Lab Reports
This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of consolidated management and automated data protection services across multiple sites and diverse storage technologies using Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage.
The Challenges
Relentless information growth is necessitating greater investments in IT infrastructure. Data protection processes, such as backup, compound capacity growth issues since multiple copies of ...
This ESG Lab Review documents ESG Lab hands-on testing of Venyu’s AmeriVault Online Backup and virtual server recovery services. The value of hands-free remote backup and virtual server recovery at a Tier IV Venyu data center located 1,500 miles away is highlighted.
The Challenges
Businesses of all sizes, from small to ...
Published on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 9:49 am | 1 Comment »
Authors: Mark Peters | Tony Palmer |
The current popularity of deduplication should not blind users to the fact that it is only a contributory factor to overall storage efficiency; in this respect, best practices demand that users understand different ‘dedupe’ tools and integrate them into their storage efficiency efforts. Nexsan’s combination of deduplication with its ‘Highly ...
Authors: Mark Peters | Tony Palmer |
This ESG Lab report presents the results of a mixed application performance benchmark which was designed to assess the real-world performance capabilities of a SAN attached IBM System Storage DS5020 Express/DS3950 Express storage, IBM BladeCenter HS22 servers and VMware vSphere software deployed in a highly virtualized, consolidated data center.
Introduction
Networked storage ...
Published on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 11:08 am | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Lauren Whitehouse | Tony Palmer |
Now, more than ever, IT is being called on to drive efficiencies, manage risk, and maintain application and data availability. Exponential data growth, compliance requirements, and service level agreements are only a few of the challenges facing organizations with data centers and remote offices requiring data protection. Compounding such an ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Lauren Whitehouse | Tony Palmer |
Published on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 10:41 am | No Comments »
Authors: Bob Laliberte | Brian Garrett |
A SAN Blueprint from SANpulse Technologies reduces the cost and complexity of SAN discovery and analysis as it provides the insight needed to understand, optimize, and update SAN infrastructure. This ESG Lab Validation report presents highlights of recently completed hands-on testing of a SAN Blueprint, the technology used to create ...
Authors: Bob Laliberte | Brian Garrett |
This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of 3PAR Autonomic Groups in a clustered VMware environment—paying special attention to ease of provisioning and management.
The Challenges
The utility computing, or virtual data center, model has been gaining popularity based on its promise to reduce the inefficiencies of mainframe and client-server data center ...
Published on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 3:19 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mark Bowker |
Server virtualization remains a high priority for IT organizations of all sizes as businesses 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 Hyper-V—paying special attention to ease of deployment, management simplicity, scalability, and performance.
Introduction
Server ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mark Bowker |
Lab Reports:
Quantum DXi-Series and Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage – Centrally Managed Edge-to-Core Data Protection
Published on Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 3:48 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Lauren Whitehouse | Tony Palmer |
In this report, ESG Lab examines DXi-Series appliances working in concert with the Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage interface to provide consolidated management and automated data protection services across multiple sites and multiple storage technologies. Areas of focus include Quantum’s new remote-office focused DXi2500-D appliances; the DXi7500 Enterprise disk backup platform; Quantum ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Lauren Whitehouse | Tony Palmer |
Published on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 at 2:43 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Mark Peters | Tony Palmer |
The Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 storage system is a highly scalable midrange storage platform which employs enterprise-class attributes to improve data availability, security, and operational efficiency. This ESG Lab Report documents the results of hands-on testing of the ETERNUS4000 with a focus on performance and capacity scalability, availability, data mobility, power efficiency, ...
Authors: Mark Peters | Tony Palmer |
