Research Papers

DATA SHEET - The Sun™ Storage 7000 Series family helps simplify storage deployment and management with its unprecedented easy-to-use management interface, DTrace Analytics software, and self-healing capabilities.
Posted: December 4, 2008 | Published: December 4, 2008


Topics:  IT Managers | NAS | SAN | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - This Tech Report gives an overview of virtual server backup and what you need to know to prepare an effective virtual server backup strategy including the available tools, tactics used for deployment, best practices and potential drawbacks.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: November 27, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Storage Capacity | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | VMware

BOOK - The Sun Reference Architecture for Video Surveillance with ipConfigure ESM provides a scalable digital surveillance platform that allows organizations to adjust infrastructure to fit their exact needs.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: November 27, 2008


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | Security | Server Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Resource Management | Video Cameras | Video Systems

CASE STUDY - Intel maximizes power and thermal management in an aging data center to add needed servers--without expensive new infrastructure.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 21, 2008


Topics:  Consultants | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Operating Systems | Power Supplies | SAP (Product) | Server Consolidation | Software Virtualization | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - Primary Storage Optimization (PSO) technologies keep storage capacity requirements as low as possible and guarantee zero impact on application performance.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Hardware | ROI | SSO | Storage Capacity | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - This white paper outlines how Oracle Exadata can deliver outstanding I/O and SQL processing performance for data warehousing applications by leveraging a massively parallel architecture to enable a dynamic storage grid for Oracle Database 11g deployments.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Data Warehouses | Oracle (Product) | SQL | Storage Capacity | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Both hot and cold air containment can significantly improve the predictability and efficiency of data center cooling system. This paper examines both and highlights the reasons why hot aisle containment emerges as the preferred best practice.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Downtime | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - This study provides a forecast of the worldwide disk storage systems market for 2008 to 2012 as well as a discussion of assumptions and major market trends.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Data Security | Disk Storage Systems | Hard Disk Drives | iSCSI SAN | NAS | OEMs | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Virtualization

PRESENTATION - This presentation introduces the concepts needed to interpret storage system performance claims and the tools and processes required for hands-on performance analysis.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Devices | Storage Systems | WAN

PRESENTATION - This document explains what Solid State Disk is, when you need it, why it is so popular, and the future of SSD.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Disk Drives | Enterprise | Integrated Circuits | SAN | Solid State Disks | Storage Capacity | Storage Systems

WEBCAST - Take advantage of this Webcast to get an overview of a new archiving product that provides a simplified management platform for managing all of your data sets from a common platform.
Posted: November 17, 2008 | Premiered: November 14, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Data Storage | Email Archiving | Email Archiving Software | Microsoft Exchange | Regulatory Compliance | ROI | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide will explore if Data Deduplication is suitable for primary data and what vendors are doing to keep performance high for your company's backups.
Posted: November 13, 2008 | Published: November 13, 2008


Topics:  Backups | LAN | NAS | SAN | Storage Capacity | Virtual Tape Libraries | WAN

WEBCAST - Data deduplication is rapidly becoming a core fundamental of any storage system, and the implications go far beyond backup applications. Take this opportunity to learn the key differences between deduplication technologies available today.
Posted: November 6, 2008 | Premiered: March 28, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Tape Backups

WHITE PAPER - Sun's latest tape drive and tape library solutions can help companies grow automated tape environments without disruption, and consolidate mainframe and open system operating environments.
Posted: November 4, 2008 | Published: November 4, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Security | Data Storage | Disk Storage Systems | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Tape Drives | TCO

PODCAST - This new Ask the Expert podcast series focuses on how businesses can significantly cut costs by modernizing their messaging infrastructure and stopping unwanted mail from ever touching it.
Posted: November 3, 2008 | Premiered: October 31, 2008


Topics:  Email | Messaging Security | Phishing | ROI | SAN | Spam | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Virus Protection