Reports
Virtualization turns physical devices into a set of resource pools that are independent of the physical asset they run on. This abstraction makes it easier to implement standardized measurement, monitoring, and management of resources. It also eliminates the economic and operational issues of infrastructure silos. All told, virtualization delivers compelling ...
Published on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 3:29 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Ginny Roth | Tony Palmer |
This ESG Lab report documents hands-on testing of EMC Unified Storage with a focus on major usability and efficiency upgrades, Unisphere integrated management, Enhanced VMware integration, FAST Cache, FAST Automated Storage Tiering, and Primary Data Compression.
Background
For many years, the total amount of storage users needed to support application and file ...
Authors: Ginny Roth | Tony Palmer |
Published on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 5:44 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Ginny Roth | Tony Palmer |
The ever-increasing volume of unstructured file data that organizations need to share, manage, and protect has become a real problem for IT managers—particularly those that need to provide online access to shared files for revenue-generating workflows and processes. This report explores how the Fujitsu Scalable File Server Solution, known in ...
Authors: Ginny Roth | Tony Palmer |
This report examines a promising new category of technology—Ethernet SAN—that may be poised to disrupt the economics of the storage industry. Coraid’s EtherDrive SAN storage family leverages scale-out design and raw Ethernet to deliver an impressive blend of performance, scalability, and simplicity at a price point that is a ...
This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of a NetApp Unified Storage Architecture deployed in a VMware virtual server environment with a goal of simplifying, protecting, and consolidating physical servers hosting Microsoft applications. The value of NetApp features and software (e.g., file serving, Virtual Storage Console (VSC) ...
Published on Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 7:03 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mark Bowker |
Server virtualization remains a high priority for IT organizations of all sizes as they look to improve IT asset utilization, streamline operational efficiency, and enhance service level agreements with application owners. This report documents hands-on testing of Microsoft server virtualization technology with a focus on the enhanced flexibility, availability, and ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mark Bowker |
Published on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 8:44 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Babineau | John McKnight |
ESG has updated its digital archive market forecast—defined as ESG’s estimate of the total, worldwide cumulative capacity of archived electronic information (digital archive capacity) in the commercial and government sectors— through the year 2015.
In general, ESG defines digital archiving as:
"The long-term retention and management of electronic information that has been ...
Authors: Brian Babineau | John McKnight |
Published on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 12:43 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Bill Lundell | Jennifer Gahm | Lauren Whitehouse |
In order to assess the current state of the data protection market, ESG recently surveyed 510 North America-based senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were personally responsible for evaluating, purchasing, or managing data protection technologies—such as backup and ...
Authors: Bill Lundell | Jennifer Gahm | Lauren Whitehouse |
It is a story often repeated because it is a challenge IT has been living with for a very long time. The amount of data businesses need to store is skyrocketing, which drives corresponding growth in overall data storage costs in the form of storage systems, floor space, power, ...
Published on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 3:19 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Bill Lundell | Bob Laliberte | Jennifer Gahm | John McKnight |
In order to assess data center facility consolidation and construction priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 515 North American and Western European senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with ...
Authors: Bill Lundell | Bob Laliberte | Jennifer Gahm | John McKnight |
