Legacy scale-up storage systems are often time-consuming to manage and difficult to expand.
This is because legacy systems utilize a volume-based architecture, typically with many small, separate volumes, that require almost constant management attention. And the larger the data environment becomes, the greater the...
Published: Apr 20, 2018
As organisations move towards fully virtualized datacenters, the storage systems they choose today must be able to handle hundreds, even thousands, of virtual machines and mixed workloads and support the busienss not only in the present but into the future.
In this white paper, IDC examines the evolution of storage...
Published: Feb 09, 2015
You are likely faced with both increasingly demanding users and increasingly complex infrastructure requirements. At the same time, you are probably being asked to reduce IT costs without the help of added headcount. Are there times when this feels like an impossible mission?
Published: Dec 03, 2013
New innovations in storage technology are changing the game for data centers, and NetApp is working to help our customers capitalize on them.
The introduction of faster and faster media types and more efficient mechanisms to access those media across well-defined SAN and Ethernet infrastructures will unlock unprecedented...
Published: Mar 12, 2018
Enterprise applications are the lifeblood of IT. We rely on them for everything from optimizing manufacturing to tracking customer satisfaction.
This paper examines the criteria for selecting flash storage in support of enterprise applications and makes recommendations based on the strengths of each flash system....
Published: Dec 21, 2016
One of the most effective ways to address database performance and cost challenges is to modernize the underlying hardware infrastructure.
Innovations such as flash storage, converged infrastructure architectures, and sophisticated data management platforms can have a major impact.
Learn more in our free eBook:...
Published: Mar 12, 2018
All-Flash Arrays have the potential to eliminate database performance problems for tier-1, but selection of the right All-Flash Arrays can deliver more far reaching benefits in efficiency, manageability and availability.
Published: Jun 10, 2014
The first iteration of deduplication involved a single storage device. In the majority of "Dedupe 1.0" scenarios, the backup server treated the storage device like it would any other storage device and wrote all of its data to it. Even when the deduplicated storage already stored a significant number of items...
Published: Apr 11, 2013
Legacy storage systems are continuing to fall short performance-wise as more enterprises are adopting virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). How can you meet the storage demands of a VDI system without increasing your operational or deployment costs?
This eBook discusses 4 categories in which a storage solution for...
Published: Aug 30, 2016
DBAs are usually separated from the body of work required of the
storage admins. With storage and performance, there are so many variables: the hardware itself, if you have more drives, if you need more bandwidth, if you have fewer dries, how is it connected, who’s configuring it.
Moving onto...
Published: Nov 16, 2016
Data centers have a wide spectrum of backup infrastructures including traditional solutions like build-your-own or pre-installed software. The problem with these approaches is they tend to save money upfront at the time of initial purchase, but over the long term, require more time and budget due to...
Published: Jun 02, 2016
Active Directory disasters can happen, and that dreaded day can arrive if you’re lacking protection in key areas. While Active Directory’s built-in features will keep AD running after some kinds of failures, there are others from which it cannot bounce back.
This whitepaper presents five AD disaster scenarios...
Published: Nov 04, 2015
One of the most common challenges for enterprises is dealing with the exponential volumes of data. With growth comes several data management challenges – meeting stringent backup service-level agreements (SLAs), keeping up the desired Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO), and simplifying...
Published: Aug 08, 2014
With our latest release of SharePlex — the leading Oracle high-availability solution — we’re expanding our footprint of heterogeneous database support.
This technical brief showcases many of the updates and enhancements to SharePlex version 8.6 and SharePlex Connector for Hadoop...
Published: Sep 16, 2015