Twenty years old, RAID has become a standard and transparent feature. What is RAID, and how does this technology fit into the storage landscape? This expert FAQ podcast answers common questions about RAID, explores the different levels of this technology, and overviews the implementation stages and obstacles. 

This white paper describes the powerful combination of HP StorageWorks SVSP storage virtualization solution with server virtualization products to produce a more dynamic IT infrastructure that improves efficiencies and simplifies operations. 

In this FAQ you'll learn about Dell's Windows 7 Readiness Assessment (W7RA). W7RA is a gap analysis of a customer’s ability to migrate to Windows 7 in a given timeframe. Your migration project is evaluated in terms of Dell's Best Practices learned from internal and customer Windows 7 migration projects. 

Check out this transcript of a presentation given by Sumeet Bansal, Fusion-io Principal Solutions Architect, to learn how Fusion-io solutions enhance SQL server performance, improve customer experience, and optimize storage management systems. 

Managing email is a time-consuming, costly and legally hazardous process as administrators spend extra time backing up and recovering email to manage volume, support end-user productivity and produce stored emails for regulation or litigation. 

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. 

Trying to decide if online backup, or backup as a service, will be beneficial to your small or midsized business? Check out this presentation transcript, 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. 

Global data deduplication allows users to deduplicate data across multiple boxes, which can simplify management as companies back up more and more data. W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group, discusses the pros and cons of global deduplication, who should consider it, and which vendors are offering it today in this Q&A. 

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. 

This paper presents 4 customer success stories of how a change to NetSuite improved efficentcy as well as the bottomline. 

This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems. 

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.