Storage Provisioning Reports

WHITE PAPER: The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified storage system, combined with powerful management software from IBM Tivoli, provides an ideal complement to VMware vSphere deployments by providing a highly virtualized storage infrastructure designed to meet the specific needs of virtual server environments. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: With flat or declining budgets, all organizations have been asked to "do more with less," and while budgets are beginning to recover, the need for efficiency does not dissipate. Check out this ESG case study to explore test results of IBM'storage virtualizaton offerings.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: You need to maximize server virtualization efficiency, and doing so depends on choosing the right storage architecture. Check out this 2-page white paper to learn how.

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

EGUIDE: Check out this expert E-Guide for 10 key tips to find out how things like continuous data protection, active multi-pathing and sometimes simply questioning the number of queries users submit can make a difference in your shop.

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 | Published: 26 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: You need a virtualization solution that’s simple to buy, deploy and manage, and that actually delivers the promised lower costs and increase efficiency benefits.  Check out this short white paper to learn more.

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 | Published: 18 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: There are a number of best practices emerging to help storage administrators get a handle on runaway storage and control the budget. Check out this must-read expert e-guide to learn more.

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 | Published: 30 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Whether you are consolidating your storage, trying to improve application performance, or looking to get the most out of your databases, it’s important to ask the right questions. This quick guide will arm you with the questions you need to consider when reviewing your storage strategy.

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Storage capacity utilization metrics provide a framework you can use to analyze and manage SAN storage use across a diverse IT environment. Check out this white paper to explore how capacity metrics can help your organization with efficiency, capacity management, and risk management.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide dives deep emerging storage trends in 2012, including SSD, capacity optimization tools and unified storage. Read on to see what these technologies can do for your storage environment.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

EGUIDE: Check out this E-Guide to learn how a leading storage vendor recently upgraded their storage resource management software to support automated storage tiering, where exactly you should be deduping your data and the various benefits of deduplication.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 09 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper explains why unified storage management solutions are best for today and tomorrow's data avalanches.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2012

EGUIDE: You need modern storage that is simpler, more agile, and grows along with your business. Check out this expert E-Guide to explore 8 green storage best practices that increase energy efficiency while reducing your costs.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 24 Apr 2012

PRODUCT LITERATURE: View the helpful blog post to learn how to build the most cost-effective applications using Windows Azure Storage (WAS) by understanding how bandwidth, transactions, and capacity are billed.

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 | Published: 08 Jul 2010

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: View this post to learn about the four types of data abstractions that Windows Azure Storage (WAS) offers for applications developers: blobs, tables, queues, and drives. Then learn about how they are partitioned, the URIs for each, and their scalability targets.

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 | Published: 10 May 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, storage expert Brien Posey explores some of the storage features and changes in Windows Server 8. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 | Published: 02 Apr 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript demonstrates step-by-step how to manage Windows from the command line, and particularly how to provision storage. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 | Published: 02 Apr 2012

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide provides an overview of storage thin provisioning, and explores this technology's benefits and potential downsides. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, discover strategies for optimizing storage for your VMware environment by leveraging VMware capabilities and other techniques such as thin provisioning, data deduplication, compression and more. Plus, explore storage options for virtual machines such as raw device mappings and VMFS.

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 | Published: 27 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper provides best practices and configuration guidelines on how to best integrate VMware vSphere® 5.0 with HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions.

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

EGUIDE: Storage virtualization has gained traction in IT departments as an effective means by which to improve utilization for significant cost savings and efficiency gains. Access this resource for expert advice around maintaining capacity efficiencies and savings across virtual environments.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: The combined strengths of Dell EqualLogic and VMware can deliver significant benefits for VDI implementations. Integration of DellEqualLogic with VMware vSphere and VMware View can help your organization achieve optimal VDI performance. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this Tolly Test Report and how the HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System powered by Intel® Xeon® processors not only integrates with existing Microsoft, Unix, and Linux applications using CIFS and/or NFS, but also enables high-speed connectivity to a host of virtualization platforms, database applications, backup applications and more.

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: Check out this tip guide for 5 best practices to better manage your virtual servers. In this guide you'll learn how to better balance your storage workload, understand the differences between storage for virtualized servers and desktops, learn how to utilize thin provisioning, improve storage utilization and more.

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this datasheet you will find a in-depth look into the HP X5000 G2 Network Storage Systems. A view into the key features and benefits that set this unit apart from the rest of those in the market.

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 | Published: 13 Feb 2012

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