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.
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.
July 16, 2010 - (Free Research) This podcast discusses how to achieve increased efficiency by implementing VDI best practices and storage tools. Learn how one university utilized storage virtualization and their applications to ensure optimal performance and end user satisfaction.
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.
June 02, 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.
November 13, 2009 - (Free Research) Operational cost savings have proved elusive for many customers adopting virtualization, either in-house or with outsourcers. However, some customers have achieved significant cost efficiencies thanks to five best practices that are surprisingly high-level in approach. Read this Gartner report to learn key findings and recommendations.
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.
July 27, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper discusses the benefits of deploying VMware vSphere with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers for greater consolidation, cost savings, and simplified administration in virtualized server environments, and lays out best practices for an integrated VMware vSphere plus 3PAR Utility Storage deployment.
September 21, 2009 - (Free Research) Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. This paper will detail experiments that demonstrate the efficient performance and scalability of Exchange when running inside a virtual machine on a VMware vSphere™ 4 environment.
December 03, 2009 - (Free Research) This presentation transcript offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.
December 03, 2009 - (Free Research) This podcast offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.
December 03, 2009 - (Free Research) This videocast offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.
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.
January 28, 2009 - (Free Research) If you're not saving as much money as you'd hoped from your virtualization and consolidation efforts, you can learn from the best practices of the companies that are realizing huge savings. These companies run at least five times more virtual machines per physical host than other companies and use streamlined IT processes.
June 02, 2010 - (Free Research) VMware vSphere v4 includes the ESX server virtualization layer, VMware VMotion for live virtual machine migration, VMware DRS for continuous load balancing, and more. VMware ESX abstracts processor, memory, storage, and networking resources into multiple virtual machines (VMs), enabling greater hardware utilization and flexibility.
April 05, 2010 - (Free Research) Working with Dell will ensure that your virtualization projects achieve fast time to value and return on investment (ROI). Read this paper to learn about how Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services, backed by a close partnership with Microsoft, offers flexible, high-impact consulting services for comprehensive solution design and much more.
November 24, 2008 - (Free Research) This service can help you prepare to take full advantage of server virtualization, which can lower total cost of ownership, increase agility, and reclaim IT staff time. We can provide architectural recommendations and a road map for adopting virtualization through the use of automated discovery tools and best practices.
March 04, 2010 - (Free Research) SMBs using virtualization often face additional challenges in managing and protecting their data. This instructor-led mediacast addresses the importance of data protection and the best ways to integrate this type of software into your virtualization initiatives.
March 04, 2010 - (Free Research) SMBs using virtualization often face additional challenges in managing and protecting their data. This instructor-led mediacast addresses the importance of data protection and the best ways to integrate this type of software into your virtualization initiatives.
December 17, 2009 - (Free Research) David Payne discusses the advantages and pitfalls to virtualizing and consolidating your data center hardware and walks through a practical approach to getting started.
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.
