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White Papers
Bloor: IBM Smart Analytics System vs Oracle Exadata X2-2
Jun 2011
Philip Howard, IT analyst with Bloor Research in the U.K., provides a comprehensive comparison of IBM and Oracle systems for data warehousing. In his review, he examines many aspects of IBM Smart...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
BIG DATA: Managing Explosive Growth - The Importance of Tiered Storage
Jan 2012
Setting strategies to archive data in an automated, reliable, cost-effective way is emerging as the right approach for organizations in a wide variety of industries. Archiving older data so that...
Provided by Quantum
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White Papers
ITG Management Brief: Cost/Benefit Case for Enterprise Warehouse Solutions
Aug 2011
Data warehousing has emerged as one of the IT world's fastest growth areas. Demand for high-quality, current information and for tools to interpret and exploit it shows no signs of abating. The...
Provided by IBM
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Tools & Templates
Storage Efficiency Calculator
Jul 2011
The proven modeling tool that powers the IBM Storage Efficiency Calculator is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Why Native Windows Defragmentation Isn't Enough
Sep 2010
Fragmentation has long been known as the hard disks' silent killer. Every year, billions of dollars are spent on IT networks to increase performance and reliability, but improperly managed...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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Downloads
CA ARCserve Backup r12.5 - 30 Day Free Live Trial
Dec 2009
CA ARCserve Backup offers world-class data protection for distributed servers, databases and applications, as well as clients for multiple environments, including Windows, Linux, UNIX, NetWare,...
Provided by CA (Computer Associates)
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White Papers
The Essentials Series: Why You Need to Defragment
Sep 2009
Authored by Microsoft MVP Greg Shields, this tech report is a call to arms for Windows administrators, reminding them why defragmenting is so important. Everyone wants better system performance...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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Research
Gartner Report: "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Disk-Based Backup Recovery"
Mar 2011
While backup is among the oldest, most performed tasks in the data center, the industry is undergoing significant change as organizations accelerate new technology adoption and show a propensity...
Provided by CommVault Systems
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White Papers
10 Best Practices for Archiving
May 2011
Every company—whether large or small, public or private—better have strong email and data retention policies in place. Why? Compliance issues, litigation readiness—we're talking legal...
Provided by Quest Software
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White Papers
Defrag Myth Busters - What You Should Know
Jan 2008
There are many serious misconceptions about fragmentation which, if believed, can lead to significant computer damage. Debunking these myths could save your system or network. Fragmentation is...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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Whitepapers - Video
IBM Cloud YouTube Channel
Jan 2012
Videos of the IBM Cloud Computing Community.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Top 10 Reasons Why EMC is the Best Choice for Primary and Backup Storage for Small Enterprises
Jan 2012
When it comes to storage, the overriding end game is quite simple; simplify your environment, reduce costs, and improve performance. Often times, achieving one of these can be tricky, but EMC is...
Provided by Technologent
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Resource Center
Protect Your Data with CA ARCserve D2D from Insight
Jan 2012
Visit Insight.com to learn about the data security threats businesses face and the qualities a good system needs to effectively protect data without impeding commerce. CA Technologies' new...
Provided by Insight Direct
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Webcasts
VMware vSphere 5 QuickStart Series Part 1: Getting Started with VMware ESXi
Mar 2012
This presentation will be available to audience members until November 2, 2012 at 09:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time. Who should view: IT Professionals looking to gain a technical understanding of...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
One Size Does Not Fit All: The Case for the Custom Cloud
Jan 2012
Cloud computing is broadly defined as an IT model that grants specific users both the permission and the ability to request a certain amount of computing resources through an automated interface....
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Fundamentals of a Well-Built SAN
Jun 2009
Every SAN is built from a combination of software, hardware, and services, and in this respect iSCSI SANs from HP are no different from any other SAN. But that's where the similarity ends. HP...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Implementing an NDMP Backup Solution Using NetBackup 6.5 and 7.0 on NetApp Storage
Jan 2010
This paper describes how to implement an NDMP backup solution using NetBackup 6.5 and 7.0 on NetApp storage. It contains solution design and implementation details about how to configure NetBackup...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Six Best Practices for Windows File Server Consolidation
Sep 2006
Is storage growth driving up costs in your data center? Are you looking for ways to simplify operations? Server consolidation can help. It can streamline your workload and it's proven to cut costs...
