Lab Reports
Published on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 12:14 pm | 1 Comment »
Authors: Ajen Johan | Jason Buffington | Tony Palmer |
Optimizing Server, Application, and Storage Consolidation with Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure
Riverbed Technology provides a performance platform for enterprises implementing strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery in a globally connected enterprise. Riverbed solutions are designed to enable a fluid, dynamic IT architecture by eliminating bottlenecks and ...
Authors: Ajen Johan | Jason Buffington | Tony Palmer |
This ESG Lab Review documents hands-on testing of Simpana 9 software from CommVault, specifically its “OnePass” data change gathering and retention mechanisms as well as its integration with HP X9000 (IBRIX) scale-out NAS.
The Challenges
Companies of all sizes continue to struggle with the various aspects of data protection. A great deal ...
Published on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 4:45 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Storage-class Memory with Sustainable, Multi-dimensional Performance
Virident Storage Class Memory (SCM) is a class of solid-state storage solutions designed to meet the extreme IO performance needs of business-critical databases, Web 2.0, high-performance computing (HPC), and data center tier-0 application workloads. This report documents ESG Lab’s hands-on validation testing of Virident FlashMAX ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Backup and Recovery Solutions
ESG recently completed interviews with several customers using EMC NetWorker backup and recovery solutions. This ESG Field Audit documents the successes of these diverse customers as they take advantage of NetWorker’s benefits along with EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems and EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) software.
Background
IT ...
Published on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 9:35 am | No Comments »
Authors: Ajen Johan | Brian Garrett | Tony Palmer |
Effectively Virtualizing Tier-1 Application Workloads
This report presents the results of ESG Lab testing of the performance and scalability of the HP ProLiant DL980 server powered by Intel Xeon processors, running SAP with VMware vSphere 5. Testing was conducted with a virtualized, tier-1 SAP application workload running on a massively scalable ...
Authors: Ajen Johan | Brian Garrett | Tony Palmer |
Published on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 3:13 pm | 2 Comments »
Authors: Bob Laliberte | Vinny Choinski |
End-to-End Cloud Storage Resource Management
This ESG Lab Validation report documents the results of hands-on testing of the EMC ProSphere storage resource management solution. Testing explored how ProSphere can help simplify management, identify problem areas, and ensure application performance in otherwise complex storage environments. The report focuses on the easy deployment, ...
Authors: Bob Laliberte | Vinny Choinski |
Published on Monday, January 9th, 2012 at 1:57 pm | 1 Comment »
Authors: Mike Leone | Vinny Choinski |
Server Virtualization for Enterprise Applications
This ESG Lab Validation Report presents hands-on evaluation and testing results of Citrix XenServer. Testing centered on virtualized server performance when compared to physical server performance with a focus on virtual server migration and application performance in a virtualized environment. ESG Lab also looked at the ...
Authors: Mike Leone | Vinny Choinski |
Published on Monday, January 9th, 2012 at 9:20 am | 1 Comment »
Authors: Mike Leone | Vinny Choinski |
Deploy and Manage Storage with Ease
This ESG Lab Validation Report presents the hands-on evaluation and testing results of the FAS2240, NetApp’s newly released entry-level storage system. ESG Lab focused on three key areas that make the FAS2240 an appealing offering for small to medium-sized businesses: easy deployment, simple manageability, and ...
Authors: Mike Leone | Vinny Choinski |
Published on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 8:45 am | 1 Comment »
Authors: Brian Babineau | Ginny Roth |
Comparing Index Integrity
The “search engine” component of a purpose-built archive solution is frequently brushed over by vendors and customers alike because, although core to the benefits provided by an application, it is not as flashy as some of the other functions highlighted during the buying and selling processes. Most archive ...
Authors: Brian Babineau | Ginny Roth |
Published on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 at 9:37 am | 2 Comments »
Authors: Ajen Johan | Tony Palmer |
Simple, Robust, Multi-protocol Data Migration and Storage Routing
This ESG Lab Validation report explores hands-on testing and validation of the QLogic 6200 series of Intelligent Storage Router (iSR), focusing on multi-protocol data migration and the simplicity, availability, performance, and cost-efficiency the QLogic iSR series brings to a heterogeneous storage environment.
Background
Recently, ESG ...
Authors: Ajen Johan | Tony Palmer |
