General NAS purchase considerations

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Major Considerations for Deploying a Thinly Provisioned Storage Solution by 3PAR
IDC believes that thin provisioning is a powerful enabling technology with significant benefits to offer storage...
iSCSI for TL-Series Tape Libraries by Dell, Inc.
the setup, configuration and considerations associated with implementing this solution.

This white paper assumes a typical SMB environment with 5-10 Windows...
Five Key Considerations for Evaluating the Scalability of Disk-based Backup Solutions by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
This paper outlines the five key questions you should ask when evaluating the scalability of any disk-based backup...
Pennsylvania Toy Company Finds Software Customizations Child's Play with M1 by Bowen & Groves
Receivable, Accounts Payable and General Ledger. With a single, unified system, Smethport tracks information essential to every step of its operations,...
How to Migrate from Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange Server by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft
2007 along with a few critical considerations before the deployment takes place. Making the move from Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 Server to Microsoft Exchange...
Managing Backup and Archive Data with Data Domain and Symantec NetBackup (NBU) Integration by Data Domain
NBU, including planning and sizing considerations, operational considerations, offsite replication, and other integration basics so you can get the most out of this...
Symantec NetBackup (NBU) Design Best Practices with Data Domain by Data Domain
NBU, including planning and sizing considerations, operational considerations, offsite replication, and other integration basics so you can get the most out of this...
Ensuring Cost-effective, High-performance Storage Deployments for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Environments by Hitachi Data Systems
Solution Brief includes nine key considerations for storage deployments to support your Microsoft Exchange environment. E-mail applications have become mission...
Data Protection for Virtual Server Environments: Exploring Options and Technologies for Backup and Recovery of Virtual Machines by Datalink
provides practical advice and considerations surrounding backup and recovery of virtual server infrastructures. A dizzying range of technology choices awaits IT...
Network-attached storage FAQ by EMC Corporation
network-attached storage (NAS) offers a number of benefits, it also presents some challenges. In this podcast, Ashish Nadkarni, Principal Consultant...
Network-Attached Storage FAQ by EMC Corporation
network-attached storage (NAS) offers a number of benefits, it also presents some challenges. Ashish Nadkarni, Principal Consultant with GlassHouse...
Leveraging Dell/EMC CX4 with Enterprise Flash Drives for Oracle Database Deployments by Dell, Inc.
paper examines the performance considerations of placing Oracle Databases on enterprise flash drives versus conventional hard disk drives, as well as discusses the...
5 Key Considerations for Long Term Data Retention by Quantum Corporation
Managing backup and recovery in today's environment is a multi-dimensional challenge with both near and long term...
eGuide: Virtualization Strategies: Key Considerations for Management, Security and Performance by ePlus Technology
This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and ePlus Technology, Inc., discusses key...
Matching Data Deduplication Approaches to Workload Characteristics: The Quantum DXi7500 by Quantum Corporation
This Technology Brief discusses different approaches to data deduplication in the market today along with the pros...
Secrets to Successful DR and Continuity Planning by Compellent
This webinar reviews several enabling technologies that greatly simplify Disaster Recovery and business...
Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server by Data Domain
explores the various practices and considerations for backing up Microsoft Exchange data to Data Domain systems and how to effectively exploit this technology...
Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Backup Systems Technical Consideration (Podcast) by Data Domain
This podcast explores the primary technological differences inherent in the various forms of data deduplication...
Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Back Up Systems: Technical Considerations (Webcast) by Data Domain
This webcast explores the primary technological differences inherent in the various forms of data deduplication...
Five Key Considerations for Enterprise Disaster Recovery and Backup by SEPATON
Disaster recovery planning is a critical part of any large data-intensive enterprise data center environment. This...
Comparing Disk with Tape: Improving Backup and Recovery Performance by EMC Corporation
There's no question: The face of data protection has forever changed - and that new face is disk. Today, more and more...
Podcast: Changing the Rules of Backup: Go Beyond Virtual Tape Library for Accelerating Your Backup by FalconStor Software
For most IT organizations, traditional server backup remains the primary means of protecting data. And despite...
Getting a Handle on eDiscovery by StoredIQ
eDiscovery is the process of using technology to identify, collect, preserve, process, review, and produce all the...
LEARNING GUIDES
cross-section of midrange NAS arrays was selected based on input from industry analysts and SearchStorage.com editors. The specifications, which...
make a network-attached storage (NAS) system that would be easy to use and easy to manage.

Today's NAS products remain true to that guiding principle.

"The...

network-attached storage (NAS) to help cope with a load that would escalate from 100 GB to 1.7 TB, with much more on the horizon.

That's a classic scenario for...

After examining various SAN and NAS options, Buening selected a Fibre Channel-based IBM SAN built with IBM System Storage DS3400 arrays with an initial...