ESG Lab recently completed testing of the EMC ProSphere. Testing was designed to demonstrate how EMC ProSphere intuitively provides end-to-end resource management for storage environments. Also of interest were ease of use and implementation as well as agent-less host, SAN, and array data collection. Please click here to read the full report.

ESG Lab recently completed testing of the Citrix XenServer 6.0. ESG Lab performed hands-on evaluation and testing of XenServer at a Citrix’s Bedford, MA facility. Testing was designed to demonstrate ease of physical to virtual server migration, the ability to support enterprise applications in a virtual environment, and the manageability and optimization of virtual machine [...]

ESG Lab recently completed testing of the NetApp FAS2240. Testing was designed to demonstrate how quick and easy it is to deploy and manage a new FAS2240 and to assess its ability to support real-world workload performance requirements for small and mid-sized organizations. Click here to read the full report.

ESG Lab recently completed is Lab Validation of EMC PowerPath vs. Windows native MPIO. EMC PowerPath improves data center performance with automated data path management, failover and recovery, and optimized load balancing. While many operating systems include free, native multipath I/O (MPIO) capabilities, customers often don’t know the difference between these offerings and PowerPath. This [...]

ESG Lab recently completed a Lab Validation of EMC Networker. Data protection activities remain a key area of investment for most organizations and represent a core function of the IT department. But constantly growing data volumes puts pressure on data protection systems, processes, and budgets, particularly as server virtualization deployments aggregate workloads and strain resources. [...]