June 07, 2010 - (Free Research) The combination of market-leading VMware® virtualization software and powerful servers has led to a revolution in how organizations deploy applications. However, virtualized server environments place additional stresses on storage systems. Read this whitepaper to learn about the IT solutions by D-Link and VMware that address the storage challenge.
June 02, 2010 - (Free Research) Are you building or expanding your virtual environment? Virtualization can reduce costs, improve application availability, and simplify IT management. HP ProLiant Virtualization Bundles are configurations that include everything you need to get started with virtualization. Read on to find out what's included.
September 04, 2009 - (Free Research) The Barkley ad firm implements consolidation, virtualization and replication to strengthen business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning. With the goal of getting to 100 percent availability, the firm uses HP's blade hardware, VMware's virtualization software and a variety of existing storage platforms.
May 07, 2010 - (Free Research) Server virtualization is now beginning to deliver functional and economic benefits to nearly all classes of enterprises willing to take the virtualization plunge, down to and including organizations with just a few hundred seats.
February 11, 2009 - (Free Research) Despite progress in Virtualization, much development still remains. With predications that virtualization will become pervasive, this research highlights forthcoming challenges and strategic issues facing IT planners.
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.
July 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Dell and VMware are equipping SMBs with technology solutions that allow them to cost effectively optimize the use of their existing IT assets and resources as well as protect the systems, data, and applications that run the business. Read this solutions brief to learn about Dell and VMware solutions for virtualized server environments.
August 07, 2009 - (Free Research) Despite the obvious advantages associated with Microsoft Hyper-V, this virtualization platform does not come without its availability and resiliency challenges. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, Dell and Microsoft, you will gain insight into the improvements made to Hyper-V by Windows Server 2008 R2.
April 06, 2010 - (Free Research) Employees who install and use unauthorized applications are a real and growing threat to business security and productivity. This paper explains why it is important to control unauthorized applications and devices, discusses the different approaches, and highlights methods of integrating this functionality into malware protection.
September 03, 2009 - (Free Research) This tool is designed as a guide for customers with a comfortable knowledge of virtualization and their server/storage environment. Simply enter in a few vital pieces of information and the Dell Virtualization Advisor will create a customized virtualization solution to match your needs.
March 02, 2010 - (Free Research) Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series storage area network (SAN) arrays offer a solid shared storage foundation for a virtualized data center that can enable organizations to take full advantage of the high-availability features included with Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V™.
March 10, 2010 - (Free Research) Large-scale consolidation using Dell PowerEdge servers with the Intel Xeon 7500 series processors and Hyper-V can multiply the benefits of virtualization, while significantly reducing associated costs. Read this white paper to learn more.
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.
March 16, 2010 - (Free Research) In this SearchStorage.com presentation transcript, you'll see an overview of data protection software. You'll recieve some general advice, business and technology considerations, as well as some deployment considerations and configurations.
March 01, 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.
March 01, 2010 - (Free Research) Customers need to better understand how the use of virtualization and cloud computing changes datacenter infrastructure management requirements. In this paper, May Johnston Turner, IDC's research director of System Management Software, answers questions posed to her by Dell’s customers.
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.
May 27, 2010 - (Free Research) Business continuity is not just a good business practice - it can mean success or failure if data and applications on a production server are lost. Read this white paper which examines Double-Take Software and their innovative approach to business continuity - one that goes beyond just recovery.
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.
September 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Is cloud computing or in-house virtualization the answer to your scalability challenges? Maybe both. Cloud computing and in-house virtualization offer a wide range of complementary capabilities that can help your organization not only scale smoothly, but also simplify your IT infrastructure, reduce data center complexity, and cut costs.
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.
