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Flash Storage For Dummies, NetApp Special Edition

Flash Storage for Dummies, NetApp 2nd Special Edition, describes the many uses and benefits of flash storage technology in the enterprise. From flash-accelerated storage to all-flash arrays, flash technology improves performance and increases reliability in storage infrastructures. The book examines various elements of flash storage: how it evolved, and why you should consider it for your storage infrastructure. The book explores key differences in NetApp’s flash storage solutions: NetApp Flash Cache, Flash Pool, all-flash FAS, and the EF-Series. You’ll also learn five strategies for using Flash in your next storage project. In that classic For Dummies style, you’ll get some useful tips on how to best incorporate flash in your IT environment.

ESG Brief: Enhancing Database Environments with NetApp Storage

Organizations of all kinds rely on their relational databases for both transaction processing and analytics, but many still have challenges in meeting their goals of high availability, security, and performance. Whether planning for a major upgrade of existing databases or considering a net new project, enterprise solution architects should realize that the storage capabilities will matter. NetApp’s systems, software, and services offer a number of advantages as a foundation for better operational results.

Total Economic Impact FlexPod Datacenter Platform

Forrester white paper that examines ROI that enterprises may realize by adopting FlexPod for business-critical application workloads such as Oracle databases and Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint Server for communications & collaboration.

Penton WP: Modernizing Your SQL Server Infrastructure

This NetApp-sponsored whitepaper was written by SQL Server industry influencer, Michael Otey, and discusses the need for modernizing your database infrastructure with SQL Server 2014 and NetApp to accelerate database performance while acheiving greater ROI.

ESG White Paper: Driving Business Value from Flash-optimized Storage

NetApp closely ties its product development and portfolio to match its customers' real-world application needs; to support tangible business-level value. NetApp has a full portfolio of products that support customer needs ranging from brute horsepower to data management-rich sophistication. Read about driving business value from flash-optimized storage.

Evaluator Group: Investing Strategically in All Flash Arrays

For customers looking to implement flash for primary data center storage, NetApp's All Flash FAS systems offer some significant advantages over competitive offerings. Customer can deploy All Flash FAS arrays for specific applications now and later extend them to private and hybrid cloud-based applications as enterprise IT's longer term strategy dictates. Read this technology insight paper on investing strategically in all flash arrays.

Redefining networks for CAMSS

Cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security place new demands on enterprise LAN, WLAN and data center networks. Read this paper to learn what those demands are and how IBM can help address them.

Prescription for data center growth

This white paper outlines the unique challenges that mid-size organizations face in implementing a robust data center solution that meets their business, technical and financial needs.

Software-defined Storage solves performance problems

Big Data, Cloud Computing, Social Media, Mobile Business: These trends have spurred on exponential volumes of data that now need to be recorded, processed and analysed. High performance applications are required to assist, but also storage systems need to offer sufficient performance to efficiently store and back up the data they generate, guaranteeing high availability and overall administration. Traditional hard drive- storage arrays quickly reach their limits here. As a result, alternative paths are sought to work around these limits. This paper provides an overview of storage technologies available today and their advantages and disadvantages.

Software-defined Storage simplifies the management process

Software-defined storage (SDS) is initiating a paradigm shift in the field of computer storage: We are moving away from providing hardware-based storage functions and services towards a software-orientated alternative. As a result, systems management can be automated and centralised, therefore its functions can be shared on all systems throughout the infrastructure, irrespective of the specific device or manufacturer. Below is an overview of the added value that can be achieved with regard to data management by switching to SDS and its invaluable functions and tools.

Une solution SDS simplifie le processus de gestion du stockage

Le terme « software-defined » sert souvent à décrire le stockage. Il est pratiquement impossible de trouver aujourd’hui un grand fournisseur qui ne qualifie pas ainsi ses produits. Toutefois, en quoi consiste exactement le stockage SDS, quels sont les avantages pour l’entreprise qui le met en oeuvre et dans quelle mesure convient-il de s’y intéresser ?

Une solution SDS résout les problèmes de performance du stockage

The term "software -defined " often used to describe storage. It is virtually impossible to find a large today provider who does not qualify as products. However, what exactly is storage SDS , what Benefits for the company that implements it and how measure should be interested in it ?

Une solution de stockage SDS garantit la sécurité des données

la plus récente du cabinet d’analystes de premier plan 451 Research, le pourcentage du budget investi en stockage par rapport au budget informatique global a en fait, diminué au cours des deux dernières années.

Software Download: The Challenge for Game Developers

Digital distribution is the fastest growing method to sell games, upgrade and fix game software, and push out new enhancements to existing games. For example, Steam, one of the largest game distribution sites in the world, distributes over 3000 games to more than 100 million active users while supporting 5-8 million players simultaneously. The percentage of video gamers choosing digital distribution over DVDs grew from 40% in 2012 to over 50% in 2013, according to the Entertainment Software Association, and this number will keep climbing.

Using JMSL in Hadoop MapReduce Applications

The prototypical Hadoop MapReduce application has at least one Mapper class, one Reducer class, and one driver class. The Mapper class reads the input data and creates intermediate data. The Reducer class accumulates intermediate information and emits a combined result. The Driver class extends the Hadoop class Configured and implements the Hadoop Tool interface, and is used to configure and execute the job.