Vinny Choinski

• lab reports
  May 21, 2013

  HDS HCP Anywhere: Easy, Secure, On-Premises File Sharing

  This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) Anywhere solution with a focus on ease of use, security, and efficient deployment.

• lab reports
  May 9, 2013

  ExaGrid with Veeam: Virtual Machine Backup without Compromise

  This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of the ExaGrid backup appliance using Veeam Backup & Replication software, and demonstrates the ability to execute Veeam Instant VM Recovery alongside ExaGrid’s capacity- and cost-saving deduplication.

• Blogs
  May 2, 2013

  The Value Of A Reference Architecture

  So you’re going to fix all your company’s virtualization woes with your new architecture. You’re going to be the IT hero. The parts for the new solution show up on your loading dock and you start putting the pieces together, only to find out that the NIC cards you ordered don’t support a required protocol. Or worse yet, the expensive network gear you already ordered is missing a critical feature your users depend on. You persevere, scaling back your design, and exchanging components. It never seems to be an even exchange, but at least you are still within budget.

• lab reports
  May 2, 2013

  Brocade Networking with EMC VSPEX Reference Architecture

  Infrastructure Deployment for 100 Virtual Machines

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of the EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure with Brocade networking for supporting 100 virtual machines (VMs). The report is focused on ease of use, performance, and high-availability networking.

• lab reports
  Apr 5, 2013

  Citrix CloudPlatform

  Enabling Simple, Scalable, Flexible Cloud Deployments

  This ESG Lab Validation documents the results of hands-on testing of Citrix CloudPlatform, a flexible, scalable solution for deploying public and private clouds. The report focuses on ease of deployment and management, flexibility, and scalability.

• lab reports
  Apr 4, 2013

  Symantec Backup Exec 3600 Appliance

  Evaluating the Out-of-the-Box Experience

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of the Symantec Backup Exec 3600 Appliance, which offers advanced data protection for virtual and physical environments. The report focuses on the out-of-the-box experience, ease of management, and cost-effectiveness.

• lab reports
  Apr 4, 2013

  Symantec Backup Exec 2012

  Achieving Best Practices for Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of Symantec Backup Exec 2012’s advanced virtual server data protection. The report focuses on how Backup Exec 2012 measures up against best practices in virtual data protection.

• lab reports
  Mar 6, 2013

  Lab Audit: EMC IT: Leading the Transformation

  Reaping the Benefits of Cloud Computing

  EMC Corporation’s IT organization launched a transformational journey toward cloud computing beginning in 2004. In 2009, ESG published an initial audit of EMC’s achievements, documenting their impressive initial savings on equipment and power as well as improvements in productivity, efficiency, and resource utilization. We published an update in 2010 as EMC reached important milestones in its server virtualization, tiering, and automation efforts.

  This 2013 update finds EMC leveraging the firm foundation of efficiency they have built; a key focus is on new levels of agility and productivity that EMC can achieve through a new cloud operating model for offering IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS). By sharing its experience through its EMC IT Proven program and a series of IT Audits, EMC offers a valuable service to other organizations that may have a vision for such a transformation but are struggling with what steps to take and what results to expect.

• lab reports
  Mar 6, 2013

  Lab Review: Veeam Backup & Replication – Built for Virtualization

  This ESG Lab report documents hands-on testing of Veeam Backup & Replication, designed to assess Veeam’s claims that they deliver a Powerful, Easy-to-Use, and Affordable data protection solution Built for Virtualization.

• lab reports
  Feb 27, 2013

  Brocade Networking with EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure

  Infrastructure Deployment for 500 Virtual Desktops

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of an EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure with Brocade networking for supporting 500 virtual desktops. The report is focused on ease of use, performance, and high-availability networking.

• lab reports
  Jan 28, 2013

  NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP with Oracle Databases

  Easy, Dynamic, and Proven Solutions

  This ESG Lab Validation report documents the results of hands-on testing of NetApp clustered Data ONTAP in Oracle database environments, with a focus on ease of management, non-disruptive operations, and efficient scaling.

• Blogs
  Dec 5, 2012

  Remember When

  Your pager goes off and wakes you at 4:00 AM to let you know that the power is back on at the office, and you think, “Oh Great.” You look out the window and see the ground covered with snow as you fire up the home computer to see if you can send an e-mail -  nothing. The drive to the office is quicker than usual, because there’s no traffic. It’s dark as you walk down the hall past the empty cubes, swipe your security card past the reader and open the big steel door.  Ah, the familiar sound of cooling fans as you flip on the lights and walk to one of the many computer racks in the room. You jiggle the mouse in front of the console, and it lights up with a blue screen and a half booted system. The only option is to hit the power button.

• lab reports
  Dec 3, 2012

  SIGMABLADE Server Systems/PAN Manager Solution

  Integrated Computing from NEC and Egenera

  This ESG Lab Validation documents the hands-on testing of the NEC SIGMABLADE server systems with Egenera PAN Manager software, a fully integrated foundation for integrated computing environments. The report focuses on the benefits an integrated computing environment can provide to IT organizations, including streamlined operational procedures, more efficient resource utilization, and greater management flexibility for both physical and virtual resources.

• lab reports
  Oct 29, 2012

  Oracle’s Sun Storage 2500-M2 Array Mixed Workload Analysis

  This ESG Lab report explores the capabilities of Oracle’s Sun Storage 2500-M2 array deployed with a cost-effectively optimized, highly available virtual infrastructure that’s built with an end-to-end combination of hardware and software from Oracle.  

• lab reports
  Oct 29, 2012

  Oracle’s Sun Storage 2500-M2 Array with VDI

  This ESG Lab report explores the capabilities of Oracle’s Sun Storage 2500-M2 array deployed with a cost-effectively optimized, highly available virtual infrastructure that’s built with an end-to-end combination of hardware and software from Oracle.  

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