Hard Drives Reports

E-Guide: Best Practices for Using SSD Technologies
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
EGUIDE: This e-guide examines the types of workloads SSD is best suited for and classifies these systems into two basic categories: enterprise and client. Discover the key features of disk drive, PCIe, and SSD-specific form factors and learn about the five biggest implementation mistakes and what you can do to avoid them.
Posted: 31 Oct 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2013

DellEMC and Intel®

Future of 3D NAND Technology
sponsored by Intel CAS
EGUIDE: Two new challengers to DRAM's high speed performance – 3DX Point technology and PCM – are running circles around NAND. In this eGuide learn more about them, why analysts predict their longevity for at least 20 years and how vendors are preventing bit rot.
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 | Published: 09 Aug 2016

Intel CAS

Mixed All-Flash Array Delivers Safer High Performance
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper showcases a sale-out all-flash storage array that redefines the economics of enterprise storage by deploying a single platform for block and file with built-in efficiency, resiliency and intelligence to optimize your IT budget.
Posted: 17 Dec 2013 | Published: 08 Aug 2013

DellEMC and Intel®

A Better RAID Strategy for High Capacity Drives in Mainframe Storage
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper demonstrates that RAID 6 is less capable to prevent data loss with today's large capacity SATA and SAS HDDs. It will also share Oracle's designs to mitigate this risk. The integrity of customers' data is in jeopardy if these large capacity SATA/SAS HDDs are simply packaged into a RAID 6 group without additional mitigation.
Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Managing Access Control through SAS Zoning
sponsored by PMC-Sierra, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is gaining popularity in small SAN environments. Read this white paper to learn about SAS zoning and how it helps IT administrators create more flexible, scalable and efficient server networks that meet their business needs.
Posted: 06 Oct 2005 | Published: 01 Sep 2005

PMC-Sierra, Inc.

Analyzing the Economic Value of Flash Storage Compared to Traditional Disk
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about the economic value of flash compared to traditional hard disks.
Posted: 02 Apr 2015 | Published: 28 Feb 2015

IBM

Data Deduplication Technology Today and Tomorrow
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
EGUIDE: This e-guide examines the current state of dedupe and the reasons behind many business' reluctance to incorporate it into their backup processes. Learn about alternative uses for deduplication and what promising developments to look out for as these appliances continue to evolve.
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 | Published: 18 Jun 2013

ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Unleashing Application Performance with Solid-State Drives and Sun Servers
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper, intended for executives and managers, describes how Oracle's Sun servers—equipped with flash-enabled solid-state drives (SSDs)—offer dramatic improvements to high-performance computing (HPC), Web 2.0, and datacenter application performance.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 03 May 2010

Oracle Corporation

Flash Ahead: Leveraging IBM® FlashSystem™ to Dramatically Improve Application Performance and Data Centre Economics
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive resource explores how you can leverage groundbreaking flash technology to dramatically improve application performance and data center economics. Learn more about flash storage systems, how to use and implement this technology, its economic benefits, and more.
Posted: 09 Dec 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2013

IBM

Sprint drives 45-times performance improvement
sponsored by IBM
CASE STUDY: This white paper delves in to how Sprint-Nextel deployed nine non-disruptive flash storage technologies in order to not only meet customer service satisfaction but exceed all expectations. Find out how this approach improved performance, significantly cut latency, reduced energy consumption, and much more.
Posted: 30 Sep 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2013

IBM