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Differentiating All-flash Array Vendors from their Counterparts sponsored by Western Digital EGUIDE: Our experts compiled this guide to determining the most suitable AFA vendor for your enterprise—ensuring you choose one that not only provides snapshots and thin provisioning, but also active-active controllers and replication, and QoS. Read on to also gain access to instruction for a three-phase AFA implementation. Posted: 26 Jun 2017 \| Published: 19 Jun 2017 TOPICS: Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization

Flashing Towards the Future of NVMe-Enabled Storage sponsored by Western Digital EGUIDE: In this guide, read an interview with the CEO of one major flash storage distributor as he talks about NVMe, how customers are using SSDs, and plans for the future. Then, read more about an all-flash offering that's already prepped for NVMe capabilities as soon as the demand arises. Posted: 26 Jun 2017 \| Published: 20 Jun 2017 TOPICS: Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Industry \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems \| Vendors

A Guide to Making a Business Case for All-Flash Arrays sponsored by Tegile, a Western Digital brand EGUIDE: Use this expert-guide to figure out if your workloads are right for flash storage, as well as explore 5 additional factors to consider before adopting a flash solution. Posted: 21 Jun 2017 \| Published: 20 Jun 2017 TOPICS: Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Devices \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems

Object Storage Architecture: Mitigating Complexity, Capacity, and Archival Concerns sponsored by SanDisk Corporation EGUIDE: This expert resource serves as your full guide to object storage implementation, with cloud workload, sync-and-share, API-accessible storage, and more use cases examined. Download now to gain full access, learning how object storage maintains the unstructured data deluge, and view an object vs. file vs. block storage bake off. Posted: 21 Jun 2017 \| Published: 15 Jun 2017 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security \| Storage Switches \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization

George Crump Evaluates the State of Flash Storage Systems sponsored by HPE and Intel® EGUIDE: In this expert guide, George Crump outlines the state of flash storage systems, and demonstrates how to use NVMe and flash DIMM to proactively keep performance ahead of users' expectations. Read on as Crump also predicts the fate of HDDs, and explains how to keep pace by improving internal and external connectivity. Posted: 21 Jun 2017 \| Published: 09 Jun 2017 TOPICS: Hard Disk Drives \| Hard Disks \| Hardware \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems

Seven Tips to Improve Data Storage Efficiency sponsored by HPE and Intel® EGUIDE: In order to get the most out of your new flash array, you need to start with a solid foundation of practices and complimentary technology. In this expert guide, learn 7 tips to achieving faster, more efficient storage. Posted: 12 Jun 2017 \| Published: 09 Jun 2017 TOPICS: Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Building a Better Storage Environment for Your DevOps Plan sponsored by Datera EGUIDE: Click inside this guide to learn about the questions of data management, shelf-life, and viability which have grown hand-in-hand with the rise in DevOps adoption. Then, discover the challenges of optimizing your storage system for DevOps, and how to build a private cloud environment to combat them. Posted: 18 May 2017 \| Published: 17 May 2017 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Private Cloud \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

GDPR Developments Will Dominate Storage and Compliance in 2017 sponsored by Arrow + NetApp EGUIDE: In this expert guide, Storage Editor Antony Adshead and CEO of Vigitrust, Mathieu Gorge, discuss 2017's developments in the GDPR, as it pertains to regulatory compliance, and data backup. Read on to discover backup challenges associated with e-discovery, the evolution of data retention regulations, and more. Posted: 17 May 2017 \| Published: 11 May 2017 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backup Server Hardware \| Backup Software \| Backups \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Encryption \| Data Encryption Standard \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| European Union \| Regulations \| Regulatory Compliance \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems

All-flash Storage Arrays: Are They Killing Hybrids? sponsored by TechTarget Storage EBOOK: Where there are instances when either all-flash or hybrid arrays work well—that is where the battle for dominance occurs. In this issue of Storage Handbook, our experts deconstruct the hybrid vs. AFA debate, digging into cost, network connectivity, and which arrays are more pertinent for primary storage workloads. Posted: 27 Apr 2017 \| Published: 27 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Hard Disk Drives \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Controllers \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Industry \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems

Storage Handbook: Get Hyped for Top Hyper-converged Technology Use Cases sponsored by TechTarget Data Center EBOOK: Download your issue of Storage Handbook now to discover which workloads are best run on HCI—VDI and beyond—as well as which workloads to avoid, as you implement. Additionally, learn how to unlock the key to HCI success in SMBs, and more. Posted: 25 Apr 2017 \| Published: 25 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Devices \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

How Storage Is Catching Up with the DevOps Revolution sponsored by Pure Storage EGUIDE: In this essential guide, discover why DevOps requirements are shifting how enterprises consume and deploy storage resources to a more-cloud focused approach. Download now to gain guidance on storage technologies most appropriate for Agile development, including VM-aware secondary storage, hyper-convergence, and more. Posted: 20 Apr 2017 \| Published: 18 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Application Infrastructure \| Applications Management \| Applications Management Software \| Capacity Planning \| Cloud Archive \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud CRM \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Systems \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization

Simplifying Storage Allocations for Virtual Desktops sponsored by Pure Storage EGUIDE: "How can I simplify storage allocation for virtual desktops?" You asked the question, we have the answer. Read on to discover how to address storage allocation requirements of both the operating system and apps, and VDI user data, in this expert guide. Posted: 20 Apr 2017 \| Published: 20 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Desktop Virtualization Software \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Appliance \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Virtualization Security

