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The Benefits of and Critical Buying Criteria for Clustered Storage Solutions
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the adoption and benefits of clustered storage across a variety of enterprises. Discover what these storage users consider to be the most important attributes for a clustered storage system.
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

NetApp

NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 and 8.2x - An Introduction
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This technical report provides an overview of NetApp® clustered Data ONTAP® 8.3 and 8.2x, including basic components of the hardware and software architecture.
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 | Published: 12 Jun 2013

NetApp

Technology Considerations for Managing Storage Area Network (SAN) Configurations
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center's capabilities focus on storage configuration management and provide analysis of current storage utilization and best practice recommendations to provide the storage administrator with analytical input that will provide significant assistance.
Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

IBM

Coffee Break: Embracing Tiered Storage
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: In this brief white paper, you will discover tiering strategies that have emerged as an indispensable tool to cost-effectively harness the massive data growth.
Posted: 13 Nov 2013 | Published: 13 Nov 2013

DellEMC and Intel®

Symantec Storage Foundation 6.1: SmartIO
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights a storage solution that brings granular, online caching to applications architects, server admins, and database admins to move reads and writes inside the server.
Posted: 03 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Jan 2014

Symantec Corporation

HP 3PAR Peer Motion Software
sponsored by ERROR TEST
WHITE PAPER: This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of HP 3PAR Peer Motion Software’s distributed volume management with a focus on federated workload balancing, asset management, and thin provisioning. Read now to learn more.
Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

ERROR TEST

Best Practices for Windows Server 2012 and SAN Integration
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This document provides an overview of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and introduces best practice guidelines when integrating Windows Server 2012 with the Dell Compellent Storage Center.
Posted: 29 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Dell and Microsoft

Dell Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Reference Architecture
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This paper proposes several sample virtualisation architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.
Posted: 22 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Protecting Vital Business Interests with a Simplified Storage Solution
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Data growth and regulatory requirements have made backup, recovery, and archiving critical aspects of enterprise operations. Dell Services experts can assess how effectively an information infrastructure is getting the job done and deploy integrated, best-of-breed storage solutions to help ensure the safety and recoverability of critical data.
Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

DellEMC and Intel®

Solution Brief: Unified Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) for VMware Environments
sponsored by FalconStor Software
WHITE PAPER: Organizations investing in VMware vSphere can leverage the data protection capabilities and application awareness of FalconStor CDP to protect and maximize their VMware purchases. FalconStor CDP enables flexible, affordable, automated, and dependable backup and DR for any VMware vSphere environment.
Posted: 22 Jul 2011 | Published: 22 Jul 2011

FalconStor Software