Provided by ONStor
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White Papers
Obligations to Retain Email
Sep 2011
This whitepaper discusses what drives organizations to retain email and other electronic content. It explores the content retention challenges faced by those organizations in the midst of...
Provided by Astaro
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White Papers
What's the value in switching to the cloud?
Feb 2012
If your business is not already seeking to reduce IT costs or looking to increase the agility of its IT environment with a cloud solution, why not? There are a range of benefits cloud services can...
Provided by SunGard Availability Services
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White Papers
Application Consolidation and Decommissioning Projects: Strategies That Deliver ROI
Feb 2009
As a recommended best practice, organizations need to evaluate application portfolios regularly to determine whether their investment is delivering maximum business value. Weighing the costs and...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Tivoli FlashCopy Manager 2.x for Windows Backup & Recovery Solution for SQL Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2007 on the IBM XIV Storage System
Nov 2011
Backup systems can prevent unexpected outages and slowing productivity in Microsoft Exchange environments. Read the white paper and learn how IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager leverages IBM XIV...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
IBM XIV Storage System Model 2810 40,000 Mailbox Resiliency Exchange 2010 Storage Solution
May 2010
With its innovative architecture and software provisioned for 40,000 mailboxes running heavy profiles, the IBM XIV Storage System for Microsoft Exchange displayed robust resilience during rigorous...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Maximized Server Security, Performance and Value
Jun 2011
These days, with increasingly complex solutions and cybercriminals hiding around every digital corner, security has become as important if not more important than performance. The liability, loss...
Provided by TechRepublic
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Downloads
LiteSpeed 5.0 for SQL Server is Here! Start Rocking with a Trial Copy
Aug 2008
Quest Software's LiteSpeed 5.0 for SQL Server is here, and it's going to rock your world! This industry-leading, multiple award-winning backup and recovery solution for your Microsoft SQL...
Provided by Quest Software
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White Papers
Total Cost Comparison: NetApp vs. EMC Solutions for Windows File Services Consolidation
Dec 2007
Once companies have made the decision to consolidate their Windows file services environments, a key consideration for many is which storage platform will provide the lowest total cost. This...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
White Paper: IBM XIV® Storage System with VMware® for Optimized Storage-Server Virtualization
Jul 2011
While virtualization has many upsides, making it work effectively can be challenging. The complementary technologies of the VMware® and IBM XIV® Storage System can create an effective virtual...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How to pick the best secure USB
Nov 2011
USB sticks and flash drives are popular for their portability and huge storage capacity, but their convenience can backfire. These devices can be the conduits for enterprise data loss and a way in...
Provided by Imation
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White Papers
HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System Data Sheet
Jan 2011
The new HP X5000 G2 Network Storage Systems is ideal for midsize companies. The solution, a two-node Network Attached Storage (NAS) cluster with shared storage built on HP BladeSystem technology....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
Introduction to Virtualization
Oct 2011
This video webcast is designed to help those with little to no virtualization experience understand why virtualization and VMware are so important to driving down both capital and operational...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
5 Steps to Building Winning IT Sales Proposals
Oct 2011
"We lost the deal? What happened?" Sounds all too familiar. And what's worse is that IT business owners and sales professionals often don't know that it is not about the money . . . but the...
