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Technical Insight: Hadoop on Shared, Software-defined Storage

June 2, 2017

Published June 2nd, 2017. Technical insight report on using IBM Spectrum Scale with Hortonwork’s Data Platform to accelerate time to information and add value to Hadoop’s storage environment. Download the free report now!

Technical Insight: VM-Centric Operation – Making an HCI Application-Aware

April 1, 2017

Published April 1st, 2017. In this free report, Eric Slack, Sr. Analyst, discusses the potential benefits of making hyperconverged infrastructures (HCIs) more application-aware and reviews how HCI vendors are implementing this with a strategy of “VM-centric” operation. Download the free report now!

Technical Insight: IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights Enables Broader Use of Storage Resource Management

February 14, 2017

Published February 14th, 2017. Randy Kerns, Sr. Analyst with Evaluator Group, discusses the new Storage Resource Management tool: IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights. Download the free report now!

Technical Insight: Networking The Next Generation of Enterprise Storage: NVMe Fabrics

January 24, 2017

Emerging storage protocols known as NVMe enable next generation non-volatile storage products to deliver performance and economic benefits required by future cloud and enterprise applications. This paper covers the emerging generations of NVMe Fabrics. Download the free report now!

Technical Insight: Containers 101

December 12, 2016

A Technical Insight report on the impact of containers on software development and IT infrastructure. Written by Eric Slack, Sr. Analyst. Download now!

Technical Insight: The Critical Role of Storage in Hybrid Cloud Environments

October 3, 2016

Published October 3rd, 2016. A Technical Insight paper on Hybrid Cloud Solutions from IBM, written by John Webster, Sr. Analyst with Evaluator Group. Download the free report now!

Technical Insight: Data Reduction Estimator

August 8, 2016

Published August 8th, 2016. Randy Kerns, Sr. Strategist with Evaluator Group, provides insight on the free Evaluator Economic Tool: Data Reduction Estimator. Download the free report now!

Technical Insight: Optimizing TCO for Data Protection Storage

July 19, 2016

Published July 19th, 2016. John Webster, Sr. Analyst with Evaluator Group, presents a long-term TCO analysis of Cohesity's DataPlatform in a data protection use case. Download the report now!

Industry Insight: Cloud in the Enterprise – Setting the Terms and Definitions

July 11, 2016

Published July 11, 2016. John Webster, Sr. Analyst with Evaluator Group, offers a list of current cloud-computing related terms and their definitions as used in the industry. Download the free report now!

Storage Architectures: Block and Object

June 24, 2016

Graphical display of storage access using FCoE protocols and Object access, along with an overview of the SCSI storage protocols and packet encapsulations.

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Storage Architectures: DAS, SAN, NAS, iSCSI SAN

June 24, 2016

This graphic outlines and compares I/O storage architectures for Block and File, including SAN, NAS, iSCSI SAN and DAS

Comparison of Mainframe and Open Systems Storage

June 24, 2016

This short presentation compares terminology and IO processes between mainframe and Open Systems Storage. There is a quick reference table for terminology translation.

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