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Protecting VMware Environments With the Latest Backup Exec and Quantum DXi De-Duplication Solutions

The attendee will learn how Backup Exec simplifies backup and recovery for virtual servers using Quantum DXi de-duplication to reduce the overall storage capacity requirements. The attendee will learn more about how high performance disk-based backup with de-duplication can maximize the ROI and help control exponential data growth and control...

Tags: Storage Provisioning, Environment, Symantec Backup Exec, VMware Inc., De-duplication, Quantum Corp., Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-11-06

PMMC Runs SQL Server Approximately 40 Percent Faster With Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN, Speeds Storage Provisioning for New Clients

Preferred Medical Marketing Corporation PMMC enables hospitals and large physician groups to remain financially secure by analyzing the economic implications of new reimbursement terms with insurers, monitoring the payment accuracy for services rendered, and recovering underpayments. Awkward management user interfaces and expensive hardware made it difficult for PMMC to provision...

Tags: Storage Provisioning, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, SAN, Dell EqualLogic, Server, Storage, Hardware

Case studies 2008-10-01

Automated Planners for Storage Provisioning and Disaster Recovery

Introducing an application into a data center involves complex interrelated decision-making for the placement of data where to store it and resiliency in the event of a disaster how to protect it. Automated planners can assist administrators in making intelligent placement and resiliency decisions when provisioning for both new and...

Tags: Storage Provisioning, Disaster Recovery, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-09-01

HP Announces Game-Changing Storage Integration: XP24000 Disk Array Simplifies Storage Provisioning and Improves Storage Infrastructure for the Delivery of Storage Services

Over the last number of years, the growth rate of storage resources has been extraordinary, driven by applications that have a greater thirst for more and larger files and a diversity of performance requirements. In the fall of 2004 with the initial announcement of the XP12000 Disk Array, HP set...

Tags: Storage Provisioning, Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Disk Array, Integration, Barometrix, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-08-21

Automated Storage Provisioning for Windows Using TotalStorage Productivity Center and Tivoli Provisioning Manager

The provisioning of SAN attached storage capacity to a server can be a time consuming and cumbersome process. The task requires skilled storage administrators. However, there is a solution to this through automation. This paper looks at how an automated storage provisioning solution can be realized for a Windows environment...

Tags: IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center, Storage Provisioning, Provisioning, Microsoft Windows, IBM Corp., Storage Capacity, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-04-01

Intelligent Storage Provisioning for UNIX and LINUX Environments

Storage provisioning is the process used to provide appropriate storage capacity to applications. Intelligent Storage Provisioning ISP is a feature of the VERITAS Storage Foundation product family that allows application volumes to be created from disks1 that meet installation-specified criteria. Provisioning block storage capacity involves configuring physical storage devices, ensuring...

Tags: Storage Provisioning, Linux, Unix, Storage Capacity, Intelligent Storage Provisioning, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2005-07-05

An Introduction to Storage Provisioning With Tivoli Provisioning Manager and TotalStorage Productivity Center

This paper is intended as an introduction to the subject of storage provisioning and is written for anyone who needs to understand IBM's automated storage provisioning tools. IBM storage provisioning solutions are based on Tivoli Provisioning Manager TPM and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center TPC. This paper examines TPM's support for...

Tags: IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center, Storage Provisioning, Storage, Provisioning, IBM Corp., IBM Storage Provisioning Solution

White papers 2005-07-01

Additional Resources

Overview on SP1 Release for Storage Foundation and High Availability for Windows 5.1

Storage Foundation and High Availability for Windows 5.1 will be releasing Service Pack 1 (SP1) in November. This SP1 release includes an eye-popping list of extended features and additional functionality that enables this product to maintain its competitive edge in the storage management and availability space for the Windows environment....

