August 26, 2010 - (Free Research) Download the compact VMware virtual machine and never run out of space again. Nasuni is your integrated storage and backup system that replaces clumsy tape rotations. Download free trial.
May 28, 2010 - (Free Research) As the number of VMs in a virtual environment grows above 40, many organizations tend to over-allocate CPU, memory, and disk resources. Download this free trial of VKernel Optimization Pack (Virtual Appliance) to right size your virtual machines, reclaim wasted storage and server resources, and uncover abandoned snapshots, disk images, VMs.
March 09, 2010 - (Free Research) 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.
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.
June 14, 2010 - (Free Research) Server virtualization is becoming a no-brainer for any business that runs more than one application on servers. This white paper covers many of the best practices for implementing iSCSI storage in order to optimize the resiliency, flexibility and performance of your virtual server environment.
August 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Failover Cluster support in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V is a great tool for minimising the effects of planned and unplanned server downtime. It coordinates live migrations and failover of workloads between servers by using a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV). This white paper explains one way to provide uninterrupted access to the CSV.
June 18, 2010 - (Free Research) Nothing in virtualization is as simple as it first seems. Smaller IT organizations have neither the expertise nor bandwidth to resolve frustrating virtualization issues. This paper will briefly examine those unintended problems, current industry workarounds, as well as industry solutions.
June 02, 2010 - (Free Research) Applications are central to business, and the performance of those applications can mean the difference between market success and lost revenues. In order to keep pace with these applications, speed time to value and improve availability, IT has adopted technology innovations like virtualization and cloud.
August 19, 2010 - (Free Research) Replay 4 completely eliminates backup windows by taking continuous snapshots of your Windows application servers, with just a 1-2% performance hit. Recover from any server outage in 15 minutes or less and use 80% less storage space for your backups.
August 16, 2010 - (Free Research) Continuous data protection (or CDP) has been used by large enterprises for sometime for disaster recovery and to achieve the highest level of business continuity. Read this whitepaper to find out the 5 things you need to know about CDP and 3 options for VMware disaster recovery.
August 05, 2010 - (Free Research) It's no secret that there is discord between IT staff and facilities managers in organizations with large data centers. This e-book serves as a guide for IT pros looking for information to ensure that their physical infrastructures support the data center. It also provides insight into some of the challenges facing data center facilities teams.
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.
April 12, 2010 - (Free Research) Once your hypervisor is installed, what's next? You need to implement virtualization that's actually going to benefit your organization. Read in Chapter Two about how to get the most out of your hardware investment.
October 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper explains the differences between the de-duplication approaches, discusses the strengths and limitations of each, shows how different backup tasks are likely to benefit from them, and talks about the business benefits.
July 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses how storage administrators can use file virtualization to move data between storage devices without taking users offline, remapping client shortcuts, or manually reapplying security attributes.
February 2009 - (Free Research) Green IT equals efficient IT - and that equals an efficient and sustainable enterprise with a healthy bottom line. Getting started along the path to a green data center does not have to be a complex undertaking. Read this paper to learn about the three critical steps that can empower CIOs to reduce both infrastructure costs and GHG emissions.
March 2010 - (Free Research) By using VMware and the Compellent SAN together, enterprises can compound the benefits of virtualisation. This paper addresses seven technical advantages and describes how they allow the Compellent SAN to optimise VMware server virtualisation.
June 2010 - (Free Research) Boston Medical Center (BMC) needed to find ways to lower its operational costs to work within smaller budgets despite exploding data volumes, a sprawling server farm and 6,000 desktop users who needed access to clinical applications for patient care. The hospital pursued a data center virtualization strategy after partnering with Dell.
July 2010 - (Free Research) To simplify compliance with PCI-DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, Novell® Sentinel™ LogManager enables you to collect, store, analyze and manage data logs from all across your enterprise.
July 2010 - (Free Research) 3PAR Utility Storage is highly virtualized storage built from the ground up to enhance the benefits of VMware vSphere by exceeding the demands that server virtualization places on the storage infrastructure.
December 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.
June 2010 - (Free Research) Xiotech's Emprise 5000 and VMware vSphere 4 bring together the concepts of consolidation, high availability and fault tolerance for both storage and servers. This document contains virtualization concepts and scalable configurations using the Emprise 5000 and VMware vSphere.
