Industry News and Analysis
The role of deduplication in disaster recovery
July 2, 2009 -- The combination of replication and data deduplication in DR operations can save costs and bandwidth.
July 2, 2009 -- The combination of replication and data deduplication in DR operations can save costs and bandwidth.
iSCSI cuts costs in virtual environments
July 1, 2009 -- Advances in IP storage virtualization help overcome the challenges of SAN deployment and therefore enable organizations of all sizes to cost- efficiently implement virtualized IT infrastructures.
July 1, 2009 -- Advances in IP storage virtualization help overcome the challenges of SAN deployment and therefore enable organizations of all sizes to cost- efficiently implement virtualized IT infrastructures.
Mimosa updates archiving platform
June 30, 2009 -- Mimosa Systems began shipping a new version of its NearPoint archiving platform today with a slew of enhancements that make it easier to get in and out of enterprise e-mail, file and SharePoint archives.
June 30, 2009 -- Mimosa Systems began shipping a new version of its NearPoint archiving platform today with a slew of enhancements that make it easier to get in and out of enterprise e-mail, file and SharePoint archives.
Go green by monitoring storage environmentals
June 26, 2009 -- Data center operations are undergoing a "sea change" driven by virtualization, converged storage and server networks, and the emergence of environmental sustainability as a key consideration for IT.
June 26, 2009 -- Data center operations are undergoing a "sea change" driven by virtualization, converged storage and server networks, and the emergence of environmental sustainability as a key consideration for IT.
ProStor enhances RHDD archiving systems
June 25, 2009 -- ProStor Systems has added a number of features to its InfiniVault archiving platforms, which are based on RDX removable hard disk drives (RHDDs).
June 25, 2009 -- ProStor Systems has added a number of features to its InfiniVault archiving platforms, which are based on RDX removable hard disk drives (RHDDs).
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Six Ways to Reduce Your Backup Window
Join virtualization industry experts to learn about best practices, tips and technologies, plus newly available options found in vRanger Pro 4.0 DPP, to improve ...
Join virtualization industry experts to learn about best practices, tips and technologies, plus newly available options found in vRanger Pro 4.0 DPP, to improve ...
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Vizioncore
Eliminating the I/O Bottleneck that limits scalability in today's Virtual Servers
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Neterion Inc.
Leveraging Capacity Optimization to Reduce Datacenter Footprint and Storage Costs
Capacity optimization is becoming a must-have technology for organizations looking to reduce storage costs....
Capacity optimization is becoming a must-have technology for organizations looking to reduce storage costs....
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Storwize
IDC
IDC
New Approaches To Disaster Recovery: Are You Prepared?
There are a number of different disaster recovery (DR) solutions available today, so it is incumbent upon IT storage managers to select an approach which is best ...
There are a number of different disaster recovery (DR) solutions available today, so it is incumbent upon IT storage managers to select an approach which is best ...
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InMage Systems
Taneja Group
Taneja Group
Disk Archiving for the 21st Century - New Strategies & Solutions to Improve Storage ROI
With data growth rates in the 50% - 100% range for most enterprises today and IT budgets declining, it's clear that legacy approaches to managing storage capacity ...
With data growth rates in the 50% - 100% range for most enterprises today and IT budgets declining, it's clear that legacy approaches to managing storage capacity ...
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Permabit Technology Corporation
Taneja Group
Taneja Group
The Petabytes are Coming: Will Your Content Repository Scale?
An explosion of user-generated content has dramatically shifted the dynamics and economics of storage. Faced with terabyte- and petabyte-sized mountains of unstructured ...
An explosion of user-generated content has dramatically shifted the dynamics and economics of storage. Faced with terabyte- and petabyte-sized mountains of unstructured ...
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HP
Server Virtualization and Its Impact on Storage
Virtual servers are red hot, but a virtualized environment has a lot of implications for end users' storage strategies. In this webcast, the Taneja Group research ...
Virtual servers are red hot, but a virtualized environment has a lot of implications for end users' storage strategies. In this webcast, the Taneja Group research ...
