Storage White Papers

The Total Economic Impact of the HP 3PAR Storage

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 storage customers achieved a 10.4 month payback with a 55 % ROI over a 3-year evaluation period and a significant reduction in CapEx and OpEx over that same period as a result of thin provisioning, maintenance costs avoided and labor productivity gains.

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Sponsor: HP & Intel

Using HP's Converged Storage to Develop/Enhance Business Resiliency in VMware Environments

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 continuity, HP Converged Storage streamlines virtualization initiatives, accelerating realization of the business benefits that contribute to IT's ability to maintain high service levels and customer satisfaction.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Converged Storage: Utility Storage - The Ideal Platform for Virtual and Cloud Computing

Server virtualization has transformed corporate IT -- companies have enjoyed major cost savings and have gained flexibility and efficiency. But this has also led to a proliferation of virtual machines and servers that threaten to overwhelm data movement and storage technologies. In this IDG Tech Dossier, learn how utility storage makes for massive consolidation, flexibility and scalability, so IT departments can reduce storage infrastructure and lower costs while improving their ability to respond to fast-changing needs of business units.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Defining Tier One Storage in the Modern Data Center

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 servers to be supported has evolved into a complex web of virtual machines, clouds, and expanding user expectations -- factors which demand and create flexibility, but do so in a way that pushes a lack of predictability upon the storage infrastructure. Learn what your criteria should be for tier-1 storage.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

The Best Way to Build a Cloud -- HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage provide solid, flexible foundation

Learn how HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage provide a solid, flexible foundation for your cloud environment.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Traditional Backup is Dead - Are You Prepared?

Today's unprecedented data growth, datacenter consolidation and server virtualization are wreaking havoc with conventional approaches to backup and recovery. The rapidly intensifying demand for storage is putting a tight squeeze on enterprise resources-whether your organization is grappling with too much data to protect in operational windows, physical space constraints, or concerns around cloud computing, backup and recovery are becoming increasingly complex, cutting into staff time and budgets and slowing operations.
Conventional backup and recovery approaches are not robust enough to meet today's data and information management challenges, let alone those of tomorrow. A new strategy is essential.

Sponsor: CommVault

Redefining Backup & Recovery: A call to CIOs

CIOs: Backup and recovery is changing. Are you prepared? A modern data and information management strategy goes far beyond traditional backup and recovery. Re-evaluate your data management strategy and embrace new ways to store, access and protect your data through virtualization and cloud computing - all through a single point of entry.

Sponsor: CommVault

Gartner Newsletter: Traditional Backup

It's no secret that today's unprecedented data growth, datacenter consolidation and server virtualization are wreaking havoc with conventional approaches to backup and recovery. Commvault's Simpana Software not only solves these data management challenges with a truly modern data protection solution, but also builds in technology to meet future demands. Read this Gartner-CommVault co-branded newsletter to understand why modern data protection is the best alternative to traditional backup.

Sponsor: CommVault

ESG Report: Modernizing Data Protection

In order to assess the current state of the data protection market, ESG recently conducted a global survey among IT professionals familiar with and/or responsible for data protection solutions and processes, as well as potential future plans. All respondents were familiar with and/or personally responsible for evaluating, purchasing, or managing data protection technologies—such as backup and recovery software, data replication software, and disk or tape storage systems used for secondary data storage—for their organization. This report documents the findings of those results, tracks market trends, gives insight into targeted buying audiences and sheds light on the future of the data protection market.

Sponsor: CommVault

IDC Report - Critical Need for Edge Data Protection

This IDC whitepaper explores the customer challenges associated with safeguarding data on distributed desktop and laptop systems residing at the edge of an organization's IT infrastructure. IDC examines CommVault's Simpana(R) Edge Data Protection (EDP) solution in the context of CommVault's data protection, recovery, and access framework.

