This book examines data storage and management challenges and explains software-defined storage, an innovative solution for high-performance, cost-effective storage using the IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS).

Life Sciences organizations need to be able to build IT infrastructures that are dynamic, scalable, easy to deploy and manage, with simplified provisioning, high performance, high utilization and able to exploit both data intensive and server intensive workloads, including Hadop MapReduce. Solutions must scale, both in terms of processing and storage, in order to better serve the institution long-term. There is a life cycle management of data, and making it useable for mainstream analyses and applications is an important aspect in system design. This presentation will describe IT requirements and how Technical Computing solutions from IBM and Platform Computing will address these challenges and deliver greater ROI and accelerated time to results for Life Sciences.

Software defined storage is enterprise class storage that uses standard hardware with all the important storage and management functions performed in intelligent software. Software defined storage delivers

Join IBM and Nuance Communications Inc. to learn how Nuance uses IBM Elastic Storage to improve the power of their voice recognition applications by managing storage growth, cost and complexity while increasing performance and data availability. View the webcast to learn how you can: · Lower data management costs through policy driven automation and tiered storage management · Manage and increase storage agility through software defined storage Remove data related bottlenecks to deliver application performance

A fast, simple, scalable and complete storage solution for today’s data-intensive enterprise IBM Spectrum Scale is used extensively across industries worldwide. Spectrum Scale simplifies data management with integrated tools designed to help organizations manage petabytes of data and billions of files—as well as control the cost of managing these ever-growing data volumes.

To quickly and economically meet new and peak demands, Platform LSF (SaaS) and Platform Symphony (SaaS) workload management as well as Elastic Storage on Cloud data management software can be delivered as a service, complete with SoftLayer cloud infrastructure and 24x7 support for technical computing and service-oriented workloads. Watch this demonstration to learn how the IBM Platform Computing Cloud Service can be used to simplify and accelerate financial risk management using IBM Algorithmics.

Software defined storage is enterprise class storage that uses standard hardware with all the important storage and management functions performed in intelligent software. Software defined storage delivers automated, policy-driven, application-aware storage services through orchestration of the underlining storage infrastructure in support of an overall software defined environment.

Around the world and across all industries, high-performance computing is being used to solve today’s most important and demanding problems. More than ever, storage solutions that deliver high sustained throughput are vital for powering HPC and Big Data workloads. Intel® Enterprise Edition for Lustre* software unleashes the performance and scalability of the Lustre parallel file system for enterprises and organizations, both large and small. It allows users and workloads that need large scale, high- bandwidth storage to tap into the power and scalability of Lustre, but with the simplified installation, configuration, and monitoring features of Intel® Manager for Lustre* software, a management solution purpose-built for the Lustre file system.Intel ® Enterprise Edition for Lustre* software includes proven support from the Lustre experts at Intel, including worldwide 24x7 technical support. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

This architecture comparison examines five essential criteria to consider when evaluating flash arrays. Find out the key design differences between the Dell EMC X2 and NetApp AFF flash storage systems and how they compare in terms of scalability, quality of service, application integration, future-proof architecture and cloud integration.

Not all flash storage architectures are created equal. Read this vendor comparison report and learn about the differences between solutions from NetApp® and Pure and how to find the best all-flash arrays to meet your business needs.

"Get performance rankings for all-flash storage arrays and a comparison of top vendors. Read this report by an independent analyst and learn about: • Top all-flash vendors and how they ranked in raw performance, best value, and performance consistency • Recommendations for entry-level to enterprise-class storage solutions • New storage software capabilities "

Read this vendor assessment from IDC and find out about the suitability of 10 vendors' AFA platforms for dense mixed enterprise workload consolidation. Discover the areas where the most differentiation between vendors was noted, including their strategies around NVMe and cloud-based predictive analytics.

Migrating to a flash storage solution does much more than simply save you money. Read this ebook and learn the top three things to know about modernizing your SAN. Find out how you can accelerate your most important apps by up to 20 times compared to traditional storage—while minimizing downtime.

To keep pace with an increasingly digital world, enterprises are transforming their data infrastructures using all flash storage. As a leading all flash storage provider, NetApp simplifies your infrastructure to improve economics, while accelerating performance and increasing availability to enhance your company’s competitiveness. NetApp future-proofs your IT investments, allowing you to grow with confidence. NetApp® all flash storage reduces your storage footprint, power, and cooling by up to 10x; doubles performance at half the latency of leading competitors; and lets you migrate confidently from your existing SAN with a pathway to the cloud. With NetApp, all flash arrays, your business is prepared to take on anything and everything the future can throw at it: rapid growth, new technology, or a shift in the industry. Cut fear out of the equation. Be data ready to bring on the future.

New innovations in storage technology are changing the game for data centers, and NetApp is working to help our customers capitalize on them. The introduction of faster and faster media types and more efficient mechanisms to access those media across well-defined SAN and Ethernet infrastructures will unlock unprecedented speeds, lower latencies, and dramatic improvements in system and application efficiency.

Are you building a business case for replacing disk systems with all-flash? Read this paper to find out what enterprise users are saying about their own experiences with all-flash storage. Findings are based on over a dozen different product reviews.

One of the most effective ways to address database performance and cost challenges is to modernize the underlying hardware infrastructure. Innovations such as flash storage, converged infrastructure architectures, and sophisticated data management platforms can have a major impact. Learn more in our free eBook: Optimizing Database Storage Performance For Dummies.

This e-book addresses common misconceptions about enterprise flash storage, providing clarity for anyone using or considering flash in enterprise environments. Learn about old myths laid to rest and the reality of how enterprises can make full use of their flash storage investment.

The company’s recently unveiled HCI platform leverages SolidFire’s all-flash scale-out architecture and performance management capabilities to support enterprise environments. Will it help NetApp make up ground against its fast-growing rivals?

Gartner Report: Competitive Landscape for Hyperconverged Integrated Systems. Accelerate business outcomes and achieve growth with hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS). Key findings: As the hyperconverged integrated system (HCIS) market has matured in the past two years, some smaller providers without sufficient bases, technical resources and cash to survive on their own have exited the market." • "HCIS-only providers that have a sustainable sales advantage based on effective communication of technical strengths that can deliver superior cost savings or performance advantages are most likely to remain viable as the market continues to grow." • "HCIS providers without compelling value propositions to differentiate their offerings against other HCIS solutions are unlikely to survive the increasing competitive pressure that is appearing in the market."

This Gartner Report on an effective hyperconvergence strategy includes their research findings and recommendations. It also includes a deep dive analysis of key determinants in a hyperconverged solution decision. For more information, please view our privacy policy here.

This Hyper Converged Infrastructure solution brief describes the key benefits of NetApp's next generation HCI solution including enterprise scale, efficient storage architecture, trustworthy data services, and IT operations transformation.

Read the Industry Update from Evaluator Group to learn what a transforming NetApp means not just for NetApp, but for a data-driven world.

This ESG report commissioned by NetApp provides insight to understand converged and hyperconverged platforms.

We know that flash storage can provide significant benefits and deliver needed agility for large businesses, but what about medium-sized businesses (MMB = 500 to 999 employees)? IBM asked Forrester Consulting to look into adoption and use of flash storage technologies by mid-market organizations. A snapshot survey of 106 IT professionals found the following: › MMBs are actively adopting flash storage › Flash is exceeding expectations regarding cloud management, flexibility and security › A majority of respondents expect to continue their investments, with almost half aspiring to an all-flash storage environment. To learn more download this report.