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FalconStor Software, Inc.
Taneja Group
Taneja Group
Next-Generation Scalable NAS for Digital Media
The digital industry is in the midst of unprecedented growth and transformation. With so many ways to capture and share digital information, Web 2.0 businesses like ...
The digital industry is in the midst of unprecedented growth and transformation. With so many ways to capture and share digital information, Web 2.0 businesses like ...
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HP
Backup vs. Archive: Never the Two Shall Meet?
Backup and archive are often difficult to distinguish. Most IT organizations have either treated them as separate activities (each with their own requirements and ...
Backup and archive are often difficult to distinguish. Most IT organizations have either treated them as separate activities (each with their own requirements and ...
Sponsored By:
Permabit Technology Corporation
Enterprise Strategy Group
Enterprise Strategy Group
Clustered File Storage: What to Look For
Unstructured data is growing exponentially and the reasons for that are well known. However, how an enterprise should manage this data and harness its value is far ...
Unstructured data is growing exponentially and the reasons for that are well known. However, how an enterprise should manage this data and harness its value is far ...
Sponsored By:
HP
Taneja Group
Taneja Group
Optimizing Data Efficiency with Windows File Server Consolidation
A popular and effective approach to managing the increasing demand for storage has been to host networked storage on Windows file servers. The result is Windows ...
A popular and effective approach to managing the increasing demand for storage has been to host networked storage on Windows file servers. The result is Windows ...
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HP
Data De-Duplication, Replication, and DR: Better RPO and RTO
Data de-duplication can significantly reduce the amount of data that is replicated over the WAN. This can have significant implications from a cost, bandwidth ...
Data de-duplication can significantly reduce the amount of data that is replicated over the WAN. This can have significant implications from a cost, bandwidth ...
Sponsored By:
Overland Storage
Enterprise Strategy Group
Enterprise Strategy Group
openBench Lab Review Series
Streaming multiple VM backups to minimize RTO
(Jun 15, 2009)
To meet a minimal recovery time objective (RTO), IT needs software that can run multiple VM backup processes in parallel, as well as HBAs, such as Brocade's 815 and 825, that are capable of streaming full-duplex I/O at wire speed.
To meet a minimal recovery time objective (RTO), IT needs software that can run multiple VM backup processes in parallel, as well as HBAs, such as Brocade's 815 and 825, that are capable of streaming full-duplex I/O at wire speed.
ESG Lab Validation Series
EMC IT - A blueprint for data center efficiency
(May 28, 2009)
This report explores the results of three continuing IT initiatives that have enabled EMC to deliver increased efficiency and reduced costs - without a data center upgrade.
This report explores the results of three continuing IT initiatives that have enabled EMC to deliver increased efficiency and reduced costs - without a data center upgrade.
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Blog Bits and Bytes
Dave Simpson's Storage Blog
Nirvanix brings storage from the moon to the cloud
July 3, 2009 – I’ve read a few interesting case studies about cloud storage (and a lot more non-interesting ones) but, for your July 4th reading pleasure, this one from Nirvanix gets my vote as the most interesting application of cloud storage. And you...
Kevin Komiega's Storage Blog
EPA seeks feedback on Energy Star storage specification
July 2, 2009 -- What will your refrigerator soon have in common with your storage array? It's not the crisper drawer. Well, not yet anyway. Someone could roll out a new unified SAN/NAS/Frigidaire system that stores your data and your produce. I guess...
Business Briefs
Recent announcements from:
(Jul 1, 2009)
Arkeia Software, BakBone Software, Broadcom, Digistore Solutions International, InMage Systems, Isilon Systems, Open-E, Overland Storage, Storwize and Tarmin Technologies.
Arkeia Software, BakBone Software, Broadcom, Digistore Solutions International, InMage Systems, Isilon Systems, Open-E, Overland Storage, Storwize and Tarmin Technologies.
White Papers
Featured White Papers
Data Protection Options for Virtualized Servers: Demystifying Virtual Server Data Protection - Best Practices and Technologies
Demystifying Virtual Server Data Protection -- Best Practices and Technologies, by Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst, StorageIO. Server virtualization continues ...
