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ALSO CALLED:
Peripherals,
Computer Peripherals
DEFINITION: A peripheral (pronounced peh-RIHF-uh-ruhl, a noun truncation of peripheral device, ) is any computer device that is not part of the essential computer (the processor, memory, and data paths) but is situated relatively close by. A near synonym is input/output (I/O) device. Some peripherals are mounted in the same case with the main part of the computer as are the hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, and
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Peripheral Hardware Reports
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Inside the Dell Equallogic™ PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
BROCHURE:
Built on patented peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment and management, and comprehensive data protection.
Posted: 24 Aug 2009 | Published: 24 Aug 2009
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Intel-Powered Dell Server Solutions for PartnerDirect Partners
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
In recent years, server technology has taken an enormous leap forward, thanks to the incredible advances from Dell's engineering teams and Intel's introduction and evolution of Xeon® processors. No matter what IT challenges you are helping your customers to solve, you'll find the answer with Dell and Intel.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009
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Key Issues for Enterprise Storage, 2009
sponsored by 3PAR
ANALYST REPORT:
Several issues intersect in a broad set of choices and outcomes involving an IT organization's storage requirements. This research highlights some of the most important questions driving Gartner's 2009 research agenda in the storage space.
Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 20 Jul 2009
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Lumension Application Scanner Offer
sponsored by Lumension
ASSESSMENT TOOL:
This tool identifies the presence of all Windows applications installed on a specific computer or domain that you administrate.
Posted: 28 Jan 2009 | Published: 28 Jan 2009
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Mosaic Technology trims sales cycle by up to 50% and converts 20% of leads into sales with Dell PartnerDirect program
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
CASE STUDY:
Mosaic Technology sought to partner with a larger company to obtain sales, marketing and technical support, thereby extending its reach into the server and storage virtualization market.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009
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Open Storage and Solid State Disk: Addressing the Needs of Changing Economics
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WEBCAST:
In this Mediacast, you'll learn about the newest advances in open storage and SSD technologies and find out about an innovative approach that combines these technologies to deliver fast, simple, innovative new tools for storage management.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Premiered: 15 Apr 2009
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Optimal Storage Virtualization: The Key to Effective Information Management
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
The term storage virtualization has been around for a while, but many storage vendors offer differing interpretations of what storage virtualization actually is. In this paper, Xiotech, the company that first delivered optimal storage virtualization for open systems, provides a practical, working approach to the topic.
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009
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Oracle Optimized Warehouse Solutions for Sun
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
VIDEO:
Leveraging vast engineering and field experience architecting and implementing data warehouses with the Oracle Database, Sun created a set of data warehouse solutions to help IT managers quickly select a configuration, thus reducing the risk and deployment times for data warehouse solutions.
Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 09 Sep 2009
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Podcast- Top Challenges (and Answers) for Printing in a Virtual Desktop Environment
sponsored by ThinPrint
PODCAST:
This podcast introduces the (reader/listener/voyeur) to the technology and techniques behind printing in virtual desktop environments. Industry expert, Brian Madden, will tell you what you need to know, what you can do out-of-the-box, and when and why you might need to turn to third-party tools.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 18 Sep 2009
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PODCAST: Architecting Deduplication and Virtualization for Best of Breed Data Protection
sponsored by Data Domain
PODCAST:
Disk offers significant management and performance benefits over tape-based storage systems. Now, with advances in virtualization and deduplication, disk-only storage is also less expensive than tape. This podcast explores a real-world example of an organization going tapeless and outlines the processes required and the resulting benefits.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2009
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PODCAST: Open Storage and Solid State Disk: Addressing the Needs of Changing Economics
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PODCAST:
In this Mediacast, you'll learn about the newest advances in open storage and SSD technologies and find out about an innovative approach that combines these technologies to deliver fast, simple, innovative new tools for storage management.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Premiered: 15 Apr 2009
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PODCAST: Solid State Disk and Open Storage: Addressing the Needs of Changing Economics
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PODCAST:
In this podcast, you'll learn about the newest advances in open storage and SSD technologies and find out about an innovative approach that combines these technologies to deliver fast, simple, innovative new tools for storage management.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009
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Podcast: Supercharging Exchange with Solid Statewithout Breaking the Bank
sponsored by Fusion-IO
PODCAST:
In this podcast, see how a revolutionary solid-state storage technology is supercharging Microsoft Exchange, helping users get more performance and reliability for less. It helps Exchange users get the most out of every dollar by making it possible to support more mailboxes per mailstore, increase access times and decrease backup and recovery times
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 24 Nov 2009
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Rethinking Business Continuity and High Availability in Storage
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST:
This comprehensive Webcast explores new methods for business continuity and walks you through how to approach and manage the various aspects of creating a continuity strategy with snapshot assisted backup and virtualisation tools. View this Webcast to learn more.
