Midrange storage array purchase considerations

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Leveraging Dell/EMC CX4 with Enterprise Flash Drives for Oracle Database Deployments by Dell, Inc.
previously unavailable in a midrange storage platform.

This white paper examines the performance considerations of placing Oracle Databases on enterprise flash...
Microsoft SQL Server in a VMware Environment on Dell PowerEdge Blades and Dell EqualLogic Storage by Dell, Inc.
and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays. This white paper provides an overview for deploying SQL Server in a virtualized environment for VMware ESX 3.5...
Storage Magazine March 2009 by SearchStorage.com
The March 2009 issue of Storage Magazine includes a cover story announcing the winners of the Midrange Arrays Quality Awards. Also in this issue, get...
ESG Labs Validation Report: Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 Family by Hitachi Data Systems
is a series of next-generation midrange storage systems that use enterprise-class technologies to improve operational efficiencies and significantly reduce...
Tools to Help You Manage Capacity by Storage Decisions
But the tools you get with your storage arrays are often inadequate or simply don't provide all the details you need to make smart and effective decisions.

In...
New Trends in Content-addressed Storage (CAS) by Storage Decisions
location.

New and innovative online storage array technologies are increasing the cost, performance advantage of CAS solutions such that many vendors are claiming...
Data Deduplication Beyond Backup by Storage Decisions
Executive Editor for TechTarget's Storage Media Group and independent consultant, discusses the state of deduplication for primary storage, the pros and cons of...
Sun™ Storage J4000 Array Family: Scalable, reliable and cost-effective solutions for open storage infrastructures by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft
to extend from incremental to bulk storage. Sun's J4000 family provides a solution that is both affordable and scalable. Currently there is a high demand for a cost...
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...
Sun Storage Free Trial Catalog by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
free trial guide to see which Sun storage solution works best for you. Choose from a variety of options such as theSun Storage Unified Storage Systems, Sun...
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...
IDC Product Flash: 3PAR Launches F-Class InServ Storage Servers by 3PAR
scalable, efficient, and flexible midrange storage platform. This Flash also examines the major IT developments that are driving future midrange storage developments...
Leveraging four-socket servers for your SQL 2000 to SQL 2008 consolidation by Dell, Inc.
server with a PowerVault MD1000 storage array can yielded results that enabled use of nearly one-fifth the rack space, one-third the power, and one-eighth the number of...
SQL 2000 to 2008 consolidation made easy with two-socket servers by Dell, Inc.
server with a PowerVault MD1000 storage array can yielded less than one-third the rack space usage, less than one-fourth the power, and one-eighth the number of SQL...
Sun™ J4400 Array as Disk Storage for Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL™ Database by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
administration of ZFS, the Sun Storage J4400 array is a strong candidate for improving backup & restoring operations. This paper discusses how to configure...
ESG Brief: CommVault® Simpana® 8: Emphasis on Efficiency by CommVault Systems, Inc.
key data protection/management considerations, and closes by providing an analysis of CommVault® Simpana® 8 software. CommVault introduced a number of...
The Scalable Analytic Appliance: A Technical Overview by ParAccel
and feature set common in today's midrange SAN storage systems. The Scalable Analytic Appliance (SAA), powered by ParAccel and EMC, is a tightly integrated analytic...
Sun™ Open Storage for MySQL™ Database Projects by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Today's storage systems are often proprietary, expensive to manage, and rigid to deploy. In contrast, Sun Open Storage products...
On Demand Webcast: Cost Efficient - High Impact Business Solutions with Dell and VMware vSphere by Dell, Inc.
budget and with managed SLAs. Many storage and server implementations often fall short of these goals. Learn how Dell® Enterprise and VMware® are...
Integrating Virtualized Servers with VMware vStorage-Enabled Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs by Dell, Inc.
virtual servers and consolidated storage enables unprecedented gains in overall data center efficiency and flexibility. VMware® Infrastructure utilizes...
Transforming a Global Data Center Environment by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
Intel's use of virtualization and grid computing reduces energy consumption and boosts utilization, enabling them to...
LEARNING GUIDES
set out to 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...

Local storage worked fine for the Sacramento, Calif. Superior Court until it decided to go paperless a few years ago. Bracing for the...
disk -- mostly direct attached storage -- with another separate library of tape backup totaling 2-3 TB," he says. But over the past five years, operations grew to...