White Papers & Case Studies

We spoke with Tom Wultich, Director of Tape Product Management at Oracle, about some of the myths that surround tape storage and why they don’t hold up under closer examination. If you’re investigating new storage technologies it’s worth being able to discern fact from myth as you consider your options.

There has been a lot of discussion recently pitting flash memory against HDDs, but we believe there is another way to view these two apparently competing technologies: from a larger perspective, they complement one another, enabling applications and improving demand Perhaps a better analogy for flash memory and hard disk drives is to see them as parts of an interdependent ecosystem rather than as contestants in a bitter battle where the winner takes all.

Why are shared storage systems a better alternative to direct-attached storage? How can you lower your total cost of ownership while simplifying storage management.

This EMC white paper introduces the full architecture of and functionality of the EMC CLARiiON CX4 series with UltraFlex technology, including the CX4-120, CX4-240, CX4-480, and CX4-960. This paper lists the software capabilities of the series and also introduces the new features.

The storage strategy for your organization is dictated by many factors: the nature of the documents and files you need to store, the file usage patterns required to support your business operations, the scope and scale of your business and your infrastructure, and of course, your IT budget. The budgetary factor encompasses not only equipment costs, but also maintenance and management costs. You need to ensure that your business has access to the documents they need when they need them in a way that is flexible, scalable and straightforward to operate and manage.

With the growth of Web, cloud, and data-intensive applications, companies are increasingly challenged to find better ways to scale and manage their storage environments without disrupting business operations or adding costly IT staff.

This paper will define and compare the storage area networks (SAN) with network-attached storage (NAS) as well as a historical perspective of directly-attached storage (DAS). Some of the benefits associated with establishing a network storage system will also be identified. This paper will identify some of the general characteristics of SAN architecture and protocols, such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI.

The storage strategy for your organization is dictated by many factors: the nature of the documents and files you need to store, the file usage patterns required to support your business operations, the scope and scale of your business and your infrastructure, and of course, your IT budget. The budgetary factor encompasses not only equipment costs, but also maintenance and management costs. You need to ensure that your business has access to the documents they need when they need them in a way that is flexible, scalable and straightforward to operate and manage.