VMware vSphere v4 Best Practices for Emprise 7000
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
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This document provides valuable insight on determining the number and size of datastores, planning the storage environment, and tuning performance of the Emprise 7000 system.
Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009
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The Raw Truth about Storage Capacity
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
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This paper examines several factors that limit the capacity of your data storage system and how they contribute to the true cost of storage.
Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009
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The New Foundation of Storage: Intelligent Storage Element Technology
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
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Xiotech offers a fresh approach to data storage—disk drives, drive enclosures, and controllers with its Intelligent Storage Element technology: A storage foundation that sets new standards for reliability, performance, scalability, and value.
Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009
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Ensuring Success: Conesco chooses IBM servers with multi-core Intel Xeon processors to consolidate its data center and reduce costs
sponsored by CompuCom and IBM
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When Conseco IT management needed to consolidate their hundreds of different servers into a more streamlined hardware and software environment, they chose the IBM 3850 M2 server and the Intel Xeon processor 7300 series with four cores per processor. Read this paper and find out why.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009
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Building a Powerful, Resilient, Affordable IT Infrastructure
sponsored by CompuCom and IBM
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Small and midsize companies with strapped IT budgets and limited IT resources do not have to be limited to inflexible, inefficient IT infrastructures that offer unreliable IT services. Instead, smaller companies can empower their IT environments through virtualization, optimizing assets and realizing new opportunities for efficiency.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009
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Affordable Consolidation Solutions with VMware and IBM System Storage DS3000 series
sponsored by CompuCom and IBM
ANALYST BRIEF:
Consolidating servers with VMware Infrastructure can deliver significant benefits, including: reduced capital and operating costs, infrastructure costs, faster IT response to business demands, improved IT service levels, and more consistent business operations.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009
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SEPATON Addresses Backup of Virtualized Servers
sponsored by SEPATON
ANALYST BRIEF:
SEPATON is among the growing list of vendors to join the VMware Technical Alliance Partner (TAP) Program. SEPATON has its sights set on solving the backup challenges of virtual server implementations - in particular, VMware environments - with VTL.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009
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Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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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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Dell™ | VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Virtualization Reference Architecture
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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This white paper describes validated architectures for Dell | VMware™ virtual infrastructures. The Virtualization RA is intended to provide customers with an example basis to consider, evaluate, and select the Dell virtualization solution components that best fit their requirements.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 17 Nov 2009
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Networking Best Practices for VMware® Infrastructure 3 on Dell™ PowerEdge™ Blade Servers
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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This whitepaper provides an overview of the networking architecture for VMware® Infrastructure 3 on Dell™ PowerEdge blade servers. It provides best practices for deploying and configuring your network in the VMware environment.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 17 Nov 2009
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Turning Virtual Sprawl Into a Good Thing
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST:
Watch this webcast to learn how discovery and dependency mapping (DDM) tools can help organizations overcome the challenges of virtual sprawl. Learn how you can leverage this mapping tool for effective infrastructure management without increasing costs and risk.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Premieres: 17 Nov 2009
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XenApp and XenDesktop: Application Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization are Better Together
sponsored by Regan Technologies
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This document is designed to help Citrix XenApp customers understand how and when Citrix XenDesktop can be used with Citrix XenApp to deliver virtual desktops to further reduce application and desktop computing costs and provide greater IT and user flexibility compared to traditional application and desktop management models.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009
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HP Data Protector 6.1 Software: VMware Integration Installation Best Practice
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This white paper provides information on how to plan and install the HP Data Protector VMware Integration in different ways.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009
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Webcast: Business-Driven Virtualization: Optimizing Insight and Efficiency in the Dynamic Datacenter
sponsored by Hyper9, Inc.
WEBCAST:
In this webcast, discover how to achieve greater virtualization maturity, from clearer visibility to higher service levels in your VMware environment. Learn how to identify where your company fits in the virtualization maturity model and find virtualization tools that enable optimal IT performance.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 13 Nov 2009
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5 Ways VMware vSphere Improves Backup and Recovery
sponsored by Veeam Software
WHITE PAPER:
VMware's latest enterprise-level hypervisor product suite, vSphere, includes many new features and technological enhancements over its predecessor, VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3). This white paper focuses on how VMware improved various storage technologies, how they relate to data backup and recovery, and more.
Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009
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VMware vSphere File Recovery Speed Increased by 95 Percent at Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd.
sponsored by Veeam Software
CASE STUDY:
Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd is one of the largest car retailers in Northern Ireland. When they needed a fast backup and recovery solution for their VMware ESX environment that didn’t require hours of rebuilding data, they turned to the Veeam Backup & Replication solution.
Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009
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Power Systems: Comparing Costs of IBM PowerVM and x86 VMware for Enterprise
sponsored by IBM
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This independent study by the International Technology group found IBM PowerVM more cost-competitive over time, compared to VMware, in terms of IT costs and the costs of downtime.
Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009
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Best Practices: VMware Monitoring with Operations Manager 2007 and MOM 2005
sponsored by Veeam Software
WHITE PAPER:
This document describes an end-to-end solution for monitoring and managing VMware vSphere or Virtual Infrastructure 3 using a full integration with Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager (Ops Mgr) to produce a comprehensive image of system health with minimal impact on your operations staff.
Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009
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VMware Monitoring with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager: MTT Reduces Costs
sponsored by Veeam Software
CASE STUDY:
Learn how they used the nworks Management Pack (MP) to centralize monitoring of physical and VMware virtual infrastructures, reduce costs of implementing VMware monitoring, and give them the ability to receive performance metrics specific to the VMware virtual infrastructure.
Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009
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Data Protection Examples Using PS Series Snapshots in a VMware® Virtual Infrastructure
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:
This tech report demonstrates how using Dell EqualLogic SAN Snapshots can improve data protection in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure environment.
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Published: 05 Nov 2009
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High Performance NAS
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
WHITE PAPER:
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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Podcast: Systems Management Considerations for Server Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and Symantec
PODCAST:
This podcast explores the new virtualization tools available. Discover the management and monitoring risks of virtualization, and options for mitigating these risks. Learn how to leverage server virtualization to consolidate multiple servers and improve power, cooling and space efficiency.
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009
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Systems Management Considerations for Server Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and Symantec
VIDEO:
This videocast explores the new virtualization tools available. Discover the management and monitoring risks of virtualization, and options for mitigating these risks. Learn how to leverage server virtualization to consolidate multiple servers and improve power, cooling and space efficiency.
Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 03 Nov 2009
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Essential Guide to Storage Virtualisation
sponsored by Double-Take Software UK
ESSENTIAL GUIDE:
Virtual server technology has made one key task a lot harder: backup. In this SearchStorageUK essential guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about protecting virtual servers.
Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2009
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Podcast- The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center
sponsored by Akorri
PODCAST:
This podcast details a strategy to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Get answers on how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.
Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 03 Nov 2009
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