions.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Backups | Virtualization Security | VMware | VMware Server

WEBCAST - This videocast discusses tiered storage strategies and also tips and tools on how to lower IT investments while optimizing storage efficiency. Download this informative videocast to learn more!
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Premiered: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | SMBs | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this presentation transcript to learn how disk backup with data deduplication technology can help solve data protection issues and directly impact your organization's bottom line.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Published: September 4, 2009


Topics:  Backups | CIOs | Continuous Data Protection | Data Compression | Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Replication | Storage Security

BROCHURE - Built on patented peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment and management, and comprehensive data protection.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: July 9, 2008


Topics:  Data Migration | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | iSCSI SAN | Storage Appliances | Storage Consolidation | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Infrastructure 3

WEBCAST - This webcast will provide valuable insight that will help you ensure that your initial virtualization deployment is realizing its potential in efficiency, ease of data management and utilization. Click through to register for this webcast.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Premiered: August 26, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Storage | Security Threats | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization | Virtualization Security

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Thin provisioning is not new, but there is still confusion about how it works and how to best use it in the data center. In this presentation transcript, Jeff Byrne, Senior Analyst and Consultant, Taneja Group and Christine Taylor, Analyst, Tenaja Group, outline the various approaches and technologies behind thin provisioning.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Physical Security | Data Center Power Management | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Provisioning

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, Marc Staimer, Founder and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting, will explain the practical benefits of storage virtualization, including how to assess your environment to determine the cost-effectiveness of virtualization.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | IP Networks | NAS | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The Northern Storage Suite is a management solution by Northern Parklife Inc. that will help reclaim, reduce and maximize your current infrastructure. This article provides four real-world examples dealing with reclaiming capacity, reducing data growth, maximizing storage resources, and involving users while minimizing administration.
Posted: August 3, 2009 | Published: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Data Management | NAS | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

ANALYST REPORT - To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | RPO | RTO | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Replication | Virtual Tape Libraries

WEBCAST - This webcast explores a phased approach to consolidating application management solutions, aligning IT infrastructure with business needs and reducing costs.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Premiered: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Economic Environment | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | ROI | Server Management | Software Architectures | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Strategic Planning | Systems Management | TCO