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VDI storage system options include flash appliances, bundled stacks
Traditional and upstart storage vendors are racing to solve VDI storage issues with solid-state appliances and storage-compute bundles designed to relieve I/O bottlenecks. Feature
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As the cloud storage industry grows, cloud certifications offer value
With cloud storage implementations still developing, cloud certifications have the potential to give IT pros the advantage they need. Feature
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Virtual desktop software aims to help storage VDI performance
Virtual desktop software applications can help reduce storage headaches when planning and implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Feature
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The virtual storage appliance: Its evolution and outlook vs the array
The virtual storage appliance: Where it came from, how it cuts costs with commodity hard drives and prospects for storage in the hypervisor vs the traditional array. Feature
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VDI implementation without boot storms for Ohio DoDD
The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities found deploying VDI to be cheaper than replacing 80% of its aging desktops. See what approach Ohio DoDD took to implement VDI and how it avoids VDI boot storms. Case Study
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Control VDI costs for storage by careful configuration planning
Address virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) storage issues and costs by focusing on IOPS and configuration. Feature
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Hyper-V storage management options expanding
Microsoft Hyper-V storage management tools are expanding from Microsoft and third-party vendors as the hypervisor gains users. Feature
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FlexPod vs. Vblock: How the integrated IT stacks stack up
EMC and NetApp partner with Cisco and VMware for their integrated storage stacks, but the management, support and sales strategies are different. Feature
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Storage management for virtualized servers
Storage and virtual server management can now go hand-in-hand with new tools that offer single-console control of both storage and virtual servers. Feature
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Storage virtualization products: An important niche
Storage virtualization products help IT shops in need of non-disruptive data migration, tech refreshes and life support for aging storage assets. Feature
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NetApp takes virtual storage appliance approach with Data Ontap Edge
NetApp gets into virtual storage appliance market with Data Ontap Edge software, which lets remote offices connect to NetApp data center storage. News | 20 Jun 2012
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Dell moves into storage blades with EqualLogic arrays
Dell opens its Storage Forum 2012 by launching EqualLogic storage blades in an attempt to take its iSCSI SAN platform into the enterprise. News | 12 Jun 2012
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Amid shrinking I/O virtualization market, Xsigo I/O Director brings flexibility to IT shops
I/O virtualization and InfiniBand can help provide virtualized data centers with improved security, network performance and management, yet few virtual I/O products are catching on. News | 29 May 2012
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NextIO shares I/O resources via PCIe virtualization approach
NextIO is one of the few remaining vendors in the I/O virtualization space. Its V-series products achieve PCIe virtualization to consolidate and share I/O resources at the top of the server rack. News | 29 May 2012
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Virtual WAN optimization proves less taxing on firm’s VDI environment
Silver Peak’s virtual WAN optimization appliance helps keep VDI environment in SurePrep’s global service centers well refreshed during tax season. News | 21 May 2012
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Virsto software adds support for XenDesktop VDI environments
Seeing its technology as a good fit for solving VDI storage woes, Virsto Software extends its support to Citrix Systems’ XenDesktop VDI environments. News | 11 May 2012
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Symantec extends integrated backup appliance strategy
Symantec doubles down on its backup appliance plans, putting NetBackup 7.5 and Backup Exec 2012 on appliances with dedupe software and media servers. News | 07 May 2012
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Bocada offers backup reporting software for virtual, physical reports
Bocada’s vpConnect combines Prism and Vision backup reporting software modules to bring backup reporting for physical and virtual machines under one monitoring tool. News | 24 Apr 2012
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NetApp, Cisco expand FlexPod for smaller private clouds
NetApp, Cisco expand their FlexPod reference architecture for smaller private clouds, adding an entry-level FlexPod that uses NetApp FAS2240 storage with additional Cisco devices. News | 10 Apr 2012
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Storage benchmark, planning tools for VDI can help alleviate cost overruns
VDI storage benchmarking and planning tools can give administrators a better idea of their storage requirements and costs before beginning a virtual desktop project. News | 03 Apr 2012
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vSphere file systems: VMFS 5 plus VMFS vs. NFS
Learn what makes VMFS unique among file systems, what VMFS 5 brings to the table and how to configure it. Plus, get info on VMFS vs. NFS. Tip
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Addressing VDI challenges with a WAN optimizer
Find out how to use a WAN optimizer to address VDI challenges, including details on WAN optimization techniques and vendors, such as F5, Riverbed, Citrix and Silver Peak. Tip
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Step by step: Implementing Profile-Driven Storage in vSphere 5
The process of implementing Profile-Driven Storage in vSphere 5 is not intuitive. Find out how it can ease your storage management chores, and then follow these step-by-step instructions to deploy. Tip
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Virtual storage appliances drill-down: Optimizing VSAs
Read about one type of virtual storage appliance, the optimizing VSA, which improve the performance of storage access either via large caching mechanisms or via customized file systems. Tip
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How to implement storage virtualization technology at the server level
Learn about storage virtualization technology at the server-, or host, level, including info on products from Virsto, VMware, DataCore, LeftHand and FalconStor. Tip
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VMware’s vSCSI filter: What it does and how it works
Find out how VMware’s vSCSI filter tool operates upon iSCSI data to handle data loss prevention as well as to offload replication tasks from the host and save money on replication. Tip
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Top five virtual backup tips
The editors of SearchDataBackup.com have been closely following the virtual server backup market. Here are our top 5 virtual backup tips. Tip
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vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness improve view into arrays in VMware environments
The new vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) improve visibility into storage arrays that support VMware environments. In this tip, find out how VASA can help admins better manage storage. Tip
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Hyper-V backup best practices: Hypervisor backup vs. VM backups
In this tip, learn about Hyper-V backup best practices, as well as the differences between hypervisor backup vs. VM backup. Tip
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vSphere 5’s Storage DRS and storage profile function deliver control over storage resources
New to vSphere 5, Storage DRS load balances VMs based on I/O and capacity, and Profile-Driven Storage ensures that VMs are stored on devices that have specific characteristics. Tip
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Run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them
Find out how common it is to run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them in this Expert Response from Brien Posey. Answer
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Virtual server backup: image-level backup and file-level backup
Virtual server backup involves two types of backup: image-level backup and file-level backup. Learn the differences between them, and the limitations of file-level backup. Ask the Expert
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Using RAID 1 and RAID 5 in a virtual server environment
We tell you the pros and cons of using RAID 1 and RAID 5 for your OS and applications in a virtual server environment. Data protection and recovery are factors to consider. Ask the Expert
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Using data deduplication for virtual machine backup
Deduplication can reduce data volumes during virtual machine backup. But you'll need a VM backup strategy to protect data dedupe indexes and complete your data restoration. Ask the Expert
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What data backup methods are key for a server virtualisation project?
