CASE STUDY - Because their previous storage infrastructure was not able to meet their existing and future needs, Snapfish was looking for a storage solution that would offer extreme scalability and improve performance, storage management and flexibility. This case study details how they solved this issue.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Blade Servers | Clustering | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn how the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway, a mid-range NAS file server gateway, allows you to scale your file serving performance in a near linear fashion.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Premiered: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | File Server Software | NAS | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This Presentation Transcript breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | Fibre Channel | iSCSI Protocol | NAS | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: November 13, 2008


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Database Management | Grid Computing | SOA

CASE STUDY - Wells' Dairy needed to provide cost-effective services and promote business continuity and agility. It deployed the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating system and Hyper-V™ virtualization technology. Today, it has a scalable server consolidation solution and a data center that is saving more than US.$12,000 in annual electrical costs.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Clustering | Disaster Recovery | Green Data Center | High Availability | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - If you’re an administrator who’s planning to build a high performance, highly available IP network using HP SAN/iQ Software, you should read this document in its entirety. You’ll find important configuration guidelines, best practices, and frequently asked questions that will help you to accelerate a successful deployment.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, Brian Greenberg, President and CEO, General System Dynamics, explores the distinctions between scale-out and scale-up systems, major use cases for this technology and an assessment of new scale-out/clustered storage systems from major vendors.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cluster Management | Clustering | DAS | Disk Storage Systems | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Standards

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, Marc Staimer, Founder and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting, will explain the practical benefits of storage virtualization, including how to assess your environment to determine the cost-effectiveness of virtualization.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | IP Networks | NAS | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

EGUIDE - Despite the obvious advantages associated with Microsoft Hyper-V, this virtualization platform does not come without its availability and resiliency challenges. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, Dell and Microsoft, you will gain insight into the improvements made to Hyper-V by Windows Server 2008 R2.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 7, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Downtime | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine Migration | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server Software

ANALYST NEWS - This IDC Flash analyzes 3PAR's announcement of the InServ F-Class storage server product line, a solution that 3PAR is positioning as a more scalable, efficient, and flexible midrange storage platform. This Flash also examines the major IT developments that are driving future midrange storage developments.
Posted: June 24, 2009 | Published: April 6, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Fibre Channel | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Media | Web 2.0

EBOOK - This eBook provides comprehensive information about servers and server implementation to help IT managers choose the best option for their storage needs.
Posted: June 15, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Grid Computing | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This article discusses running Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on servers configured with Sun™ Logical Domains (LDoms). Sun LDoms virtualization technology allows the creation of multiple virtual systems on a single physical system, and enables fine-grained assignment of CPU and memory resources to an Oracle RAC workload.
Posted: June 15, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Performance Management | Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Cluster Management | Clustering | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This document is intended for executives evaluating the use of a horizontally scalable grid for database application deployment, as well as project managers, system engineers, integration specialists, and other technical staff looking to design, implement, and tune database applications in a grid computing environment.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Managers | Database Performance Management | Databases | High Availability | Operating Systems | Oracle (Product)

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - Recognizing the need to grow efficiently while scaling Siebel CRM 8 capabilities, Sun created a proof-of-concept solution that consolidates Web, Gateway, Application, and Database tiers on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise® T5440 server, reducing the number of physical machines needed to effectively deploy applications.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Cooling Capacity | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Gateways (Hardware) | High Availability

WHITE PAPER - Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Clustering | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Server