March 01, 2010 - (Free Research) The Xiotech Emprise 5000 storage device and its foundation component, the Xiotech Intelligent Storage Element (ISE), are designed to redefine the construct of a storage foundation building block. The idea is to provide a storage target that delivers application-specific requirements, such as I/O operations per second (IOPS). Read more!
May 05, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper defines six types of replication and looks at the advantages and drawbacks of each. It also provides an overview of factors (such as protocol and total cost of ownership) that should be taken into account when developing a replication strategy.
January 28, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper takes a holistic view of the data center, discusses each of the components individually, and explains how the crucial element of storage has lagged behind advancements in the rest of the IT infrastructure.
August 12, 2009 - (Free Research) The purpose of this white paper is to describe the benefits of a clustered architecture in comparison with traditional controller-based architectures, and to discuss the technology that makes HP LeftHand SANs better by design.
August 03, 2010 - (Free Research) ARKIVIO auto-stor integrates the three key components for Intelligent Data Management – agentless data collection, data classification, and data management – into one product. This white paper describes the technical architecture and functionality of the ARKIVIO auto-stor solution.
December 05, 2008 - (Free Research) This paper proposes several sample virtualization architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.
July 29, 2010 - (Free Research) To achieve the full benefits of virtualization and power applications, scalable storage becomes a critical component of the next generation datacenter. Read this white paper and develop a better understanding of the benefits scale-out storage provides for virtual environments.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Xiotech’s Emprise 7000 family of storage area network (SAN) solutions is based on Xiotech’s patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE™) technology and proven virtualized, distributed cluster architecture. Read this white paper now to learn about the Emprise 7000 family in detail and the many benefits available.
March 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.
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.
September 01, 2009 - (Free Research) The reference architecture illustrated in this article shows how enterprises may make the transition to 10GbE for storage using Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays and Dell PowerConnect™ switches.
July 09, 2008 - (Free Research) 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.
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.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn more about the Xiotech’s Emprise 5000 system, a revolutionary concept in data storage offering the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) of any storage area network (SAN) or SAN-like system on the market.
January 25, 2010 - (Free Research) The protocol utilized to transport data between servers and storage for High Performance Computing (HPC) and to define a Storage Area Network (SAN) is Fibre Channel(FC). Fibre Channel is an "invisible" protocol, because it is only known to the technicians that implement it and keep it working. This paper will provide an overview of this technology.
July 06, 2010 - (Free Research) This webcast provides a roadmap for configuring SharePoint. Learn how to select a server protection strategy and gain insight into the interdependencies between critical SharePoint components.
May 17, 2010 - (Free Research) Distributed computing has been the dominant IT architecture for the past 15 to 20years. Over that period, IT has needed to adapt to profound changes in the infrastructuresupporting the way that users access applications. Read on to learn more!
April 08, 2010 - (Free Research) There is no out-of-a box software that you can buy to Next, Next, Finish your way to a complete virtual desktop environment. Instead, multiple technologies must be integrated in careful ways to create the necessary architecture. It's likely that you already have many components in place. Read this white paper to learn more.
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 01, 2009 - (Free Research) 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).
August 27, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper explains what is meant by storage virtualisation, the storage problems it addresses, the approaches to it that are available, the potential benefits and a few pitfalls to watch out for.
August 09, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper explores the need for uptime, explains the three components that contribute to uptime, reviews some of the problems with existing enterprise server management, provides a clear definition of clustering, and finally gives an honest explanation of what it can and can’t offer your organization.