Server virtualisation can reduce expenditures, but introduce new complexities when it comes to data backup. Here are the points to address when implementing server virtualisation. Ask the Expert
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Vblock architecture gains new configuration; VCE integrates EMC data protection apps
At EMC World 2012 in Las Vegas, VCE announces a new Vblock architecture package, the Series 700 Model LX, as well as integration with EMC’s Avamar, Data Domain and RecoverPoint products. Video
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"VMware Ready": Understanding what VMware-certified hardware designation means
Expert Mike Laverick explains the concept of VMware Ready so listeners can gain a better understanding of what VMware-certified hardware means. Podcast
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vSphere 5 storage: New storage management functionality, vSphere Storage Appliance
In this interview, find out more about new vSphere 5 storage features and how they compare to vSphere 4’s, how the new vSphere Storage Appliance works, and the latest on vStorage APIs. Podcast
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Storage challenges in virtualized server environments
In this podcast, find out how to overcome storage challenges in a virtual server environment with storage management best practices. Podcast
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Managing storage in a Citrix environment
In this podcast, find out how Citrix XenServer storage management functionality compares with that of VMware and Hyper-V environments. Podcast
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Primary storage deduplication helps with VMs and virtual desktops
Primary storage deduplication can supply dramatic results with server virtual machine images and hosted virtual desktops, but can lead to lock-in. Podcast
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VMware storage performance analysis
In this podcast interview, Mike Laverick discusses how storage performance analysis is handled in a VMware environment, the pros and cons of its implementation in VMware, and more. Podcast
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VMware vSphere replication and data protection upgrades in Version 5
Podcast: vSphere replication and data protection upgrades include integration of Storage vMotion with backup functions, vendor-agnostic replication, automated failback and planned-migration. Podcast
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Hyper-V storage: Managing storage for a Hyper-V environment
In this podcast interview, Dennis Martin discusses Hyper-V storage best practices and tools and techniques to support and improve storage management in a Hyper-V environment. Podcast
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PCI Express extender approach to I/O virtualization
In this podcast interview, George Crump discusses PCIe-based I/O virtualization, its benefits to users, key vendors in the PCIe bus extenders space and more. Podcast
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NetApp takes virtual storage appliance approach with Data Ontap Edge
NetApp gets into virtual storage appliance market with Data Ontap Edge software, which lets remote offices connect to NetApp data center storage. News
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Dell moves into storage blades with EqualLogic arrays
Dell opens its Storage Forum 2012 by launching EqualLogic storage blades in an attempt to take its iSCSI SAN platform into the enterprise. News
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Amid shrinking I/O virtualization market, Xsigo I/O Director brings flexibility to IT shops
I/O virtualization and InfiniBand can help provide virtualized data centers with improved security, network performance and management, yet few virtual I/O products are catching on. News
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NextIO shares I/O resources via PCIe virtualization approach
NextIO is one of the few remaining vendors in the I/O virtualization space. Its V-series products achieve PCIe virtualization to consolidate and share I/O resources at the top of the server rack. News
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Vblock architecture gains new configuration; VCE integrates EMC data protection apps
At EMC World 2012 in Las Vegas, VCE announces a new Vblock architecture package, the Series 700 Model LX, as well as integration with EMC’s Avamar, Data Domain and RecoverPoint products. Video
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vSphere file systems: VMFS 5 plus VMFS vs. NFS
Learn what makes VMFS unique among file systems, what VMFS 5 brings to the table and how to configure it. Plus, get info on VMFS vs. NFS. Tip
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Virtual WAN optimization proves less taxing on firm’s VDI environment
Silver Peak’s virtual WAN optimization appliance helps keep VDI environment in SurePrep’s global service centers well refreshed during tax season. News
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Virsto software adds support for XenDesktop VDI environments
Seeing its technology as a good fit for solving VDI storage woes, Virsto Software extends its support to Citrix Systems’ XenDesktop VDI environments. News
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"VMware Ready": Understanding what VMware-certified hardware designation means
Expert Mike Laverick explains the concept of VMware Ready so listeners can gain a better understanding of what VMware-certified hardware means. Podcast
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Run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them
Find out how common it is to run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them in this Expert Response from Brien Posey. Answer
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About Virtualised storage
Storage virtualisation alleviates problems related to storage growth by abstracting logical storage from physical storage. Find news and resources about storage virtualisation on this topic page.