Posted: 31 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 31 Aug 2009
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Solid State Disk and Open Storage: Addressing the Needs of Changing Economics
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WEBCAST:
In this Mediacast, you'll learn about the newest advances in open storage and SSD technologies and find out about an innovative approach that combines these technologies to deliver fast, simple, innovative new tools for storage management.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009
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Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER:
Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 17 Nov 2009
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Storage Considerations for Accelerating Oracle Databases with Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009
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Storage in a Tough Economy: Five Targets for Lowering Total Cost of Ownership
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
When determining a potential storage system's TCO, you must include both capital and operating expenditures, some of which are easy to calculate and others are less obvious. Read this whitepaper to identify target areas for cost savings in your new storage system.
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009
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Storage Value: Key strategies for measuring the true value of storage solutions
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
To help you make an informed decision when considering various storage solutions, the Storage Value Index takes into account not only purchase price, but capacity, efficiency, and operating expenses as well. This paper explains how the Storage Value Index was designed and offers suggestions for finding the best storage value for your needs.
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009
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StorExpress: Integrating Solid State Storage in a PCI Express Clustering Interconnect
sponsored by Fusion-IO
WHITE PAPER:
Direct PCI Express (PCIe) attached flash storage offers unparalleled performance levels and vastly outperforms SAS/SATA-attached flash storage solutions. However, such PCIe attached flash storage cards have many restrictions. Read this white paper to learn about an enhanced PCIe flash storage solution from Dolphin, in partnership with Fusion-IO.
Posted: 12 May 2009 | Published: 12 May 2009
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Sun Microsystems Flash Analyzer
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD:
The Sun Flash Analyzer and Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool (Swat), are open systems host-based, storage-centric Java applications that thoroughly capture, summarize, and analyze storage workloads for Solaris, Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009
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Sun Oracle Database Machine
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
DATA SHEET:
This data sheet highlights the features and facts for the Sun Oracle Database Machine, the world's fastest for any type of database workload, and the only database machine that runs transaction processing applications.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
DATA SHEET:
This data sheet highlights the features and benefits of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server, a storage product highly optimized for use with Oracle Database.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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Sun Storage and Archive Solution for HPC
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOOK:
This article is intended for IT managers and storage architects familiar with HPC applications and data requirements in the organization.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 02 Dec 2008
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Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool 3.02 and Sun Flash Analyzer General Availability
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD:
The Sun Flash Analyzer and Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool (Swat), are open systems host-based, storage-centric Java applications that thoroughly capture, summarize, and analyze storage workloads for Solaris, Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009
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PERIPHERAL HARDWARE DEFINITION (continued):
A peripheral (pronounced peh-RIHF-uh-ruhl, a noun truncation of peripheral device, ) is any computer device that is not part of the essential computer (the processor, memory, and data paths) but is situated relatively close by. A near synonym is input/output (I/O) device. Some peripherals are mounted in the same case with the main part of the computer as are the hard disk drive, CD-ROM drive, and NIC. Other peripherals are outside the computer case, such as the printer and image scanner, attached by a wired or wireless connection. Peripheral Hardware definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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