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• Virtual flash caching increases SSD efficiency for VMware, Hyper-V

  To get the greatest benefit from virtual flash caching, you need to understand how your hypervisor uses the cache and then add flash storage. Continue Reading

• Data management should be a go-to cost containment storage strategy

  If you want to exercise some cost containment, forget the hardware for a moment and focus on data management. Continue Reading

• Make sure your flash investment pays off

  Colm Keegan of Storage Switzerland discusses ways to ensure your flash investment meets your needs --now and in the future. Continue Reading

• Allocate virtual desktop hardware resources with proper benchmarking

  Benchmarking is crucial to ensuring VDI performance, but is only effective if spikes in demand are accounted for at the outset. Continue Reading

• Avoid VDI configuration issues by building desktops from scratch

  Expert Brien Posey discusses common problems faced when configuring virtual desktop deployments and how to work through them. Continue Reading

• Software-defined storage market: Fact or fiction

  This Essential Guide examines how innovative software-defined storage is and why the market for the technology continues to grow.Continue Reading

• Configure and manage storage for a virtual desktop environment

  The unique workloads and demands of virtual desktops require a rethinking of the supporting storage systems.Continue Reading

• File storage capacity key to new NAS purchase

  Thinking of making a new NAS purchase? Learn the requirements of your storage peers and the criteria they use to evaluate a storage vendor.Continue Reading

• How much data is too much for cloud gateways?

  Enterprises with up to 50 TB of data may find public cloud storage attractive given the current state of cloud storage gateways, says Gartner analyst.Continue Reading

• How can I perform cloud-to-cloud migration?

  Utilizing multiple cloud providers can increase reliability and security, but cost and bandwidth limitations need to be taken into account when migrating data.Continue Reading

• The case for cloud storage: Cloud considerations and strategies

  Before deploying your cloud storage project, learn about cloud storage use cases, how to do a cloud cost analysis and keeping data safe in the cloud.Continue Reading

• What are the pros and cons of using BRIC for a redundant cloud architecture?

  Expert Brien Posey explains how using a Bunch of Redundant Independent Clouds architecture can protect data, but not without three common hurdles.Continue Reading

• Configuring storage for VMware: Tips and tricks

  This guide to configuring storage for VMware will help data storage administrators maximize the multitude of benefits VMware offers and maintain their storage performance requirements when undertaking a VMware project.
  
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• How can I implement a scale-out architecture for my SMB?

  Learn how different scale-out architectures can be good options for providing high availability and easy growth.Continue Reading

• The path to cloud ROI must be paved with clear expectations

  The first step in charting your cloud ROI strategy is estimating storage consumption for the foreseeable future.Continue Reading