WHITE PAPER - Download this ESG whitepaper to learn how BlueArc's new storage platform, BlueArc Mercury(TM), scales in fixed increments that make it easy to install and deploy. It also scales up to an eight node cluster and 2 PB - making it a forceful consolidation solution.
Posted: July 2, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Content Management | IT Management | NAS | SMBs | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | TCO | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - The BlueArc Filesystem, SiliconFS, is the engine which drives the entire architectural platform forward. The filesystem is the foundation which enables greater performance and scalability for the entire platform. This document describes to the latest version of SiliconFS.
Posted: July 2, 2009 | Published: July 2, 2009


Topics:  Caching | Data Migration | Data Replication | Data Security | FPGA | High Availability | NAS | Storage Architectures | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage | Virtual Machine

VIDEO - This videocast highlights how to go green in your data center with better hardware utilization. Watch as industry pro David Payne discusses some of the challenges of this approach as well as how to start reducing energy consumption at the hardware level.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Premiered: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Energy Efficiency | Green Data Center | Hardware | Hardware Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Virtual Appliance

WHITE PAPER - Data center energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT budgets, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This paper addresses, in a unified and systemic way, many of the power consumption issues that IT has been grappling with in piecemeal fashion.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Green Data Center | IT Service Management | IT Spending | Network Appliances | Network Management Services | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - Unparalleled agility is the promise of virtualization. But managing change, staying compliant, and preventing virtual sprawl are just a few of the challenges you could face before you reap the rewards. VMware joined us recently to co-author 7 must-read tips for striking the perfect balance in your virtual environment.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Change Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process - from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This transcript presents the idea and strategies of Open Storage and the key benefits it delivers to storage architectures. Learn more about Open Storage and how it can help your organization build a highly scalable, reliable, and affordable enterprise storage system.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Published: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Green Storage | Open Source Software | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.
Posted: June 15, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Power Consumption Monitoring | Reporting Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization

PODCAST - It's been estimated that Open Storage architectures will make up just under 12 % of the market by 2011, fueled by the industry's need for more scalable and economic storage. The following podcast will present the ideas and strategies of Open Storage and the key benefits it delivers to storage architectures.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

VIDEO - This video discusses the key differentials between the high performance, high efficiency strategy of today's Open Storage approach vs. the high capacity attributes of yesterday's closed storage.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

VIDEO - IT professionals have been looking to flexibly scale, reconfigure, and or repurpose their storage infrastructures to reserve their allocated budget. The product presented in this Videocast combines open-storage software with industry-standard hardware, enabling you to reduce your reliance on high-priced systems and save up to 90% on storage costs.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

VIDEO - This Videocast presents the idea and strategies of Open Storage and the key benefits it delivers to storage architectures. Learn more about Open Storage and how it can help your organization build a highly scalable, reliable, and affordable enterprise storage system.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Green Storage | Open Source Software | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management

CASE STUDY - An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - In this research paper you'll learn about the top challenges facing storage professionals in Europe and information about Data Domain deduplication storage systems.
Posted: May 30, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Tape Backups

WEBCAST - This webcast is part of Falconstor Software's "IT as a Weapon Series" designed to provide insight for IT managers and storage professionals. In this presentation, Vice President of Falconstor's Enterprise Solutions, Chris Poelker, discusses common IT challenges, the importance of deduplication, and examines the benefits of Falconstor's solutions.
Posted: May 20, 2009 | Premiered: May 20, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Regulatory Compliance | ROI | RPO | RTO | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management