Flash Storage Caching Boosts Application Performance—but Requires Balance sponsored by Pure Storage EGUIDE: Use this guide as a comprehensive resource for evaluating flash caching benefits, trade-offs, 3 main implementation models, and determine where to cache in order to leverage faster media and improve I/O performance. Posted: 20 Apr 2017 \| Published: 17 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Cache \| Cache Server Hardware \| Cache Server Software \| Caching \| Caching Devices \| Capacity on Demand \| Capacity Planning \| Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization

SQL Server SSD Technology Becoming a Solid Storage Choice sponsored by Pure Storage EGUIDE: Access this e-guide to clue into exactly why SSD is emerging as a solid storage choice for SQL Server. Our experts highlight how SSD's embedded controller ensures the integrity of the data stored in the drive, and address your concerns centered on drive reliability and longevity. Posted: 20 Apr 2017 \| Published: 17 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Database Server Software \| Databases \| Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| SQL \| SQL Server \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Controllers \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems

Which Types of Flash Make the Most Sense for Virtualization? sponsored by Pure Storage EGUIDE: Which types of flash make the most sense for a virtualized environment? In this expert guide, George Crump evaluates the durability of three types of flash—single-level, multi-level, and triple-level cell. Read on to also delve into three flash form factors to consider when implementing it on virtual workloads. Posted: 20 Apr 2017 \| Published: 19 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Appliance \| Virtual Machine Backups \| Virtualization Security

Ten Methods of Improving Virtual Server Storage sponsored by Pure Storage EGUIDE: Performance monitoring for virtual storage is very difficult due to the hypervisor lacking the insight into what's happening with that storage. This expert guide illustrates how to improve the performance of your virtual server storage with 10 proven methods. Posted: 20 Apr 2017 \| Published: 17 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| Virtual Machine \| Virtualization Security

DevOps Strategy for Health Site Fueled by Flash, CDM sponsored by Pure Storage EGUIDE: In this expert guide, discover how women's health website Lifescript implemented a revenue-boosting DevOps strategy with all-flash storage and copy data management. Read on to see how this SSD/CDM duo succeeds, with built-in data deduplication and more. Posted: 20 Apr 2017 \| Published: 18 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Health Care Industry \| Health Care Storage \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Industry \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems

If Performance Is Paramount, Flash Cloud Storage May be Key sponsored by Tintri EGUIDE: This e-guide serves as your essential resource for choosing a cloud provider with integrated flash storage to maximize your cloud app performance. Read on to learn why object storage just doesn't deliver the scale and performance cloud apps demand, and instead see how SSD steps in to deliver potentially unlimited scale. Posted: 19 Apr 2017 \| Published: 18 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud CRM \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Platform as a service \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization

The Secrets and Strategies to Switching Cloud Storage Vendors sponsored by Zadara Storage EGUIDE: Gain some perspective on how to choose and migrate to a new cloud storage offering without hurting your service or your wallet. Inside, learn how to calculate migration costs, break down the cost of storage by service type, region, and capacity. Then learn about a storage-as-a-service offering starting at $0.03 gigabyte per month. Posted: 13 Apr 2017 \| Published: 10 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management

Analytics: The Next Great Storage Frontier sponsored by Qumulo EGUIDE: In this expert guide, read an interview with 2 storage experts who explore this growing demand for analytics in evolving scale-out systems. Then, learn about the history of storage analytics, as well as what these programs con provide for your storage team today, and a glimpse into what the future might hold for data intelligence. Posted: 11 Apr 2017 \| Published: 07 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Industry \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Stemming The Unstructured Data Tide With Speedy Storage Systems sponsored by Qumulo EGUIDE: Use this guide to help you decide if your storage system is up to the challenge the unstructured data boom poses. In addition, learn how scale-out NAS & object storage each handle big data, the ideal design of a scalable NAS system, and how a modern scientific research institute uses their NAS system to analyze terabytes of data. Posted: 10 Apr 2017 \| Published: 07 Apr 2017 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| Unstructured Data

3D-Nand Boosts Capacity to Push All-flash Data Center sponsored by Avnet EGUIDE: Because the demand for storage capacity is so insatiable, storage media suppliers have had to look for new ways to increase the capacity of their flash products. Discover how to do so here with 3D-Nand-powered SSD, achieving higher densities at a lower cost per bit. Posted: 10 Apr 2017 \| Published: 05 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Capacity on Demand \| Capacity Planning \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Systems

Solid-State Storage Device Buyers Want Performance sponsored by Avnet EGUIDE: Read this expert guide to flesh out flash implementation, and discover why I/O performance lags, capacity concerns, and server virtualization are fueling SSD appliance adoption. Additionally, learn the top 3 apps storage admins indicate are in most need of flash. Posted: 07 Apr 2017 \| Published: 05 Apr 2017 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Systems

Honing Your Business Case for All-flash Array Implementation sponsored by Avnet EGUIDE: Download this expert guide to delve into the AFA essentials, and learn which apps will best benefit from implementation. Read on to take advantage of AFA deduplication and compression for virtual apps, as well as learn how HDDs compare to SSDs, how to accommodate apps that require more IOPS, and more. Posted: 05 Apr 2017 \| Published: 30 Mar 2017 TOPICS: Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Replication \| Storage Systems

How to Extract the Most Value from the Software-defined Storage Market sponsored by Veritas and HighVail EGUIDE: Learn how to plot out effective software-defined storage implementation by delving into the SDS market. Read on to weigh the pros and cons of SDS integration, and take into consideration SDS's role in the overall context of software-defined enterprise architecture and hyper-converged infrastructure. Posted: 07 Mar 2017 \| Published: 02 Mar 2017 TOPICS: Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

Storage Best Practices Reports