Tags: Symantec Corp., High Availability, Provisioning, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-11-12

Technical Report:  Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V with PS Series Arrays

Server virtualization is a common practice is today's data centers for server consolidation, power reduction, rapid provisioning, high availability, and data protection. All of these reasons lead to lower data center costs and TCO. Virtual servers together with intelligent virtual storage increase the chances for successful deployments of virtual data...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Dell EqualLogic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Data Centers, Server Consolidation, Data Center Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Roi/Tco, Storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2009-11-04

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

IBM XIV® Storage System: Thin Provisioning Reinvented

Managing IT storage infrastructure is an endless balancing act of providing enterprise-class functionality and services while controlling costs. "Thin provisioning" is the practice of allocating storage to applications on a "just-in-time" and "as needed" basis. This document explores the benefits of thin provisioning, the XIV approach...

Tags: Provisioning, Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-10-12

CABIntegr 1.1.0.6 (Mobile)

World''s first CAB file editor working on a Windows Mobile device! CABIntegr features:Creating new CAB filesEditing CAB filesAdding filesAdding multiple files in one operationAdding registry keysImporting registry keys from REG filesAdding custom* shortcutsCAB files compression supported**Pre- and post- XML provisioning files supported***Managing storage of information needed for the program removalViewing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Provisioning, SKKV Software, World', Mobile Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Marketing, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-04

HP Storage Essentials: Delivering on the Promise of Storage Automation

Today's IT service is very complex. To support the agility and performance goals demanded by the business, IT needs to automate the processes that manage the IT service infrastructure. Without automation, IT processes incur co-ordination latencies and are error prone. HP Storage Essentials is a comprehensive storage resources management solution...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Automation, HP Storage Essentials, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-08-01

HP Adaptive Infrastructure Solution Security: For HP BladeSystem Matrix

The HP BladeSystem Matrix Matrix solution is an in the box, cloud infrastructure that brings the economics, scalability, and response times of the cloud to diverse applications across data center. The BladeSystem Matrix combines capacity planning, disaster recovery, and automated provisioning with a self-service portal into one command center. This...

Tags: Security, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Infrastructure Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Portals, Hardware, Data Management, Internet

White papers 2009-08-01

Starwind Enterprise Server 4.2 (Windows)

StarWind Enterprise Server is an advanced, reliable and powerful iSCSI SAN software that converts any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a scalable SAN that works over the existing Ethernet network. StarWind Enterprise Server includes all enterprise-class features not offered in StarWind Server: Mirroring & Replication: synchronous & asynchronous...

Tags: Mirroring, Server Cluster, Starwind Software, StarWind Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-22

Citrix launches Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

The folks at Citrix are at it again. They are trying to execute a preemptive strike so that their technology will come to be pervasive. It is clear that Citrix is taking a page out of the open source strategy book. This "give something of value away...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Express Edition, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Dell's analyst meeting: Looking for the big vision

Dell's analyst powwow on Tuesday is expected to focus heavily on storage and cost cutting, but lack any big transformation plans---although many observers are itching to hear more about the company's acquisition strategy and vision. Caris analyst Robert Cihra sums it up well. Dell has been focusing...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Analyst, Vision, Cihra, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

What Networking of Information Can Do for Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is making it possible to separate the process of building an infrastructure for service provisioning from the business of providing end user services. Today, such infrastructures are normally provided in large data centres and the applications are executed remotely from the users. One reason for this is that...

Tags: Network, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2009-07-09

10 data center paradoxes -- widening area networks; iPhone inspiration (2)

Last week, I published the first five megatrends reshaping today's data centers, pulled from my latest article in Database Trends & Applications. Here the remaining five of the top 10 shifts, or paradoxes that are turning data centers upside down, rightside up, and many other directions: ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Data Center, Network, Information Technology, Data Center Planner, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-24

QNAP introduces 'smallest 8-bay Atom NAS'

QNAP today introduced its SS-839 Pro Turbo NAS, the "world's smallest 8-bay, Intel Atom network attached storage" device, which supports eight 2.5-in. hard drives or solid state drives. Intended for business users who are looking for high performance, stability, scalability, low noise and...

Tags: NAS, Network, Server, QNAP, SS-839 Pro, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Networking, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-22