Virtual server technology has made one key task a lot harder: backup. In this SearchStorageUK essential guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about protecting virtual servers. 

For all its benefits, server virtualization can be difficult to implement and could actually increase your costs and complicate network management. Here are some common pitfalls to look out for and avoid. 

In this FAQ with Jeff Boles, Jeff discusses the ins and outs of file virtualization. He tells users the benefits and drawbacks of file virtualization, which file virtualization products are on the market and how they might work in specific IT shops, as well as how file virtualization affects replication or migration of files. 

Read this expert E-Guide to discover strategies and best practices essential for effective SQL Server consolidation and optimization. Gain insight into the common challenges associated with consolidation initiatives and learn how to maintain a high level of availability and performance in SQL Server virtual machines. 

As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup. 

Trying to decide if online backup, or backup as a service, will be beneficial to your small-midsized business (SMB)? John Merryman, services director for recovery services at GlassHouse Technologies Inc., discusses the benefits and drawbacks of online backup today. His answers are also available as an MP3 download. 

Please review this presentation transcript featuring Andrew Burton, Editor of SearchDisasterRecovery.com, and Jeff Boles, Senior Analyst with the Taneja Group. The transcript documents their discussion about WAN clustering. Find out exactly what you need to set up a WAN cluster and what vendors offer WAN clustering support. 

This videocast highlights how to go green in your data center with better hardware utilization. Watch as industry pro David Payne discusses some of the challenges of this approach as well as how to start reducing energy consumption at the hardware level. 

Trying to decide if online backup, or backup as a service, will be beneficial to your small or midsized business? Check out this podcast, where you’ll learn the benefits and drawbacks of online backup, the major players in online backup today, what to look for when evaluating online backup options, and more. 

Watch this webinar to learn best practices for enterprise-level server consolidation by leveraging next-generation server platforms developed jointly by Sun and Intel. 

As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. 

Solaris™ Cluster provides Solaris Zone Clusters (also called Solaris Containers Clusters), which provide virtual clusters and support the consolidation of multiple cluster applications onto a single cluster. Specifically, this article describes how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) can be deployed on a zone cluster. 

Email archiving is a burgeoning market at a time when many storage pros are faced with increasing ediscovery requests and compliance regulations. Listen to this podcast to find out the latest developments in email archiving.