In this expert e-guide, find out how to optimize SQL Server with the right choices for hardware, storage devices, and virtualization. Inside, find articles on: what not to do when purchasing hardware; if solid-state storage devices are worth the cost; hardware and risk considerations for an inevitable virtualization initiative. 

Unstructured data continues to grow at an alarming rate, with the cost to maintain the data only continuing to grow. How can you reduce your storage costs, protect your data and find it quickly? This two-minute video highlights Dell and Symantec's archiving solution to help you store, manage and discover your unstructured data. 

If there's one absolute truth in Healthcare IT, it's that data will continue to grow exponentially. Data intensive image archiving, electronic medical records, and healthcare management systems have greatly increased data storage and recovery requirements for healthcare providers. How do you find the right storage system to fit your needs? 

In this white paper, discover how you can leverage the benefits of image‐based backup solutions for your virtual infrastructure. Explore the various backup technologies for both physical and virtual servers to determine the best option for your backup solution, and find out what the strengths and weaknesses are of adopting image‐based backups. 

This white paper from ESG outlines a potential solution - an integrated backup and data protection solution designed to overcome the challenges and complexities found in today's virtual environments. Read on to learn how this solution can help your business unlock the full array of benefits promised by virtualization and help simplify management. 

In the on-going war between storage technologies, Fibre Channel and iSCSI continue to battle it out. Both have strong arguments to recommend them, and flaws to consider. How do you choose? Read this white paper to find out. 

There are two basic types of disk archive appliances that offer solutions to companies of all sizes - but the product class is a small one, and projected growth rates are low. Check out this SearchDataBackup.com E-Guide to find out whether or not an archiving appliance is a good fit for your company. 

This case study follows the journey taken by BMC Software to find the solution to their expanding VMware storage needs in the data-center and remote offices. In this paper, you'll learn about the solutions considered, how they arrived at the final decision and the benefits realized by using cloud integrated enterprise storage. Read on to learn more 

It's possible to make VDI affordable for SMBs. Find out how in this expert e-guide - explore VDI costs and VDI best practices, and how you can maximize the benefits of VDI. Learn how storage directly affects the implementation challenges you may face. 

In this podcast, George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, discusses using PCIe bus extenders to implement I/O virtualization. Find out about PCIe bus extenders' advantages and disadvantages for users, the necessary steps, requirements to implementing them, and more. Listen to this podcast to learn more. 

In this SearchStorage.com podcast transcript, Marc Staimer discusses the ins and outs of storage virtualization technology. Find out the pros and cons of storage virtualization, when to rule out storage virtualization in your environment, and how to decide between file-based or block-based storage virtualization in your data center. 

UNT needed to deploy a new SAN that could meet the performance, ease-of-management, and cost requirements. In the search for the right solution, they went through an extensive cost of ownership analysis of the competing vendors. Read this Case Study to learn more about the solution they found. 

Exponential data growth is challenging today’s IT managers to scale their storage capacity while delivering high performance and staying within tight budgets. Read this paper to find out so much more.