Storage Consolidation Research
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Lloyds Banking Group
Sponsored by: Hitachi VantaraFollowing the integration between Lloyds TSB and HBOS in 2009, the newly formed Lloyds Banking Group emerged as the UK’s largest retail bank. Read this white paper to learn how they used virtualisation to ensure its Wholesale Markets and Treasury and Trading (WMTT) department could operate at an enterprise level.
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Big Five Benefits of One File & Content Storage Family
Sponsored by: Hitachi VantaraHave you ever wished that you could consolidate the management of file, content and block data onto one storage platform for incredible cost efficiency, simplified management and a real solution to your long-term data challenges? View this E-Guide to understand how to reduce your costs and simplify management of file, object and block data.
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Virtual Data Center eZine - Vol.29: How to Reduce Storage Requirements in Virtual Data Centers
Sponsored by: TechTarget Data CenterThis article will discuss a variety of strategies such as data deduplication, tiering and so on that administrators can employ to reduce demands on the storage network. Also in this issue, real-life VM failover and DR testing techniques.
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E-Guide: Best Practices for Using Server Virtualization in Your Storage Environment
Sponsored by: BlueArc Corp.Server virtualization is becoming increasingly relevant as businesses recognize the need to consolidate their storage infrastructures for cost reduction and environmental responsibility. Storage managers need to balance the benefits of virtualization against the complexity it brings, download this e-guide to learn more!
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Data Center Servers & Storage E-Book Chapter 4: Reallocating Unused Server and Storage Hardware
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Virtualization's abstraction of resources offers some compelling solutions for keeping around old equipment past its usefulness for primary workloads. In chapter 4 of this e-book, you'll learn smarter ways to deal with reallocating your unused server and storage hardware.
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Strategies for Solving the Datacenter Space, Power, and Cooling Crunch: Sun Server and Storage Optimization Techniques
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationLimited space, power, and cooling capacity have led many organizations to recognize that capital and operating expenses for datacenters have become an increasing part of their budgets. Read this paper to learn about the range of technologies that can help you drive more efficiency in your datacenter.
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Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationRead this paper to learn how to find ways to cope with an expanding storage infrastructure, as well as provide continuous access to data stored on reliable and secure media, meet stringent compliance regulations and create operational efficiency while simultaneously cutting costs.
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VMware® and Intel® Technology Provide Rock-Solid Platform for SAP Deployment
Sponsored by: VMware and IntelSouthwestern/Great American chose to swap its dual environment (SAP ERP ran off of a legacy IBM AS/400) for a leaner infrastructure based on VMware ESX and IBM blade servers with Intel Xeon processors that could run both SAP ERP and its Windows applications. Read this case study to learn about the combined VMware and Intel solution.
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Overcome your backup, recovery, and archiving challenges
Sponsored by: EMC Data Storage Systems (India) Private LimitedEMC has long been considered the leader in information management and storage solutions for companies of all sizes all over the world. And EMC backup, recovery, and archiving solutions are specifically designed to conquer midsize workloads and business challenges. Read this white paper to learn more about EMC midsize solutions.
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Presentation Transcript: Data Deduplication FAQ
Sponsored by: Quantum CorporationJoin Founder and Lead Analyst of DCIG, Jerome Wendt, as he answers the most common data deduplication questions he’s hearing today – including the technology’s benefits, dedupe products to watch out for, target dedupe on a virtual tape library and more.
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Virtualisation with Oracle Solaris 10
Sponsored by: Oracle Corporation UK LtdOracle offers the most complete portfolio of end-to-end virtualisation solutions available today. Read this paper to learn more about the solutions that are available at every layer of the infrastructure - from operating system and resource virtualisation, to virtual machines and hard partitioning, to desktops and storage.
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Backup and Recovery for VMWare
Sponsored by: EMC Backup and Recovery SolutionsAs data growth and virtualization continue to change the IT paradigm, backup strategies must evolve to deliver even greater consolidation and value. This webcast will examine how virtualization changes backup, the benefits of deduplication, as well as EMC’s Avamar and Data Domain solutions and how they work in VMware environments.
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Virtualization with Oracle Solaris 10
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationOracle offers the most complete portfolio of end-to-end virtualization solutions available today. Read this paper to learn more about the solutions that are available at every layer of the infrastructure – from operating system and resource virtualization, to virtual machines and hard partitioning, to desktops and storage.
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A Candid Examination of Data Deduplication
Sponsored by: Symantec CorporationThis DCIG analyst report will provide a detailed look at the benefits, primary role and implementation methods of data deduplication.
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Presentation Transcript: Understanding Dedupe
Sponsored by: Symantec CorporationAccess this presentation transcript, brought to you by SearchStorage.com, to develop a better understanding of data deduplication from one of the world’s leading experts on deduplication – W. Curtis Preston.
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ISILON AT VMWORLD 2010
Sponsored by: Isilon SystemsPlease join us at VMworld to learn how Isilon can simplify your storage environment and maximize your investment in virtualization.
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TechTarget ANZ Data Reduction E-Book
Sponsored by: IBMFew organisations are willing to pay more for storage every year. Data reduction can get you off the treadmill by reducing the amount of data you need to store, backup and manage, and this e-book explains compression, data de-duplication, archiving and several other techniques to achieve this outcome.
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Optimizing Management efficiency for Storage Infrastructures
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The Dell/EMC NS family of unified storage enables organizations to easily and cost-effectively consolidate both unstructured file-system data and structured application data into a single shared storage system - helping organizations control costs, streamline management, and enhance storage availability and performance.
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Microsoft SQL Server in a VMware Environment on Dell PowerEdge R810 Servers and Dell EqualLogic Storage
Sponsored by: Dell and Microsoft SQLRead this paper for a description of the benefits and performance of the latest Dell™ PowerEdge™ R810 running Microsoft® SQL Server® in VMware® vSphere™ 4.0 Update 1 (U1) and EqualLogic™ PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.
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E-Book: Virtualization for Hospitals
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®As health care providers collect increasing amounts of patient data, the burden on IT infrastructure only worsens. This SearchHealthIT.com e-book discusses server consolidation in a health care setting, moving apps and servers to virtualized platforms, desktop virtualization for health care, best practices for server virtualization, and 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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Boston Medical Center Case Study: Implementing Data Center Virtualization to Cut Costs and Consolidate Hardware
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Boston Medical Center (BMC) needed to find ways to lower its operational costs to work within smaller budgets despite exploding data volumes, a sprawling server farm and 6,000 desktop users who needed access to clinical applications for patient care. The hospital pursued a data center virtualization strategy after partnering with Dell.
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Increasing IT Efficiency in a Dynamic Data Center
Sponsored by: Dell CompellentThis white paper provides a blueprint for a highly efficient and dynamic datacenter using Microsoft® and Compellent technologies. The solution is enabled by Microsoft Virtualisation and the Compellent® Storage Center SAN™ solution.
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Backup Exec 2010: Deduplication Option
Sponsored by: Symantec CorporationData deduplication offers companies the opportunity to dramatically reduce the amount of storage required for backups and to more efficiently centralize backup data from multiple sites for assured disaster recovery. This paper discusses Backup Exec 2010 which now includes integrated deduplication capabilities.
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Data Center Servers & Storage E-Book Chapter 4: Reallocating Unused Server and Storage Hardware
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Virtualization's abstraction of resources offers some compelling solutions for keeping around old equipment past its usefulness for primary workloads. In chapter 4 of this e-book, you'll learn smarter ways to deal with reallocating your unused server and storage hardware.
