PCI Buses

PODCAST: In this podcast, George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, discusses using PCIe bus extenders to implement I/O virtualization. Find out about PCIe bus extenders' advantages and disadvantages for users, the necessary steps, requirements to implementing them, and more. Listen to this podcast to learn more.

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: What’s the latest around the PCI Express extender approach to I/O virtualization? Check out this SearchVirtualStorage.com interview as George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, discusses using PCIe bus extenders to implement I/O virtualization.

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 14 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: In this Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, discover the central tasks in the assessment and planning stages of a virtualization project.

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 | Published: 22 Jun 2009

EZINE: In this issue of the Exchange Insider e-zine, discover why now is the best time to migrate to Exchange 2010 if you haven't already made the move. Plus, find out about hardware requirements and storage considerations to keep in mind as you make the transition.

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 | Published: 14 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchVMware.com contains vital virtual hardware statistics for your consideration, including virtual CPU counts and consolidation ratios. Additionally, the benefits of scaling up and scaling out are weighed.

Posted: 31 May 2011 | Published: 31 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Server 2008 is a solid workstation product that makes for a nice demo machine and coincidentally gives you a platform (on the 64-bit version) for running Hyper-V.

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: For many organizations, implementing desktop virtualization in an enterprise environment can be a long and challenging project. This white paper highlights the Dell™ Integrated Solution Stack (ISS) that helps reduce the time, complexity, risks, and costs of implementing desktop virtualization in enterprise production environments.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

PODCAST: This podcast explores the key features of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. Find out how this technology compares to its predecessor and gain insight into the benefits you can expect to achieve from using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7.

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 | Premiered: 31 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper is the second in a series that is designed to help map I/O best practices from the physical world into the virtual world supported by logical domains.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server provides a combination of freely available and no-cost virtualization technologies, excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) ratings, very high performance hardware, and significant data center efficiency gains. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

EBOOK: This eBook provides comprehensive information about servers and server implementation to help IT managers choose the best option for their storage needs.

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 | Published: 28 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document provides a high-level description of how to implement an RMAN backup and recover methodology using Sun® storage arrays as the storage medium. For more information about Oracle best practices, refer to Best Practices for Running Oracle RAC Database with ASM on a Sun Storage 6540, 6580, or 6780 Storage Array.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Published: 21 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers, Oracle® Solaris, Oracle Solaris Cluster, and educational and professional services from Oracle can help organizations maximize the availability of business-critical IT services. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000, Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000, and Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 servers are highly reliable, easy- to-manage, vertically scalable systems with many of the benefits of traditional mainframes—without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor exclusivity.

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Introducing the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server. Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are highly reliable, easy-to-manage, vertically scalable systems with all the benefits of traditional mainframes—without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 05 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are highly reliable, easy-to-manage, vertically scalable systems with all the benefits of traditional mainframes—without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in. In fact, the Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers deliver mainframe-class system architecture at open system prices.

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper as it describes how to protect Microsoft® SQL Server® in a VMware® VM. It describes the challenges, techniques, and methods to provide high availability for a SQL Server VM along with best practices recommendations for small to large implementations.

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 | Published: 08 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 servers provide excellent RAS characteristics that are ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Highly reliable parts and a relatively low total component count minimize the risk of system errors.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010