Sponsor: CommVault

IDG Tech Dossier: Converged Storage ~ A Next Gen Virtualized Architecture

Organizations need a strategy for rearchitecting storage so that it enables, rather than constricts, the delivery of IT services. According to HP, it's all about Converged Storage, which breaks through the barriers, reducing complexity so that IT can expand storage on a "pay as you grow" basis. It involves the creation a pool of storage based on modular building blocks that can be moved and reconfigured on the fly to support a range of needs. In fact, HP's approach to Converged Storage incorporates several core capabilities - read this tech dossier sponsored by HP + Intel to learn more.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

ESG Lab Review: HP 3PAR Peer Motion Software

This ESG Lab review sponsored by HP + Intel documents hands-on testing of HP 3PAR Peer Motion Software's distributed volume.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

IDG Tech Dossier: Converged Storage ~ Utility Storage: The Ideal Platform for Virtual and Cloud Computing

Server virtualization has transformed corporate IT -- companies have enjoyed major cost savings and have gained flexibility and efficiency. But this has also led to a proliferation of virtual machines and servers that threaten to overwhelm data movement and storage technologies. In this IDG Tech Dossier sponsored by HP + Intel, learn how utility storage makes for massive consolidation, flexibility and scalability, so IT departments can reduce storage infrastructure and lower costs while improving their ability to respond to fast-changing needs of business units.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

IDG Tech Dossier: Converged Storage ~ A Next Gen Storage Strategy for Big Data

Implementing Converged Storage is an evolution and does not require immediate wholesale replacement of current systems. But by putting a plan into place now, enterprises can optimize their current storage investments while building toward a converged future and accruing concomitant benefits along the way. Virtualization and cloud computing can help corporate IT meet these demands by helping it become more flexible and agile. But the ultimate solution is to transform the way IT is delivered. Many enterprises have already started on the journey toward a full IT as a service (ITaaS) model, which HP and Intel aptly call the Instant-On Enterprise.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sponsor: HP & Intel

Hybrid Storage: How to Get the Best of Solid-state and Disk

Traditional disk storage has struggled to keep up with the I/O pressure in virtualized environments. SSD-only storage is relegated to the fringe due to cost and capacity. Enter hybrid storage for the best of both.

Sponsor: Nexsan

Taneja Group: Blazing Performance on Unified Storage!

Unified storage combines block and file traffic into a single system. It's a good deal for mid-sized IT environments: users can save money over purchasing separate block and file storage, reclaim data center space, and save on energy costs. They may be able to save on management overhead and data protection costs depending on how the storage vendor has integrated block and file storage management. And performance ranges from acceptable to excellent for sequential data streams, which makes it a solid performer for backup/archival and media storage. These benefits make unified block and file storage a great choice in computing environments where physical space and IT resources are constrained.

Sponsor: Nexsan

Storage Switzerland: Unified Storage for the Rest of Us

Unified storage systems have been targeted primarily at large data centers and enterprises, leaving the mid-sized data center to fend for itself and manage two separate storage systems. Or, they've had to use a SAN-connected Windows or UNIX file server. Ironically it's the mid-market that can probably benefit the most from a unified storage system, but until recently their choices were limited.

Sponsor: Nexsan

Creating the Enterprise-Class Tablet Environment

Prompted by individual employee and executive interest, IT decision makers are challenged to find the common ground between enterprise must-haves and end-user benefits. One thing is true at the end of the day, even in such a nascent market: The ultimate enterprise-grade tablet will not sacrifice security, management or user experience.

Sponsor: Research In Motion

SAN vs. NAS: The Critical Decision

The factors affecting whether to deploy SAN or NAS storage have changed. This paper highlights the pros and cons of each approach, as well as the value of a combined solution, so that you can meet your organization's storage and data access needs, while staying within your budget.

Sponsor: Dell

Managing Data Growth

Small and midsize businesses can get the storage strategy advice they need in this issue of "Data Storage Insights." With a focus on managing data growth, expert articles include how tiered storage saves, tips to cost-effectively expand storage capacity and what to do once your business has outgrown its backup strategy.

Sponsor: Dell

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