7 Ways Compellent Optimizes VMware Server Virtualization
sponsored by Compellent
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As enterprises turn to server virtualization to enhance IT flexibility while reducing costs, Server virtualization solutions such as VMware Infrastructure software are helping organizations achieve those goals by abstracting applications from physical resources. Read this paper for 7 Ways Compellent Optimizes VMware Server Virtualization.
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009
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Building High-performance, Highly Available IP Storage Networks with HP SAN/iQ Software
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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If you’re an administrator who’s planning to build a high performance, highly available IP network using HP SAN/iQ Software, you should read this document in its entirety. You’ll find important configuration guidelines, best practices, and frequently asked questions that will help you to accelerate a successful deployment.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009
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Business Value of Storage Virtualisation: Scaling the Storage Solution; Leveraging the Storage Investment
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This analysis looks at the positive business impact of networked storage virtualisation solutions that improve storage asset utilisation, reduce the administrative costs of provisioning new storage systems, and improve application availability.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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Case Study: U.S. Air Force Manages Aircraft Site Using Powerful Storage Virtualization Platform
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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When the U.S. Air force needed a more powerful storage infrastructure, they turned to HP for a system that allowed them to meet business demands more flexibly, manage data more simply and efficiently and mitigate the risk of lost data with a storage area network (SAN) that pools, shares and centrally manages storage resources.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009
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Dell Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Reference Architecture
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
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This paper proposes several sample virtualization architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.
Posted: 09 Jun 2009 | Published: 09 Jun 2009
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Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling the Next Generation Virtualized Data Center
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
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This solution brief discusses how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.
Posted: 09 Jul 2009 | Published: 09 Jul 2009
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Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
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This Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V introduces different options to implement HA for Hyper-V environments.
Posted: 11 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Dec 2008
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Demystifying Data De-Duplication: Choosing the Best Solution
sponsored by FalconStor Software
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Data de-duplication has been described as the next evolutionary step in backup technology. Many vendors lay claim to the best data de-duplication approach, leaving customers to face the difficulty of separating hype from reality. This document provides the background information required to make an informed data de-duplication purchasing decision.
Posted: 12 Feb 2009 | Published: 12 Feb 2009
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Distributed IT Infrastructures: Alternative Approaches
sponsored by VM6 Software
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This whitepaper outlines the benefits derived and the costs associated with virtualization in the Remote Offices/Branch Offices, in the classic model versus the proposed model.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009
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Enabling the Virtual Data Center: Simple, Affordable Virtualized ISCSI Storage for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Environments
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
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In this solution brief learn how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.
Posted: 09 Jun 2009 | Published: 09 Jun 2009
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ESG: Building a Comprehensive Information Retention Strategy
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This paper examines the risks and costs organizations face if they do not make the appropriate investments in hardware and software technologies to support their information retention strategies. The second part of the paper discusses how HP is fully capable of supporting customers' information retention strategies.
Posted: 06 Mar 2009 | Published: 06 Mar 2009
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Extending the Benefits of Virtualization to Remote Office and Branch Locations, Small to Medium Businesses and Web Hosters
sponsored by VM6 Software
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VM6 provides affordable software solutions to extend the benefits of enterprise-class virtualization to remote offices and branch locations (ROBO), small to medium businesses and web hosters.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009
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Fundamentals of a Well-Built SAN
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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The purpose of this white paper is to describe the benefits of a clustered architecture in comparison with traditional controller-based architectures, and to discuss the technology that makes HP LeftHand SANs better by design.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009
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Getting Started with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on Dell Servers
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
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This article provides an introduction to Hyper-V virtualization, discusses the overall architecture and underlying technologies, and offers guidance on best practices for deployment on Dell PowerEdge servers.
Posted: 11 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Dec 2008
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High Performance NAS
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
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Read this special report that reviews current NAS trends including high-availability clustered storage to address growing storage needs and today's media-rich file environments and more.
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Published: 05 Nov 2009
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How Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition Helps Protect Virtual Environments
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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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: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 02 Dec 2008
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How to Select the Correct RAID for an EqualLogic SAN
sponsored by Dell India
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One of the most important decisions that you have to make when deploying a new storage solution is what RAID type(s) to use. Read this white paper for a discussion on how to select the right RAID policy for your Dell EqualLogic™ storage area network (SAN) arrays.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009
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HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualisation Services Platform: Simplifying Heterogeneous Storage Virtualisation
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This report documents the results of ESG Lab testing of the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). The enhanced high availability and disaster recovery capabilities of asynchronous remote mirroring are also presented.
Posted: 14 Oct 2009 | Published: 14 Oct 2009
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Improving IT Economics with Storage and Server Virtualization
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This white paper describes the powerful combination of HP StorageWorks SVSP storage virtualization solution with server virtualization products to produce a more dynamic IT infrastructure that improves efficiencies and simplifies operations.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009
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Integrating Virtualized Servers with VMware vStorage-Enabled Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto- Snapshot Manager / VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs-helping simplify data management, enhance scalability of data protection and recovery, and increase application performance.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009
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ioDrive, Changing the Way You Code
sponsored by Fusion-IO
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With read/write speeds that are very close to most expensive models in the industry, the ioDrive's price/performance ratio will leave you saying, "WOW!" Read this white paper for more information on this paradigm-shifting data storage appliance.
Posted: 20 Mar 2009 | Published: 20 Mar 2009
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Matching Server Virtualization with Advanced Storage Virtualization
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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The white paper explains the benefits of matching server virtualization with advanced storage virtualization using HP LeftHand SAN and VMware Infrastructure.
Posted: 26 Aug 2009 | Published: 26 Aug 2009
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Microsoft SQL Server in a VMware Environment on Dell PowerEdge Blades and Dell EqualLogic Storage
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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This white paper provides an overview for deploying SQL Server in a virtualized environment for VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 (U4) running on the latest PowerEdge M610 and M710 blade servers and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 05 May 2009
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Northern Storage Suite V8
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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Northern Storage Suite V8, Northern's latest release, meets the central challenge of designing practical storage strategies. It's highly customizable and can be tailored to fit any environment. With a better user experience, increased administrative efficiency and decreased costs, it's exactly what an SRM solution should offer.
Posted: 12 Feb 2009 | Published: 12 Feb 2009
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Northern Storage Suite: Return On Investment
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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Northern Storage Suite delivers financial returns in three ways: by improving utilization of existing resources, by reducing the pace of hardware investment and by reducing the need for administrative intervention in data management. This paper provides details on these three benefits and how this storage solution can benefit your organization.
Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009
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