Provided by ConnectWise
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Webcasts
VMware vSphere 5 QuickStart Series Part 3: Management with VMware vCenter Server
Mar 2012
This presentation will be available to audience members until November 16, 2012 at 09:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. Who should view: IT Professionals looking to gain a technical understanding of...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
HP StorageWorks P4500 SAS SAN vs.Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV:Feature and Functionality Comparison
May 2010
Hewlett-Packard ("HP") commissioned VeriTest, the testing service of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., to compare features and functionality between the HP StorageWorks P4500 SAS SAN Solutions and...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Business Continuity and Resiliency Services: Helping business stay in business
Apr 2011
Is your organization able to anticipate and adjust to planned and unplanned events in an increasingly unpredictable world? IBM can help you develop a business resilience plan. Read this document...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
VMware vSphere 5 QuickStart Series Part 2: Introduction to VMware vCenter Server
Mar 2012
This presentation will be available to audience members until November 09, 2012 at 09:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. Who should view: IT Professionals looking to gain a technical understanding of...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Enterprise Edition Using Oracle Real Application Clusters on IBM Power Systems With AIX 6.1
May 2010
The purpose of this white paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on IBM Power Systems servers with AIX 6.1 and IBM...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Lord Grey School builds a dynamic infrastructure for thin client computing
May 2011
Lord Grey School wanted to extend its thin client network into more classrooms, but its existing infrastructure lacked the capacity to support this expansion. Read this case study to see how the...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
IDC white paper: A New Era in Midrange storage
Jul 2011
The exponential growth of data is pushing the limits of midmarket storage capabilities. IBM® has developed new architectures that can scale up to this demand. This white paper elaborates on...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Top 10 Reasons Why Customers Deploy Microsoft Applications with VMware vSphere Essentials on EMC VNXe
Jan 2012
Trusted partners are the key to any successful business. And, the best partners align values and goals. So there's a reason why VMware vSphere on EMC VNXe is a "go-to" for Microsoft applications,...
Provided by Technologent
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White Papers
Oracle Exadata vs IBM: Netezza Compared
Mar 2012
Oracle Exadata and IBM Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance Compared This eBook will explain the fundamental differences between the IBM Netezza 1000 and Oracle Exadata solutions. You will learn...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Automated Formal Analysis of a Protocol for Secure File Sharing on Untrusted Storage
Mar 2008
The authors study formal security properties of a state-of-the-art protocol for secure file sharing on untrusted storage, in the automatic protocol verifier ProVerif. As far as they know, this is...
Provided by INRIA
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White Papers
Distributed Storage Support in Private Clouds Based on Static Scheduling Algorithms
Sep 2011
This paper is focused on an extension to an open source Infrastructure as a Service Cloud called Eucalytpus for supporting distributed storage according to a defined storage strategy. As a proof...
Provided by IARIA
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White Papers
Introducing Federated WebDAV Access to Cloud Storage Providers
Sep 2011
Affordable access to large online hard disks via the Internet has emerged by the continuous evolving of public and private storage clouds. However, difficulties arise as soon as users of such...
Provided by IARIA
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White Papers
A Workflow Engine for Computing Clouds
Sep 2011
This paper developed a workflow engine that enables the execution of workflows on existing Cloud platforms. The workflow engine automatically delivers the computation of each individual task to...
Provided by IARIA
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White Papers
Data Format Description and Its Applications in IT Security
Jun 2010
Data formats play a central role in information processing, exchange and storage. Security-related tasks such as the documentation of exploits or format-aware fuzzing of files depend on formalized...
Provided by IARIA
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White Papers
Replica Placement Algorithm Based on Peer Availability for P2P Storage Systems
Mar 2011
Peer-To-Peer (P2P) technology is an emerging approach to overcoming the limitations of the traditional client server architecture. However, building a highly available P2P system is quite...
Provided by IARIA
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White Papers
Fine-Grained Power Management Using Process-Level Profiling
Jan 2012
Low-power hardware design itself is not enough to solve the power problem of computer systems. Operating system level power saving strategies have been proved as effective complement to hardware...
Provided by Wayne State University
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White Papers
TaP: Table-Based Prefetching for Storage Caches
Jan 2008
TaP is a storage cache sequential prefetching and caching technique to improve the read-ahead cache hit rate and system response time. A unique feature of TaP is the use of a table to detect...
Provided by University of New Hampshire
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White Papers
Sequential Prefetch Cache Sizing for Maximal Hit Rate
Jun 2010
The authors propose a prefetch cache sizing module for use with any sequential prefetching scheme and evaluate its impact on the hit rate. Disk array caches perform sequential prefetching by...
Provided by Palo Alto Research Center
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White Papers
Characterizing Result Errors in Internet Desktop Grids
Jan 2012
Desktop grids use the free resources in Intranet and Internet environments for large-scale computation and storage. While desktop grids offer a high return on investment, one critical issue is the...
