September 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper shows how enterprises may make the transition to 10GbE for storage using Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays and Dell PowerConnect™ switches.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) Xiotech's Emprise 5000 system is a revolutionary concept in data storage. It is built on patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) technology and provides a perfectly balanced building block of performance, reliability, and scalability that delivers the lowest total cost of ownership of any SAN or SAN-like storage 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.
May 07, 2010 - (Free Research) D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, storage, wireless, security and network cameras for IP Surveillance. D-Link's standards-based products stretch constrained IT budgets as they enhance and interoperate with your existing network environment.
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.
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.
November 30, 2006 - (Free Research) Storage challenges for IT professionals are particularly complex in today's environment of rapid obsolescence of storage hardware and digital media.
April 06, 2010 - (Free Research) Read the April 2010 edition of Storage magazine for details on how and where deduplication and data reduction technologies are being used in primary storage – beyond previous advances in backup systems.
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.
August 26, 2010 - (Free Research) Learn backup expert W. Curtis Preston’s take on the state of virtual server backup today including an overview of the different approaches to virtual server backup, the importance of Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Services (VSS) for backing up VMs and more.
July 16, 2010 - (Free Research) Learn backup expert W. Curtis Preston’s take on the state of virtual server backup today including an overview of the different approaches to virtual server backup, the importance of Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Services (VSS) for backing up VMs and more.
May 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This document provides a detailed overview of using EMC Celerra with VMware vSphere 4. VMware vSphere is an infrastructure virtualization suite that provides virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities in an integrated package.
March 05, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper compares traditional data protection options and provides an overview of the impact data deduplication is having on the storage industry. Deduplication is quickly gaining momentum in the growing disk-to-disk backup market and offers several significant improvements over traditional data protection methods.
April 30, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper provides an overview for deploying SQL Server in a virtualized environment for VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 (U4) running on the latest PowerEdge M610 and M710 blade servers and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays.
July 01, 2008 - (Free Research) An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.
December 11, 2008 - (Free Research) This guide primarily focused on storage arrays based on their support for key virtualization features, such as high availability and virtual machine migration.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper explains what is meant by storage thin provisioning, the way it works and the storage problems it addresses. It describes its potential benefits as well as a few pitfalls for potential users to watch out for.
August 27, 2009 - (Free Research) In this expert webcast, learn the basic factors that go into choosing a new server for your environment, with details on processors, server types, consolidation options and more.
June 18, 2010 - (Free Research) 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.
November 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper outlines key business problems facing customer IT environments and how the new Enterprise Flash Drive (EFD) technology can be used to address these challenges. This paper provides an overview of the EFD technology and its effect on specific business applications.
June 03, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper is directed toward all levels of IT professionals—anyone who is interested in understanding the differences among the diversity of storage area network (SAN) offerings and approaches to storage virtualization. Read this paper to find out more.
April 26, 2010 - (Free Research) If you are in charge of IT at a mid-size enterprise, you’re probably about to bite the bullet to add a new Storage Area Network (SAN). Why? The simple answer is that it’s a combination of challenges and opportunities. Read this paper to learn why any organization that runs more than one business server application should consider a SAN.
