Essential Guides

TechTarget editors have curated a collection of “essential” articles on key IT topics. These articles have been packaged into guides which offer our readers comprehensive, problem solving content to help inform and guide their research.

Managing data with an object storage system

Use this guide to understand everything you need to know about object storage systems as they gain popularity in big data and cloud environments. Continue Reading
Unstructured data storage showdown: Object storage vs. scale-out NAS

Object storage and scale-out NAS are both highly scalable and built to handle large amounts of unstructured data. Which one is best suited for your environment? Continue Reading
Navigating the all-flash array storage buying process

Companies of all sizes are turning to all-flash storage arrays to meet their storage capacity, performance, reliability and data protection requirements. Continue Reading
Hard disk vs. flash storage: The fight of the century?

When deciding which storage method you want in your corner, the benefits of flash storage are very appealing. But should you forget about hard disk arrays entirely? Continue Reading
Predictive storage analytics, AI deliver smarter storage

Predictive analytics, AI and machine learning are coming together to create more intelligent data storage. Find out how your organization could benefit. Continue Reading

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HPE Discover 2022 news and conference guide

HPE Discover 2022, set to take place June 28-30, covers topics like edge, cloud storage and containers. Check out our updating guide that has vendor news and announcements. Continue Reading
Dell Technologies World 2022 news and conference coverage

Dell Technologies World covers topics like multi-cloud management, software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure. This guide offers vendor news and announcements. Continue Reading
NetApp Insight 2021 conference news and coverage

NetApp went virtual again for its annual Insight conference. Get the latest NetApp news in this updating 2021 conference guide. Continue Reading
NetApp Insight 2019 Las Vegas: Conference highlights and updates

At last year's event, NetApp made it clear that a cloud push wasn't going to eliminate on-premises options. Where does the legacy vendor stand in 2019? Continue Reading
Pure Storage Accelerate 2019 conference and news guide

Get the latest Pure Accelerate 2019 industry analysis and updates following a year of developments, acquisitions and partnerships from the all-flash storage vendor. Continue Reading
How NVMe-oF advantages are transforming storage

There's a lot involved with deploying NVMe over fabrics. Here's what you need to know to fully understand this communication protocol and make it work in your organization. Continue Reading
Effective data management to combat the coming data apocalypse

Data management and storage are evolving to deal with the coming datasphere explosion. Learn what's happening with unstructured, IoT and cloud data, as well as storage tiering. Continue Reading
Dell Technologies World 2019 news and analysis

Dell Tech World 2019 promises plenty of news, from hyper-convergence to the ever-present cloud. Vendor news, such as product consolidation and overlap, will also be discussed. Continue Reading
Effective multi-cloud storage strategies and management techniques

Is storage in a multi-cloud environment right for your organization? See what you need to do to deploy, manage and effectively use multi-cloud for data storage. Continue Reading
Best data storage products 2018: Products of the Year

For the 17th straight year, 'Storage' magazine and SearchStorage award gold, silver and bronze to the best storage hardware and software products and services of the year. Continue Reading
2018 data management and storage Products of the Year finalists

The field of entrants in our 17th annual Products of Year contest has been winnowed down to 51 contenders vying for gold, silver and bronze glory in five data storage categories. Continue Reading
3D NAND technology: What it is and where it's headed

Following a recent NAND flash shortage, 3D NAND is seeing renewed interest from consumers and vendors. Discover what makes the technology a compelling flash memory option. Continue Reading
Demystifying the hybrid storage array buying process

Hybrid flash storage offers numerous benefits over using just SSDs or HDDs. Learn how to assess your organization's needs for a hybrid storage array and how to evaluate the different hybrid arrays to find the right fit. Continue Reading
Data management and storage 2017 Products of the Year finalists

We narrowed down the field to 47 finalists in five data storage categories as part of our much anticipated 16th annual Products of the Year competition. Continue Reading
Data storage considerations for a DevOps environment

Having good storage can make all the difference when it comes to DevOps. As more organizations get on the DevOps bandwagon, see how storage has changed to match. Continue Reading
Software-defined storage: Making sense of the data storage technology

Use this guide to help understand what vendors mean by 'software-defined storage,' what experts think of it and how to use it in your environment. Continue Reading
Investigate how copy data management systems curb data sprawl

The top copy data management vendors offer innovative products to reduce the staggering amount of data that organizations create by replicating multiple copies of production data. Continue Reading
Selecting the best object-based storage platform for your needs

Object-based storage systems can provide the scalability needed to meet organizations' increasing unstructured data storage requirements. Learn how to pick the right platform. Continue Reading
Private cloud implementation guide

Wondering how to pull off a private cloud deployment? Plan ahead, design for the future and make sure you have built up the right knowledge base. Continue Reading
How to navigate the public cloud service provider selection process

Learn how to determine if your organization could benefit from public cloud storage and how to select the public cloud provider that will best meet your needs. Continue Reading
Data storage systems: 2016 Products of the Year finalists

We've culled through the entries for this year's Products of the Year competition and narrowed the field to these 54 finalists in six data storage systems categories. Continue Reading
Complete guide to server-based storage in its modern forms

From hyper-convergence to the cloud, better understand direct-attached storage and its many forms with this essential guide. Continue Reading
The ultimate guide to Dell's EMC acquisition

This guide to Dell's EMC acquisition covers all angles of the blockbuster deal -- from breaking news and expert feedback, to the long-term ramifications on the IT sector. Continue Reading
SAN basics: All the tools you need to purchase a storage-area network

Whether you're purchasing a SAN for the first time or looking to upgrade, this guide walks you through the buying process from start to finish. Continue Reading
Best data storage products 2014: Products of the Year

A panel of users, analysts, consultants and Storage magazine and SearchStorage editors voted these 19 products the best of 2014. Continue Reading
Essential guide to desktop and laptop solid-state drives

Essential guide to laptop and desktop SSDs Continue Reading
The case for cloud storage: Cloud considerations and strategies

Before deploying your cloud storage project, learn about cloud storage use cases, how to do a cloud cost analysis and keeping data safe in the cloud. Continue Reading
Working with OpenStack storage: Tips on Cinder, Swift and the cloud

This guide explores the block, object and cloud storage offerings from OpenStack, one of the most sought-after open source storage platforms. Continue Reading
Examining the future of the RAID volume

Expert Jon Toigo provides a set of tips to answer key questions regarding RAID's place in today's storage world, and whether it will be replaced. Continue Reading
Choosing storage for streaming large files in big data sets

Learn how to select storage that can both scale and perform to effectively stream large files in big data environments. Continue Reading
Building a better archival storage strategy

This guide walks through important tips and considerations regarding storage archive design strategies and technologies. Continue Reading
Data storage systems: 2013 Storage Products of the Year finalists

These 52 data storage systems products are finalists for the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2013 Products of the Year awards. Continue Reading
Complete guide to Hadoop technology and storage

Learn how Apache Hadoop works, some of its benefits and drawbacks, and what it means for big data and cloud storage. Continue Reading
LUN storage: Working with a SAN's logical unit numbers

This guide provides a complete picture of LUN implementations, including best practices for LUN mapping and management. Continue Reading

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