Provided by INRIA
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White Papers
IBM® PureFlex™ System: The Future of Datacenter Management by Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC
May 2012
In this paper, Ptak/Noel describes the new IBM PureFlex system and the unique management capabilities of the IBM Flex System Manager.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Value Proposition for IBM PureFlex System: Case for IBM PureFlex System for Cloud-Enabled SAP Enterprise Environments
May 2012
This paper describes the benefits of consolidating from HP servers to an IBM PureFlex System in a SAP application environment with six industry examples. Learn about the cost reductions through...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
NCCloud: Applying Network Coding for the Storage Repair in a Cloud-of-Clouds
Jan 2012
To provide fault tolerance for cloud storage, recent studies propose to stripe data across multiple cloud vendors. However, if a cloud suffers from a permanent failure and loses all its data, then...
Provided by Chinese University of Hong Kong
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White Papers
Cache Craftiness for Fast Multicore Key-Value Storage
Apr 2012
The authors present Masstree, a fast key-value database designed for SMP machines. Masstree keeps all data in memory. Its main data structure is a trie-like concatenation of B+-trees, each of...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Flexible Cache Error Protection Using an ECC FIFO
Nov 2009
The authors present ECC FIFO, a mechanism enabling two-tiered last-level cache error protection using an arbitrarily strong tier-2 code without increasing on-chip storage. Instead of adding...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Adaptive Granularity Memory Systems: A Tradeoff Between Storage Efficiency and Throughput
Jun 2011
The authors propose adaptive granularity to combine the best of ne-grained and coarse-grained memory accesses. They augment virtual memory to allow each page to specify its preferred granularity...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Lane Decoupling for Improving the Timing-Error Resiliency of Wide-SIMD Architectures
Apr 2012
A significant portion of the energy dissipated in modern integrated circuits is consumed by the overhead associated with timing guard-bands that ensure reliable execution. Timing speculation,...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Balancing DRAM Locality and Parallelism in Shared Memory CMP Systems
Feb 2012
Modern memory systems rely on spatial locality to provide high bandwidth while minimizing memory device power and cost. The trend of increasing the number of cores that share memory, however,...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
CAPRI: Prediction of Compaction-Adequacy for Handling Control-Divergence in GPGPU Architectures
May 2012
Wide SIMD-based GPUs have evolved into a promising platform for running general purpose workloads. Current programmable GPUs allow even code with irregular control to execute well on their SIMD...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
The Dynamic Granularity Memory System
Apr 2012
Chip multiprocessors enable continued performance scaling with increasingly many cores per chip. As the throughput of computation outpaces available memory bandwidth, however, the system...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Enhancing LRU Replacement Via Phantom Associativity
Jan 2012
In this paper, the authors propose a novel cache design, Phantom Associative Cache (PAC), that alleviates cache thrashing in L2 caches by keeping the in-cache data blocks for a longer time period....
Provided by University of California
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White Papers
Grafting Energy-Harvesting Leaves onto the Sensornet Tree
Apr 2012
The authors study the problem of augmenting battery-powered sensornet trees with energy-harvesting leaf nodes. Their results show that leaf nodes that are smaller in size than today's typical...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
DUPE: Gartner Research: Picking the Right Server Type to Solve Your Data Center Space, Power and Heat Problems
May 2012
The type of server you install in a data center can have a big impact - positive or negative - on the space, power and cooling required. Knowing and choosing the appropriate server type can extend...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Resource Center
HP Support Center Overview
May 2012
Tour the new HP Support Center, a one-stop access to information, tools & experts needed to keep your technology running, as well as a comprehensive set of support alternatives
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Image-Adaptive Watermarking Using 2D Chirps
Jan 2009
Linear chirps, a special case of polynomial phase exponentials, have recently been proposed for digital watermarking. In this paper, the authors propose a known-host-state methodology for...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
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White Papers
HP 3PAR Storage Systems Designed for Mission Critical High Availability
May 2012
In this technical whitepaper, learn how HP 3PAR Storage Systems have been designed to deliver 99.999% and greater availability, bringing new possibilities to storage thinking outside the realms of...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
The Best Way to Build a Cloud - HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Storage provide a solid, flexible foundation
May 2012
Learn how HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Storage provide a solid, flexible foundation for your cloud environment. Co-Sponsored by: Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
Defining Tier One Storage in the Modern Data Center
May 2012
This report defines "tier-1" storage in the modern IT world and in the data centers and services that support it. What was a simple environment just a few years ago with mainframes or a few large...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
Using HP's Converged Storage to Develop/Enhance Business Resiliency in VMware Environments
May 2012
In this report, Enterprise Strategy Group reviews how HP's portfolio of hardware, software, and services can provide the foundational support for VMware environments. When it comes to business...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
Virtualizing the Client - The HP Way
May 2012
HP VirtualSystem delivers best-in-class virtualization, with integrated software, services, infrastructure, and management - all delivered as one proven solution. Co-Sponsored by: Intel...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
The Total Economic Impact of HP 3PAR Storage
May 2012
Forrester Consulting provides an analysis of four HP 3PAR Storage customer implementations to quantify the efficiency and cost savings achieved over legacy storage platforms. On average, HP 3PAR...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
CenterBeam: A Bigger Edge in Cloud Services
May 2012
Learn how CenterBeam boosts storage throughput 10-fold and reclaims 65 percent of chief architect's time by moving from EMC to HP 3PAR Storage and HP VirtualSystems. Co-Sponsored by: Intel...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
Performance Analysis of Centralized Versus Distributed Recovery Schemes in P2P Storage Systems
Feb 2009
This paper studies the performance of Peer-To-Peer Storage Systems (P2PSS) in terms of data lifetime and availability. Two schemes for recovering lost data are modeled through absorbing Markov...
