Disk Drives Research
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Presentation Download: Advanced Backup School
Sponsored by: Iron MountainThis Advanced Backup School seminar presentation is guaranteed to provide you with time-tested advice and techniques that will make backup easier. Renowned backup guru W. Curtis Preston will review the basics – but will also be going into in-depth detail on the newest issues, technologies, and solutions surrounding backup.
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A Better RAID Strategy for High Capacity Drives in Mainframe Storage
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis paper demonstrates that RAID 6 is less capable to prevent data loss with today's large capacity SATA and SAS HDDs. It will also share Oracle's designs to mitigate this risk. The integrity of customers' data is in jeopardy if these large capacity SATA/SAS HDDs are simply packaged into a RAID 6 group without additional mitigation.
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E-Book: Making the Case for Solid-State Storage
Sponsored by: Oracle Corporation UK LtdThis all encompassing SearchStorage.com e-book will cover the bases of solid-state drives (SSD). Learn more about adding SSD drives instead of disk drives, how to implement NAND flash, and the benefits and fallbacks of standalone SSD arrays.
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IBM Upgrades SVC with Solid State Drives - Achieves Better Storage Utilization
Sponsored by: IBMWith the availability of solid-state storage within Version 5 of its SAN Volume Controller, IBM once again delivers outstanding tech-nological innovation to the data center. Read this paper to find out so much more.
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Presentation Transcript: The Basics of RAID
Sponsored by: NexsanA RAID is a method of ganging up, so to speak, a bunch of disk drives, such that the availability and/or the performance is actually improved. Read this transcript for more basics of RAID.
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Presentation Transcript - Solid State Drives and their Rapid Advent in Enterprise
Sponsored by: Atrato, Inc.I’m Deni Connor, Senior Analyst for Storage Strategies NOW. We are here today to talk about solid state drives, and their rapid advance in the enterprise. In this presentation transcript, I’m going to ask why the advent of SSDs and what is the problem that is being solved by them.
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Benchmarking Enterprise SSDs
Sponsored by: sTec | HGSTThis paper will demonstrate differences in comparative SSD products. The analysis reconciles instantaneous benchmark data to actual user performance, over time in a working system under a true enterprise workload.
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Making Cents of Tape vs. Disk: The Complete Guide on What to Choose and Why
Sponsored by: NexsanSince the cost comparison between tape and disk is obviously far more complex than the media itself, this brief outlines all the considerations necessary for a more complete understanding of the benefit and true cost comparison between tape and disk to help IT professionals choose and justify their backup environment.
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Why SAS Matters - Cost Effective Performance with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Technology from Hitachi
Sponsored by: Hitachi VantaraSerial Attached SCSI (SAS) is replacing Fibre Channel drives in high performance applications such as online transaction processing, real time analytics & streaming media. The key reasons for this transition are that SAS drives have the same or better reliability and data availability characteristics of Fibre Channel drives but are less expensive.
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ESG: Data De-Duplication and Disk Backup Systems, Part 1: Technology Considerations
Sponsored by: EMC Backup and Recovery SolutionsData de-duplication is a very important topic because it really changes the way we perform backups. Read this presentation transcript for a discussion on the various technology considerations when applying data de-duplication technology to disk backup.
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EMC CLARiiON AX4 Storage System
Sponsored by: EMC CorporationThe EMC® CLARiiON® AX4 is a versatile and cost-effective solution for organizations looking for an alternative to server-based storage. The AX4 delivers performance, scalability, and advanced data management features in one, easy-to-use storage solution.
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RAID FAQ Presentation Transcript
Sponsored by: NexsanPlease read this presentation transcript, in which Andrew Burton, features editor for searchstorage.com, interviews Greg Shulz, Founder and Senior Analyst with Storage Dial Group, about RAIDS. Shulz will provide a synopsis of the different RAID levels, their characteristics and when to use each level?
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High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs)
Sponsored by: Adaptec, Inc.Built on Adaptec Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) Series 5Z, Series 5 and Series 2 storage controller technology, High-performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) provide for maximum performance at the lowest capital investment and operating costs.
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ESG Report: Key Questions to Ask When Considering Deduplication and D2D Backup
Sponsored by: EMC Backup and Recovery SolutionsPlease read this presentation transcript featuring the first of a two-part ESG e-Seminar Series on data de-duplication. In part one, Tony Asaro, ESG Senior Analyst, and Heidi Biggar ESG analyst, will discuss the various technology considerations when applying data deduplication technology to disk backup.
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Tucson Police Department Moves To Digital Imaging With Linear Systems And LSI 3ware RAID Controllers
Sponsored by: LSI Corporation.When the Tucson Police Department decided to equip its crime scene specialists with digital cameras, it chose Linear Systems Enterprise DIMS ImageServer for the ID Section’s server and storage needs. For its RAID protection, Linear Systems chose the LSI 3ware 9650SE controller card. Read on to find out the amazing results.
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Windows Server and Storage eBook, Ch 3 - Assess Your Data Center Storage Needs
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Servers play a crucial role in daily enterprise operations. But even the most powerful and resilient servers are useless without adequate storage. Storage solutions contain the operating systems, applications and virtual images needed to operate every server. This eBook chapter will help you better understand your data center storage challenges.
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MicroScan De-Duplication Minimizes Replication Bandwidth and Storage Requirements
Sponsored by: FalconStor SoftwareRead this document to learn how FalconStor's powerful MicroScan technology works to minimize duplicate data and help save considerable bandwidth, storage resources, and overhead.
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Go Green with IBM System x Servers and Intel Xeon Processors
Sponsored by: IBMBy "going green" with energy-efficient IBM® System x™ servers featuring Intel® Xeon® processors, you can win back control of your IT budget--and win the battle with data center power constraints.
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Dell ProSupport Certified Data Destruction
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The Certified Data Destruction Service can give Dell customers - from small businesses to large public companies and government agencies - peace of mind that your sensitive data stored on a failed hard drive will not fall into the wrong hands.
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Converting Linux and Windows Physical and Virtual Machines to Oracle VM Virtual Machines
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis document describes the virtual machine conversion functions built into Oracle VM in Release 2.1.2, and how you can plan and execute the virtual machine conversions using Oracle VM.
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VMWare and Celeros SANs
Sponsored by: CelerosSANs have emerged as the best solution for advanced storage requirements. Download this white paper to learn more about SANs and how one solution that is integrated with VMWare can help you better manage your storage environment.
