When it comes to real-world application workloads, the IOPS numbers quoted on product datasheets may not be as accurate as you think. In many cases, the real-world workloads are larger and more varied than the 4K block sizes typically used to obtain the datasheet IOPS numbers. These variations can sometimes have unpredictable...
Published: Apr 26, 2016
Let me repeat: Disk is dead. The best years of disk drive technology are in the past, the distant past. Not Negotiable. No Faustian bargain will bring it back to life. Even if you're "A Friend of the Devil", as the Grateful Dead would say.
It's time to let it go and visualize the datacentre where...
Published: Apr 26, 2016
The cloud, mobility, big data, and social media are driving the biggest change in information technology (IT) infrastructure in more than 20 years. With continuously changing business requirements and technology playing an increasingly strategic role in day-to-day business, your organization needs an intelligent and agile...
Published: Apr 14, 2014
The hard disk is dead. Or at least it should be.
Cause of death? The performance demands of the modern data center. Enterprise storage expectations and needs have changed, but the capabilities of HDDs and even solid state disks (SSDs) have not. So now it’s time for a new solution.
Storage Switzerland...
Published: Apr 26, 2016
HP PageWide Technology takes proven, advanced commercial printing technologies and scales them to a new class of multifunction printers designed to serve small workteams. More than 40 thousand tiny nozzles on a stationary printhead that spans the width of a page deliver four colors of Original HP pigment ink onto a moving...
Published: May 29, 2014
The purpose of this book is to introduce you to common network performance management issues and give you a new way of looking at solving them. This perspective allows you to see your network from your users’ point of view, namely, the services and applications they use and their experiences with them.
Published: Apr 01, 2014
This whitepaper looks at how you can create a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure, network and application management across the eCommerce ecosystem.
No matter what you sell or where you are along the eCommerce journey, Savvis can support your commercial goals with the speed of implementation, accessibility,...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
HP 3PAR StoreServ can lower storage TCO today and enable agility for what’s next. Flash-optimized performance, unified protocol support, proven availability, and Thin Deduplication plus self-managing features reduce complexity, It’s primary storage for all your needs. With storage federation, you can non-disruptively...
Published: Sep 04, 2014
From core to cloud HP ProLiant Gen8 servers are transforming data center expectations and economics with the world's most intelligent servers. Learn how they deliver maximum performance and reliability while simplifying day-to-day management.
Published: Nov 15, 2013
Disk-based backup with deduplication has emerged as a way for enterprise customers to deal with explosive data growth. Using it, they can accelerate backup and recovery processes and reduce total capacity requirements. The HP StoreOnce deduplication technology, announced in 2010, helps IT organizations provide data deduplication...
Published: Apr 11, 2013
This report analyzes the development of these new products and the potential of page-wide-array ink jet as a transformative technology in the office printing market, especially in small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) and particularly in small workgroups that have fewer than 10 employees. It looks at both the strengths...
Published: May 29, 2014
HP t410 Smart Zero Clients are part of a broad portfolio of HP Thin Clients optimized to deliver a rich end-user experience along with the IT and security advantages of virtual desktop infrastructure. For Citrix desktop virtualization environments, the HP t410 devices offer unique advantages, including a rich multimedia...
Published: Feb 07, 2014
In an effort to create new business opportunities and contain costs, many organizations are planning to deploy an intelligent and agile server infrastructure. But how can you be sure that a particular solution can effectively address data center challenges?
This whitepaper presents 5 reasons why HP BladeSystem is...
Published: Nov 15, 2013
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has developed a Converged Infrastructure including storage, compute and networking.
The data storage element is located in both traditional SAN (Storage Area Network) and Flash media.
This document details the results from a performance benchmark undertaken by Computacenter...
Published: Mar 01, 2015