Provided by INRIA
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White Papers
Simulation Analysis of Download and Recovery Processes in P2P Storage Systems
Jun 2009
Peer-to-peer storage systems rely on data fragmentation and distributed storage. Unreachable fragments are continuously recovered, requiring multiple fragments of data (constituting a "Block") to...
Provided by INRIA
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White Papers
Contributing Storage Using the Transparent File System
Aug 2007
Contributory applications allow users to donate unused resources from their personal computers to a shared pool. These applications harvest idle resources such as CPU cycles, memory, network...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Universally Composable Key-Management
Apr 2012
The authors present the first key-management functionality in the Universal Composability (UC) framework. It allows the enforcement of a wide range of security policies and can be extended by...
Provided by INRIA
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White Papers
Privacy-Preserving Public Auditing in Cloud Storage Security
Dec 2011
The Cloud Computing is the new vision of computing utility, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies
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White Papers
A Comprehensive Comparative Study of SPARQL and SQL
Jul 2011
With development of Semantic Web, much research focuses on various technologies about Web ontology. Especially, for management and searching of data in Web ontology, various storages based on RDB...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies
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White Papers
Windows Azure Platform: An Era for Cloud Computing
Mar 2011
Windows Azure platform is the Microsoft implementation of cloud computing. This paper covers detailed introduction to Windows Azure Platform. Windows Azure provides resources and services for...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies
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White Papers
The Business Value of Post Warranty Contracts
Apr 2012
As IT environments continue to become increasingly complex and sophisticated, internal and external customers continue to demand higher levels of service - thus, renewing support contracts to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Performance Test: Comparing Cloud Storage Platforms
May 2009
With several cloud storage offerings available and new ones popping up all the time, how does one decide which one is right for someone and their business? Cloud products are still ill-defined, so...
Provided by PLANET
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White Papers
Best Practices in Data Classification for Information Lifecycle Management
Jan 2005
Information lifecycle management (ILM) is a sustainable storage strategy that balances the cost of storing and managing information with its business value. A well-executed ILM strategy will...
Provided by Strategic Data Management
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White Papers
A* Algorithm Based Optimization for Cloud Storage
Nov 2010
Cloud Storage provides users with storage space and make user friendly and timely acquire data, which is foundation of all kinds of cloud applications. However, there is lack of deep studies on...
Provided by Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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White Papers
Making the Cloud Achievable
May 2011
A reference guide on cloud computing. Provides an overview of cloud computing and it's benefits and an in-depth look at preparing for the cloud. Also covers the private cloud and the public cloud...
Provided by CDW & VMware
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Case Studies
Rethinking the Data Center
May 2011
A case study on a Queensborough Community College infrastructure optimization project that resulted in savings of time, money and energy. The strategy included server virtualization and...
Provided by CDW & VMware
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White Papers
WP:IBM Storwize V7000 TCO White paper
Jun 2011
This paper examines the business case that was constructed to contrast the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the IBM Storwize V7000 with a comparable competitive solution for a medium sized storage...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Storage Device Reliability and Endurance
Jul 2011
In this white paper, sponsored by Seagate Technology, IDC discusses storage device reliability and endurance while examining the importance for storage device vendors of defining a common set of...
