ANALYST REPORT - This IDC White Paper examines the roles of virtualization and automation in improving operational efficiencies. Delivering end-to-end service visibility across both physical and virtual infrastructures is a key requirement for preventing service outages or failures.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: May 15, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Storage Devices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Media | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Double-Take Flex provides increased functionality by using your existing technology infrastructure, saving you time and money when deploying new computers, protecting workloads and migrating existing workloads to new platforms.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: August 19, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | IT Management | Managed Security Services | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this whitepaper to learn about how Double-Take Backup reduces the window for data loss, is more efficient than tape, and less costly than tape or other replications solutions.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Storage | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Management Software | Storage Virtualization

ANALYST REPORT - With all protocols and storage features included in the cost of the system, Sun claims its new unified platform delivers significant performance gains and cost benefits versus proprietary unified storage solutions.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2006


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Systems | Open Source | Server Management | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - The Sun Flash Analyzer and Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool (Swat), are open systems host-based, storage-centric Java applications that thoroughly capture, summarize, and analyze storage workloads for Solaris, Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Performance Testing | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

EGUIDE - Solid-state storage will eventually nudge spinning disks out of our data centers, but right now it's still mostly for well-heeled shops with power-hungry applications. But with new technology developments addressing some of solid state's shortcomings and larger-scale manufacturing, solid-state storage could come down to earth soon.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Solid State Disks | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems

PODCAST - How does outsourcing fit into your business strategy? Outsourcing your backup data can be a convenient and reliable method of handling backups — if you select the right vendor and ask the right questions. This podcast covers some of the questions you should ask any potential vendor before you sign on the dotted line.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Recovery | Online Backups | Remote Backups | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Service Providers | Storage Systems

ASSESSMENT TOOL - Use this calculator to determine the potential storage cost savings your company could realize by implementing the F5 ARX solution. Just answer a few simple questions about your environment to get a three-year savings analysis. Make sure you review the Case Studies to learn how other companies have reduced their storage costs by 50% or more.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: September 17, 2009


Topics:  NAS | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Spending | Storage Standards | Storage Systems | Tiered Storage | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - "Company ABC" is a successful enterprise with an annual storage growth rate of 70%, and a series of data management challenges. Check out this report to see what they uncovered by conducting a file system inventory -- and how they used that information to reduce costs and improve data management.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Media | Storage Spending | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

TRIAL SOFTWARE - F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Administration | Database Management | Network Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Devices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains how building a smarter storage infrastructure based on the business value of data can enable you to address your data storage requirements efficiently and at the lowest cost.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Spending | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Read this special report that reviews current NAS trends including high-availability clustered storage to address growing storage needs and today's media-rich file environments and more.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | High Availability | NAS | NAS Software | SAN | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Virtualization | VMware

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - The Sun Flash Analyzer and Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool (Swat), are open systems host-based, storage-centric Java applications that thoroughly capture, summarize, and analyze storage workloads for Solaris, Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Performance Testing | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management