Storage Hardware Reports

ANALYST REPORT: This ESG Lab report examines the economic excellence of highly scalable EqualLogic iSCSI storage solutions compared to traditional direct attached storage (DAS), Fibre Channel storage area network (FC SAN), and multi-protocol solutions (defined as systems that provide FC, iSCSI, and NAS connectivity).

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

DATA SHEET: The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series is fundamentally changing the way IT organizations think about purchasing and managing storage. This data sheet provides a detailed look at the ease of use, reliability, affordability, and enterprise performance of the Dell PS Series iSCSI storage arrays.

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 | Published: 18 Jun 2010

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Built on breakthrough virtualized peer storage architecture, the EqualLogic PS Series simplifies the deployment and administration of consolidated storage environments. Read this product overview to learn more.

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 | Published: 18 Jun 2010

EBOOK: With Fibre Channel, iSCSI and even prepackaged storage-plus-SAN solutions available, figuring out which makes sense for your particular environment can be tricky. So, when it comes to virtual server storage, choose wisely. Learn provisioning tactics that can help organizations make the most of their storage.

Posted: 17 May 2010 | Published: 17 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: Dell Virtualization Solutions with VMware provide the most efficient virtual infrastructure foundation to power vSphere 4 cloud infrastructures. Read this paper to learn more about the features and business benefits of Dell and VMware solutions for your cloud computing infrastructure.

Posted: 14 May 2010 | Published: 13 May 2010

DATA SHEET: The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6510E is a virtualized iSCSI SAN that combines intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless scalability. Read this data sheet to learn more!

Posted: 11 May 2010 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

DATA SHEET: The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6010XV is a virtualized iSCSI SAN that combines intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless scalability. Read this data sheet to learn more!

Posted: 11 May 2010 | Published: 26 Oct 2009

WEBCAST: This presentation describes the use of enterprise flash drives in Oracle environments and Dell/EMC storage arrays.

Posted: 04 May 2010 | Premiered: Mar 15, 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript outlines how to converge storage traffic onto a common, unified data center with 10 gigabit ethernet (10GbE). The benefits of this conversion include lower costs, easier deployment and greater flexibility and performance within the storage network. Download this transcript to learn more.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Deploying Dell’s enterprise solutions, including Dell|EMC CX4 Muti-Protocol SANs, 11th generation PowerEdge Virtualization Optimized Servers and Global Infrastructure Consulting Services (GICS) can help organizations confidently deploy, manage and protect your VMware vSphere 4.0 enviornment. Read this paper to learn more!

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 | Published: 03 Nov 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Watch this informative video to learn how you can improve your IT quality of life with desktop virtualization solutions from Dell. You'll learn about Dell's family of virtualization solutions, offering you the broadest set of tools and resources available to help you realize your virtualization vision.

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 | Published: 18 Mar 2010

EBOOK: Whether your server project is large or small, having a dedicated server room will allow you to store backup disks, blades, equipment, and also allow you to have an onsite console for administrators. This eBook will walk you through some of the key steps to setting up a dedicated server room.

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Published: 15 Apr 2009

EBOOK: Selecting a new server is always a crucial call, but virtualization adds some wrinkles that administrators must be aware of. This first chapter outlines the selection criteria with special emphasis on hardware attributes that demand serious consideration in a virtual environment.

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 | Published: 09 Mar 2010

DATA SHEET: Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series storage area network (SAN) arrays offer a solid shared storage foundation for a virtualized data center that can enable organizations to take full advantage of the high-availability features included with Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V™.

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 | Published: 02 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: With exploding amounts of data, CalTech needed to store critical digital information for NASA on a storage system that could deliver enterprise class reliability with power efficient technology to drive down cost. With over 2 petabytes of data on Nexsan Storage, CalTech has experienced 99.9% hardware reliability over the last 7 years.

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 | Published: 25 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how enterprises may make the transition to 10GbE for storage using Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays and Dell PowerConnect™ switches.

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: iSCSI technology provides superior manageability to Fibre Channel for virtualized environments. Specifically, iSCSI lets users in virtualized environments utilize all the functionality available to non-virtualized systems.

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 | Published: 31 Mar 2007

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript provides best practices for designing and deploying disaster recovery tools for critical applications. Discover how your organization can leverage these tools to improve availability and avoid costly downtime.

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

EZINE: The February 2010 issue of Storage magazine online unveils the 2009 Storage Products of the Year. 3 winners are named in 5 categories – Backup and DR Hardware, Backup and DR Software and Services, Disks and Disk Subsystems, Storage Management Tools and Storage Networking Equipment.

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 | Published: 04 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Dell's approach to Exchange 2010 offers many potential benefits for organizations running enterprise class messaging systems. Microsoft introduced new features in Exchange 2010 that can enhance productivity as well as take advantage of Dell's innovative hardware portfolio to provide a more cost-effective infrastructure for enterprise messaging.

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 | Published: 29 Dec 2009

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: 01 Jun 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: The EMC® CLARiiON® AX4 is a versatile and cost-effective solution for organizations looking for an alternative to server-based storage. The AX4 delivers performance, scalability, and advanced data management features in one, easy-to-use storage solution.

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 | Published: 14 Dec 2009

EZINE: The final 2009 issue of Storage Magazine Online features the 5 technologies that our editorial team and expert contributors predict will make the biggest impact in 2010. Plus, our annual Salary Survey shows how the economy is affecting the highly-specialized world of storage in IT.

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents an example configuration and best practices for deploying and configuring a highly available architecture using an example solution configuration and then discussing how the configuration helps in maximizing uptime.

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Jul 2009

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: 01 Jul 2009