Provided by Seagate
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White Papers
The Need to Standardize Storage Device Performance Metric
Jul 2011
In this IDC white paper, sponsored by Seagate, IDC lays the foundation and discusses the importance for storage device vendors to define and coalesce around a set of common performance metrics...
Provided by Seagate
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White Papers
How Enterprise Architectures Must Adapt to Solid State Storage
Jul 2011
In this white paper, IDC discusses the case for solid state storage in enterprise data storage systems and servers. This white paper explores various aspects associated with integrating solid...
Provided by Seagate
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White Papers
Planning considerations for Geographically Dispersed Clusters using IBM HACMP/XD: HAGEO technology
Jul 2011
IBM's HACMP/XD for HAGEO software provided a flexible, reliable platform for building a disaster-tolerant configuration. PowerHA SystemMirror Enterprise Edition, Geographic LVM configuration...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers - Video
Novus SERP Flash Demo
Jul 2011
Novus Storage Enterprise Resource Planner (SERP) brings business intelligence to the storage environment. It tells you what business units are using which storage assets, when they use it, where...
Provided by IBM
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Podcasts
Business Of IT Executive Workshop and Business of IT Dashboard
Jul 2011
Listen as Jeanine Cotter, VP of IT Strategy and Architecture Services, and Marie Wieck, VP of Middleware Services, both of IBM Global Technology Services discuss "The Business of IT." This...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Proofs of Ownership in Remote Storage Systems
Apr 2011
Cloud storage systems are increasingly popular nowadays, and a promising technology to keep their cost down is deduplication, namely removing unnecessary copies of repeating data. Moreover,...
Provided by Bar-Ilan University
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White Papers
IDC white paper: A New Era in Midrange storage
Jul 2011
The exponential growth of data is pushing the limits of midmarket storage capabilities. IBM® has developed new architectures that can scale up to this demand. This white paper elaborates on...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How to Build a SAN Guide: Convert Any Windows Server Into Shared Storage
Aug 2011
This How To Build A SAN guide provides simple step-by-step instructions for building your own Storage Area Network (SAN) or centralized, networked storage by using standard off-the-shelf x86...
Provided by Starwind Software
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White Papers
Tivoli FlashCopy Manager 2.x for Windows Backup & Recovery Solution for SQL Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2007 on the IBM XIV Storage System
Nov 2011
Backup systems can prevent unexpected outages and slowing productivity in Microsoft Exchange environments. Read the white paper and learn how IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager leverages IBM XIV...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Protecting Critical Data in Physical & Virtual Environments with Guest IDC Analyst Robert Amatruda
Jan 2012
Data Protection for Mixed Environments Today's unprecedented growth in data, combined with both physical and virtual environments, means you need an effective, integrated data protection...
Provided by Quest Software
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Webcasts
Screencast: Private Cloud Storage Optimization (related to Optimizing Storage)
Dec 2011
Learn how optimizations in Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Exadata Efficiently manage more data, maximize performance and provide protection against data loss. Reduce storage costs by a factor of 10x.
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Securing Privilege Delegation in Public and Private Cloud Computing Infrastructure
Oct 2010
This white paper discusses the drivers for data centers moving to the cloud, the role of virtualization in both public and private cloud infrastructures and outlines the security and compliance...
Provided by BeyondTrust
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White Papers
Business continuity and resiliency services from IBM - Helping business stay in business
Apr 2010
With supply chain interdependencies, increasing regulatory requirements and geographically dispersed businesses encompassing everything from traditional storefronts to online operations,...
