Storage-based Virtualization Reports

Essential Guide to LTFS tape NAS
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EGUIDE: Linear Tape File System (LTFS) offers the chance to build nearline storage with the cost profile of tape and the access times of NAS. This guide walks you through LTFS and tape NAS.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 16 Jan 2019

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Advantages of Object Storage and How It Differs from Alternatives
sponsored by Western Digital
EGUIDE: This TechTarget-produced expert guide digs into the advantages of object storage and how it differs from other storage technologies. Download now for a rundown of key characteristics; a bakeoff between object, file, and block storage; and more.
Posted: 22 May 2019 | Published: 20 May 2019

Western Digital

Software-defined Storage: the overall benefits
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This brief video cuts through some of the confusion surrounding SDS and tells you what to look for – and what to avoid – when choosing an SDS product.
Posted: 18 Mar 2015 | Published: 18 Mar 2015

IBM

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

SanDisk Corporation

Critique of Current Flash Storage Options
sponsored by TechData - EMC
EGUIDE: In this e-guide, Dennis Martin, founder and president of Demartek, leads readers through the current flash storage options available, pointing out their benefits and disadvantages. Read on to learn Martin's take on many of the important considerations to make when implementing server side flash storage.
Posted: 17 Aug 2016 | Published: 15 Aug 2016

TechData - EMC

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

Pure Storage

VersaStack Solution for Remote- and Branch-Office Deployments
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines how software-defined storage for remote and branch offices can meet the dynamic needs of today's business. Read on to learn about the benefits of SDS including simplified storage management, optimized storage footprint and capacity, lowered total cost of ownership, and more.
Posted: 04 Nov 2015 | Published: 04 Nov 2015

IBM

Hyperconverged Systems Provide Viable SAN Alternative
sponsored by SimpliVity
EGUIDE: IT professionals are rethinking their assumptions about how to approach their on-premises infrastructure needs -- especially storage. In this e-guide, you will discover why hyperconverged systems prove a viable alternative to SAN and learn how small IT environments can integrate these appliances if they can't stomach a full-fledged SAN.
Posted: 19 Feb 2016 | Published: 19 Feb 2016

SimpliVity

Converged vs. Hyper-converged Storage: Which Method Is Best?
sponsored by SimpliVity
EGUIDE: As the number of VMs exploded, so did the complexity of the infrastructure required to support VMs. To tame this complexity, users have two options: converged vs. hyper-converged storage. In this e-guide, you will examine the differences between each—such as IT integration approaches and limitations, and which environments each best suits.
Posted: 24 Feb 2016 | Published: 19 Feb 2016

SimpliVity

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

Western Digital