storage system
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment The company has implemented a virtual server infrastructure within a VMware environment, and uses storage technology from NetApp to help manage the data. And never underestimate how many storage area... [20 Nov 2009]
Clouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date
News Azure's storage service will also be updated, with data geo-replicated across pairs of datacentres - for example, in Europe, datacentres in Amsterdam and Dublin - from January. The system will launch... [18 Nov 2009]
Top Five Oracle Tasks for Windows Administrators
White Paper In a resource-constrained system, monitoring storage may be the main focus of concern. Oracle is a complex software system that requires a good deal of care and feeding in order for the... [13 Nov 2009]
The State of Resilience and Optimization on IBM Power Systems
White Paper Even as transaction and data storage volumes have increased, ensuring that the right data protection and management practices are in place has moved up from a line-level responsibility to a core boardroom mandate. [13 Nov 2009]
Instant Access to Information: The Return-on-Investment for Information Management Systems
White Paper Information Management Systems can offer significant benefits by improving the speed and quality of access to information, reducing document management and storage costs, and streamlining data-intensive processes for... [13 Nov 2009]
Sun and VMware Solutions Guide for Windows Server Consolidation
White Paper When combined with VMware Infrastructure software, Sun provides a solution for Windows server consolidation that leverages the simplicity of NFS (Network File System) and the extensive features of Sun... [12 Nov 2009]
Information Management, BPM and Integration: Achieving Cost Efficiency in the Financial Sector
White Paper Digital capture and storage make information easily retrievable and useful, but don't necessarily enable enterprise-wide efficiency. A work management system that systematically drives work forward,... [11 Nov 2009]
Setting the record straight: SAN defrag is vital to storage performance
White Paper More companies are consolidating and virtualizing their IT infrastructures and far more demand is placed on storage performance. In particular, companies overlook the performance degradation due to file... [06 Nov 2009]
Setting the record straight: SAN defrag is vital to storage performance.
White Paper More companies are consolidating and virtualizing their IT infrastructures and far more demand is placed on storage performance. In particular, companies overlook the performance degradation due to file... [06 Nov 2009]
Self-Tuning Disk Drives Eliminate Performance Bottlenecks and Heighten ROI
White Paper The explosion of systems storage capacity has not been matched by the evolution of faster hard disks. This has made the hard disk the weak link in system performance. This white paper explains how... [06 Nov 2009]
Virtualization and Disk Performance
White Paper Virtualization marks the next evolution in data storage technology. This accelerated build-up leads to severe problems such as freezes, hangs, crashes and even system failures. This white paper analyzes... [06 Nov 2009]
The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation - Chapter 1
White Paper But with that increase in storage capacity and decrease in price comes a problem of management. The new guide will examine how the pervasive problem of fragmentation affects a computer system and what... [06 Nov 2009]
The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation - Chapter 2
White Paper But with that increase in storage capacity and decrease in price comes a problem of management. It can affect the health of the system. Storing data on a disk has become less expensive and more... [06 Nov 2009]
Split Mirror Backup/Recovery Solution With the IBM TotalStorage Server DS6800
White Paper This white paper explains the use of an IBM TotalStorage DS6800 storage server as an essential component of advanced infrastructure solutions, such as one implementing a High Availability Split Mirror Backup / Recovery... [30 Oct 2009]
SAN Volume Controller: Best Practices and Performance Guidelines
White Paper This paper captures some of the best practices based on field experience, and details the performance gains that can be achieved by implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller. The IBM SAN... [30 Oct 2009]