Provided by IBM
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Tools & Templates
Storage Efficiency Calculator
Jul 2011
The proven modeling tool that powers the IBM Storage Efficiency Calculator is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Overcoming Eight Common Power Management Challenges
Sep 2011
Using outdated, standalone software from multiple vendors to monitor and manage uninterruptible power systems (UPSs), power distribution units (PDUs) and other crucial power quality devices can...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange Best Practices
Aug 2003
This paper is intended to be a best practice guide and is for experienced Microsoft Exchange administrators who have read the Network Appliance SnapDrive and SnapManager for Exchange installation...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
ESG Analyst White Paper - Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation
Jun 2010
Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority for small and midsize businesses. According to ESG's 2010 Spending Intentions Survey, it is nearly tied as the top priority for SMBs...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
IBM Information Protection Services -email management express
Jul 2011
Planned and unplanned email outages are inevitable. Read how email management express from IBM offers an expanded portfolio of integrated email continuity and recovery, archiving, and crisis...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Best Practices: Backup and Recovery Strategies
Jun 2005
One can't recover data that one has not kept. But how confident is one that the data on which the business depends is backed up successfully? This paper examines the kinds of data storage...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Cloud-based data protection for desktop and laptop computers: Enable continuous data protection with cloud-based managed data backup
Aug 2011
Maintaining a comprehensive data backup solution for multiple desktops and laptops across many locations can be expensive. This data sheet discusses how IBM can help safeguard data with a...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Coming Storage Armageddon: What your Database Administrator Isn't Telling You
Sep 2011
The ever-increasing pace of data growth calls for a comprehensive storage strategy that protects data infrastructure from performance problems and is also flexible enough to handle changing...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Implementing Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on the EMC Celerra Unified Storage Platform: Applied Technology
Mar 2009
A highly scalable and available architecture for Oracle E-Business Suite R12 environments can be deployed using the Celerra Unified Storage Platform and common Intel x86 servers with the Linux...
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Assessing and Improving Data Center Storage-Related Energy Efficiency: Technology Concepts and Business Considerations
Dec 2008
Taking a holistic view of data center operations provides an objective assessment of overall efficiency and value, as well as enables guidance for improving processes. This white paper examines...
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EMC CLARiiON Backup Storage Solutions: Backup-to-Disk Guide With Symantec Back Exec
Sep 2006
Backup-to-disk has emerged as a technology that offers significant benefits over the traditional tape backup process. With the changed economics of disk technology, backup-to-disk solutions are...
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Building High-Performance Database Systems With EMC Storage Technology and Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Jun 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database software is an enterprise-class database management solution that is powerful and flexible enough to be deployed in a variety of business environments....
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Achieving Storage Efficiency With EMC Celerra - Best Practices Planning
May 2009
Storage efficiency techniques enable reductions in allocated disk capacity, power consumption, cooling requirements, and storage administration overhead. In addition, placing active data on higher...
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Achieving Storage Efficiency Through EMC Celerra Data Deduplication: Applied Technology
Apr 2009
This white paper describes Data Deduplication, a feature of the EMC Celerra network file server that increases the efficiency with which Network-Attached Storage (NAS) data is stored. This paper...
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An Overview of Groups in EMC Symmetrix and Solutions Enabler Environments: A Detailed Review
Apr 2009
In an EMC Solutions Enabler environment several types of groups are commonly used to monitor and control Symmetrix storage arrays such as Symmetrix DMX and now the V-Max Series arrays. It is...
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Assured Federated Records Management: Achieving Compliance
Nov 2007
As the word "Comp1iance" continues to gain mindshare in the executive suite, companies are beginning to rethink their approach to records management. This white paper details how the EMC...
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Backup of SAP Oracle Databases in EMC Symmetrix Environments With EMC NetWorker PowerSnap: Applied Technology
Aug 2008
EMC NetWorker, the cornerstone of recovery management solutions at EMC, and its modules can be used effectively in EMC Symmetrix environments to complement and enhance backup and recovery...
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Best Practices for Fast, Simple Capacity Allocation With EMC Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning
Apr 2009
EMC Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning, which marks a significant advancement over technologies commonly known in the Industry as "Thin provisioning," adds a new dimension to tiered storage in the...
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Best Practices for Nondisruptive Tiering Via EMC Symmetrix Virtual LUN
Apr 2009
Virtual LUN technology, enhanced with Enginuity 874 for the Symmetrix V-Max Series, enables transparent, nondisruptive data mobility among storage tiers within the same array and between RAID...
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EMC CLARiiON CX4-480 (42,000 User) Storage Solution for Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1
Aug 2008
The CX4-480 is a versatile and cost-effective solution for organizations seeking an alternative to server-based storage. The EMC CLARiiON CX4-480 delivers performance, scalability and advanced...
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