Enterprise Storage Management is the field of information technology focused on the storage, protection, and retrieval of data in large-scale environments. It is differentiated from consumer storage in many practical ways, ranging from the size of the environment to the technologies used.
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Previewing Brocade FCoE Server Connectivity Solutions
published by Brocade on Aug 04, 2008
This paper describes how Brocade® is following an evolutionary approach to driving FCoE standards and building CEE networks.
QoS: A Better Approach to Storage Explained
published by Pillar Data Systems on Apr 09, 2009
The business value of data varies widely and changes over time; therefore, storage systems should flex to accommodate those changes. View this Webinar to learn how storage Quality of Service (QoS) technology enables the business agility that traditional networked storage systems promise, but have not delivered. View this Webinar now!
Storage Networking: Critical Enabler of Server Virtualization
published by Brocade on Oct 13, 2008
Server virtualization is transforming the way IT delivers services back to the business. Companies are leveraging this technology to consolidate servers, increase utilization, and reduce costs. Before exploring the primary drivers of server virtualization, it is important to understand the role server virtualization plays in the data center. Learn more today!
The Modern Virtualized Data Center
published by Pillar Data Systems on Sep 22, 2008
Storage virtualization has been a positive evolutionary step in the data center, driving the consolidation of power and floorspace to maximize utilization and power savings. With all of the benefits of virtualization comes a wholesale change in the way that you must plan for implementation, management, backup, and recovery.
Thin Provisioning: The Secret to Achieving Operational Efficiency in the Data Center
published by Pillar Data Systems on Jan 30, 2008
One key area where operational efficiencies can be achieved is in the storage infrastructure. Traditional storage systems are inherently inefficient, with multiple arrays of dedicated storage and various management points. Thin provisioning is now recognized as a critical approach to simplifying storage management while drastically improving capacity utilization.
Microsoft Exchange Best Practices
published by Pillar Data Systems on Oct 08, 2008
With Exchange 2007, Microsoft continues to improve the product and push the limits of existing server and storage devices. The most critical component of an Exchange deployment is the storage subsystem where the data is held. Download this white paper to learn best practices in storage sizing and deployment.
Stratus Avance: Defining True High Availability
published by Stratus Technologies on Mar 09, 2009
Lee Kaminski, Product Manager for Stratus Avance High Availability Solution, discusses what an effective availability solution requires and how Avance delivers.
Stratus Avance: An IT Administrator's View
published by Stratus Technologies on Mar 10, 2009
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.
Virtual Servers Need Virtual Storage
published by Dell EqualLogic on Jan 24, 2008
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.
Virtualization and Fault-Tolerance
published by Stratus Technologies on Dec 04, 2008
Understand why, if you are planning to use virtualization to implement business continuity or disaster recovery, ensuring you have the most reliable hardware is essential.
What's Old is New Again
published by Stratus Technologies on Dec 04, 2008
Today's hottest technology has its roots in the mainframe era. Are there lessons to be learned from the past?
Cost and Breakeven Analysis of Email Discovery Using Mimosa NearPoint Email Archiving with eDiscover
published by Mimosa Systems on May 15, 2008
This paper describes how Cost and Breakeven Analysis of Email Discovery Using Mimosa NearPoint Email Archiving with eDiscovery Option. This customer is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of healthcare supplements in North America with corporate headquarters in California. The company wanted to solve two related problems: eDiscovery risk and cost and PST propagation.
CA ARCserve Backup, CA XOsoft Replication, and CA XOsoft High Availability - Virtualization Support
published by VMware on Apr 16, 2008
CA ARCserve® Backup, CA XOsoft™ Replication, and CA XOsoft™ High Availability provide several key features that enable you to both protect virtualized servers and benefit from server virtualization in your overall recovery management strategy
Disaster Recovery Enhancements in CA ARCserve Backup and CA XOsoft Replication/High Availability
published by VMware on Feb 26, 2009
This flash demonstrates how CA ARCserve Backup, CA XOsoft High Availability and CA XOsoft Replication help protect the virtualization data without impacting performance.
Economic Catalyst webcast: Four Pillars of Strategic Storage
published by IBM on Dec 16, 2008
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.
Increasing Data Center Efficiency by Using Improved High Density Power Distribution
published by APC by Schneider Electric on Feb 23, 2009
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.
Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center
published by APC by Schneider Electric on Jun 05, 2007
This paper discusses physical threats that can be mitigated by distributed monitoring strategies, and offers guidelines and best practices for implementing sensors in the data center. It also discusses the use of data center design tools to simplify the specification and design process of these distributed monitoring systems.
NetApp and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Storage Best Practices
published by NetApp on Dec 03, 2008
NetApp has been providing advanced storage features to VMware ESX solutions since the product began shipping in 2001. During that time, NetApp has developed operational guidelines for the FAS systems and ESX Server. This technical report reviews the best practices for implementing VMware® Virtual Infrastructure on NetApp fabric-attached storage (FAS) systems.
NetApp and Microsoft Virtualization: Making Integrated Server and Storage Virtualization a Reality
published by NetApp on Aug 21, 2008
This document provides technical insight into the unique value propositions of virtual storage solutions from NetApp for a Microsoft® Hyper-V environment that can help reduce costs, increase storage utilization, increase fault tolerance, and address the challenges associated with backup and restore in virtual infrastructures.
Why You Need Email Active Archiving Now
published by Symantec on May 30, 2008
An effective email management solution is essential for organizations in today's litigious environment. Learn more from Gartner research about the market and top vendors providing active archive solutions today. Download this research study to learn more.
15 Minute Guide to Enterprise Content Management
published by EMC on May 08, 2006
The 15 Minute Guide to Enterprise Content Management (ECM) provides a nonpartisan look at the what, why, when, where, how and who of enterprise content management. This guide will give you the basics of ECM and its related technologies, tips for successful implementation.
5 Benefits of IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Based on Real World Deployments
published by IBM on Mar 20, 2007
It has become clear that storage virtualization has become a core element of the storage strategy of forward-thinking end users and that the technology is finally delivering the value that it had promised earlier this decade. In this paper by Taneja Group, you'll learn about IBM SAN Volume Controller, its architecture and features, and about 5 tangible benefits of storage virtualization.
Oracle Recovery Manager Design Best Practices with Data Domain
published by Data Domain on Jan 09, 2008
Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) is a built-in tool that allows the Database Administrator (DBA) to easily backup and recover the data in an Oracle database. RMAN handles the coordination required to ensure that transaction integrity is preserved and sufficient information is maintained to recover the database to any appropriate point.
On Demand Webcast: Virtual Servers and HP StorageWorks - a match made in heaven
published by HP Storage Virtualization on Dec 31, 2008
This webcast talks about why HP Servers and StorageWorks are a great infrastructure platform for your virtualization projects and why combined together they can be very powerful. This webcast will also talk about the challenges that are growing in IT infrastructure and look at what makes a good match when thinking about server and storage virtualization projects as well as how storage virtualization enables features like consolidation in organizations.
On demand webcast with HP and Enterprise Strategy Group:"Virtualization in Action"
published by HP Storage Virtualization on Dec 31, 2008
This one hour webcast features stories of real businesses that virtualized their servers and storage. Speakers from ESG and SARCOM (an HP customer and partner) discuss the advantages of virtualizing servers and storage simultaneously.
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