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Configuring Windows Server 2012 for iSCSI SAN Boot with EqualLogic Storage sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This paper demonstrates Dell best practices for implementing iSCSI boot from SAN with Dell EqualLogic storage arrays and the 12th generation (12G) PowerEdge servers running Windows Server 2012. Posted: 29 Aug 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Accelerators \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Affordable High Availability (HA) Delivers Convenience, Value and Improved Response Time to Retail Branches sponsored by LSI Corporation. WHITE PAPER: Need to minimize the risk of server failures and optimize your inventory database? LSI shows why deploying HA servers at your retail branch locations is critical to adding value to your business. Posted: 19 Jul 2013 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Clustering \| DAS \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| NAS \| Remote Office Connectivity \| Remote Offices \| SAN \| Server Accelerators \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems

HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions with VMware vSphere Best Practices sponsored by HPE and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper provides best practices and configuration guidelines on how to best integrate VMware vSphere® 5.0 with HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions. Posted: 21 Mar 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Backup \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| VMware

Highly efficient, scalable storage for managing unstructured data sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper delves into an enterprise-class distributed file system that provides you with the tools necessary to manage multiple file workloads in an efficient and simple manner. Posted: 09 Jun 2014 \| Published: 30 Dec 2013 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Management \| Flash Memory \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Unstructured Data

Best Practices for VMware vSphere Implementation sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper details a set of best practices for configuring storage in a virtual environment. Posted: 13 Nov 2013 \| Published: 13 Nov 2013 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Unified Data Center Fabric: Reduce Costs and Improve Flexibility sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Discover how implementing a Unified Fabric can reduce costs and improve the alignment of data center assets to better fulfill business requirements. Posted: 18 Oct 2012 \| Published: 18 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| SAN \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| VM

NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 and 8.2x - An Introduction sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This technical report provides an overview of NetApp® clustered Data ONTAP® 8.3 and 8.2x, including basic components of the hardware and software architecture. Posted: 12 Jun 2013 \| Published: 12 Jun 2013 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Migration \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

How Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition Helps Protect Virtual Environments sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs--helping simplify data management, and increase application performance. Posted: 10 Mar 2011 \| Published: 10 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| SAN \| VMware

Enterprise Storage Solution for Hyper-V Private Cloud and VDI Deployments using Sanbolic’s Melio Cloud Software Suite sponsored by Sanbolic Inc. WHITE PAPER: Explore how an advanced, host-based storage fabric solution can provide the highly scalable and available storage necessary to support Hyper-V private cloud or VDI deployments. Posted: 18 May 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Microsoft Hyper-V \| Private Cloud \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Management Software \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Windows Server 2008 R2 \| Windows Server Software

Hitachi Unified Storage Family sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Check out this informative paper to explore one leading vendor's unified storage solution that can infuse your overburdened data center with greater flexibility, investment protection and cost savings. Read on to learn more. Posted: 06 Sep 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| VM \| VMware