Demystifying Virtual Server Data Protection -- Best Practices and Technologies, by Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst, StorageIO. Server virtualization continues ...
Sponsored By:
Quantum Corp
ESG Lab Validation Report for Quantum DXi7500 Deduplicated Backup for the Enterprise
ESG Lab believes the combination of policy-based deduplication, enterprise-class performance and scalability, along with comprehensive management and services provides ...
ESG Lab believes the combination of policy-based deduplication, enterprise-class performance and scalability, along with comprehensive management and services provides ...
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Quantum Corp
D2D2T Backup Architectures and the Impact of Data Deduplication
The advent of data de-duplication, combined with disk-based backup systems, continues to change the landscape of backup and recovery environments. Conventional disk ...
The advent of data de-duplication, combined with disk-based backup systems, continues to change the landscape of backup and recovery environments. Conventional disk ...
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Quantum Corp
Analysis: Extending VMware Infrastructure Value With Advanced SAN Services
The iQ2850 iSCSI storage system fits perfectly into any SAN adoption or expansion initiative by offering enterprise-class reliability and availability needed to ...
The iQ2850 iSCSI storage system fits perfectly into any SAN adoption or expansion initiative by offering enterprise-class reliability and availability needed to ...
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iQstor
TOTALLY Open(TM) Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery is a key component of any business continuity plan. Unfortunately, complexity and high implementation costs prevent many organizations from adequately ...
Disaster recovery is a key component of any business continuity plan. Unfortunately, complexity and high implementation costs prevent many organizations from adequately ...
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FalconStor Software, Inc.
Delivering Data Protection with ROI
IT organizations are seeking new solutions that improve the operational efficiency of their business meeting their ROI expectations while consolidating the number ...
IT organizations are seeking new solutions that improve the operational efficiency of their business meeting their ROI expectations while consolidating the number ...
Sponsored By:
InMage Systems
Recent White Papers
Matching Data Deduplication Approaches to Workload Characteristics: The Quantum DXi7500
Taneja Group Opinion: This paper provides an overview of how Quantum’s choice to allow customers more than one deduplication approach in a single product ...
Taneja Group Opinion: This paper provides an overview of how Quantum’s choice to allow customers more than one deduplication approach in a single product ...
Sponsored By:
Quantum Corp
Long-Term Data Protection and Retention - Finding the Correct Balance
The White Paper “Long-Term Data Protection and Retention - Finding the Correct Balance” by Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst, StorageIO, discusses ...
The White Paper “Long-Term Data Protection and Retention - Finding the Correct Balance” by Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst, StorageIO, discusses ...
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Quantum Corp
Backup and Recovery: The Benefits of Multiple Deduplication Policies
Data deduplication systems, which in the past have required that users apply one deduplication methodology to all of their jobs, now provide a choice. Quantum allows ...
Data deduplication systems, which in the past have required that users apply one deduplication methodology to all of their jobs, now provide a choice. Quantum allows ...
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Quantum Corp
The Truth About Tape - Nine Myths to Reconsider
The IT industry has been the battleground for a number of heated debates about the future of technology over the last few decades, including the tape versus disk ...
The IT industry has been the battleground for a number of heated debates about the future of technology over the last few decades, including the tape versus disk ...
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LTO Ultrium
TAPE and DISK Square Off Again - Tape Remains King of the Hill with LTO-4
In this white paper discover the real cost of storing data long term in SATA disk system and in an LTO-4 tape system -- and which provides lower total cost of ownership ...
In this white paper discover the real cost of storing data long term in SATA disk system and in an LTO-4 tape system -- and which provides lower total cost of ownership ...
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LTO Ultrium
Securing Sensitive Information - Key Management and LTO-4 Tape Encryption
Now more than ever, ensuring the protection and confidentiality of data can be a critical role for data managers. With a growing number of laws and regulations, ...
Now more than ever, ensuring the protection and confidentiality of data can be a critical role for data managers. With a growing number of laws and regulations, ...
Sponsored By:
LTO Ultrium
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