June 01, 2010 - (Free Research) Many enterprises looking to increase the flexibility, improve the scalability, enhance the availability and reduce the costs of data storage have turned to SANs. The Compellent SAN enables businesses to continuously integrate new disk drive, switch and network interface technologies without having to replace existing hardware or software.
July 01, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
May 24, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.
February 24, 2010 - (Free Research) SANs are frequently difficult to set up and configure, requiring a lot of effort to perform necessary tasks. This paper explains how a Fluid Data architecture can make life as a storage admin much easier.
July 08, 2010 - (Free Research) A RAID is a method of ganging up, so to speak, a bunch of disk drives, such that the availability and/or the performance is actually improved. Read this transcript for more basics of RAID.
July 21, 2010 - (Free Research) This brochure introduces the Smarter systems from IBM, workload optimized systems that are designed to be data-load ready. Applications, middleware, servers and storage are all pre-integrated, tested and configured—primed to deliver value from day one.
June 09, 2010 - (Free Research) In order to fully understand present and future advancements in RAID technology, start with the basics principles of what makes RAID such an effective enterprise storage technology. This podcast discusses everything RAID including the different levels, basic principles, benefits and drawbacks of leveraging RAID, the 2010 market trends and more.
June 18, 2010 - (Free Research) Are you worried about how server administrators configure virtual switches? Do you wonder when virtualization and live VM migration will create chaos on the network?If so, you are invited to a Webinar that discuss both performance inhibitors and solutions for critical applications migrated to a virtualized environment.
September 10, 2009 - (Free Research) This document covers the key overall concepts and procedures you need to setup and configure your Hyper-V platform. It reviews in detail the approach that PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
April 01, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
May 05, 2010 - (Free Research) RAID has been a mainstay of data protection for decades, but now its days may soon be numbered. In the May 2010 cover story of Storage magazine, Marc Staimer details the various issues of traditional RAID today and highlights how alternative technologies aim to address these problems. More...
May 11, 2010 - (Free Research) “High Speed RAID 6” disk arrays from Winchester Systems provide a unique and unmatched combination of reliability, performance and affordability in a truly open storage product that is in its tenth generation of development. Read this white paper for all the details on this next generation of high speed disk arrays.
May 11, 2010 - (Free Research) The white paper outlines the advantages, limitations, and best practices of using Winchester Systems v-IP Virtual iSCSI Storage Appliance and FlashDisk RAID in conjunction with a VMware virtual infrastructure. It is intended to provide a clear understanding of how v-IP integrates with VMware and focuses on the product’s robustness.
July 12, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper provides a reference architecture based on the Dell Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization targeted towards virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with Microsoft Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V in an iSCSI environment. The tests results described in this white paper will highlight some of the new features in Windows Server.
November 01, 2008 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn about how Dell is providing answers to key virtualization questions for the enterprise. Topics include; how to migrate to a fully virtualized environment as well as how the IT infrastructure should be configured for maximum benefit.
July 24, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment.
July 24, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
December 14, 2009 - (Free Research) In this chapter sample, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, Willem Kasdorp as the contributing author and published by Wiley Publishing, learn how your existing environment and upgrade/migration plans impact your installation decisions and read about requirements for this new operating system.
April 29, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper outlines the critical requirements - reliability and availability, scalability, security, and performance - of an SMB messaging environment and describes and end-to-end messaging solution that meets those requirements.
May 11, 2010 - (Free Research) Centralized SAN data storage for VMware environments needs to meet the demands placed on it by the organization. These requirements typically include high capacity, high speed, high reliability and must be easy to deploy and manage. Read this white paper for more.
September 02, 2010 - (Free Research) In this month's cover story, Jacob Gsoedl explores how unstructured data became one of the top challenges in today’s organizations and highlights how file/NAS virtualization allows for future growth.
