October 13, 2009 - (Free Research) Windows Server® 2008 R2 is the newest Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Designed to help organizations reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies, Windows Server 2008 R2 provides enhanced management control over resources across the enterprise. Read the top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2.
April 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, like its predecessor Windows Server 2008, has been designed with energy efficiency in mind. Recent tests found that Windows Server 2008 R2 improved power efficiency by up to 18 percent over Windows Server 2003, out of the box.
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.
August 06, 2010 - (Free Research) With Hyper-V, it's easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings of virtualization through Windows Server 2008 R2. Read on to find out why.
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.
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.
November 03, 2008 - (Free Research) In this solution brief learn how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.
October 28, 2009 - (Free Research) The Hyper-V Technology Introduction with Advanced Management for Windows Server 2008 is an approximate 10 day service and consists of either a single-node implementation or dual-node highly available (HA) host-based cluster configuration and up to two servers for the System Center elements. Read this paper to learn more.
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.
October 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Dell Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to determine whether the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i iSCSI storage array in a high-availability configuration can support small (200-user) and medium (500-user) organizations simultaneously running a variety of virtualized workloads in both an optimized and degraded system state.
December 2008 - (Free Research) This paper takes an introductory look at the new categories of Group Policy, but anyone moving to Windows Server 2008 technologies would do well to consider the changes and additions to the existing policy categories, too.
December 2009 - (Free Research) Nebraska-based Chemistry Advertising implemented Windows Server® 2008 R2 Foundation to address the issue of a lacking centralized file storage system. The company now has an easy-to-manage system that helps employees to better organize and collaborate on projects. Read this case study to learn more!
September 2009 - (Free Research) This Guide is a companion to How to Guide: Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge Servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. In this Guide, we use the Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 as target servers.
December 2009 - (Free Research) In this chapter sample, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, Willem Kasdorp as the contributing author and published by Wiley Publishing, learn how your existing environment and upgrade/migration plans impact your installation decisions and read about requirements for this new operating system.
December 2009 - (Free Research) This chapter sample, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, Willem Kasdorp as the contributing author and published by Wiley Publishing, summarizes the defining features of Windows Server 2008.
May 2010 - (Free Research) Professional Accounting Solutions needed to reduce power consumption to benefit from a price reduction in a co-location facility and consolidate its 40 servers and 2 SANs to minimize its hardware footprint. Read this case study to learn about the benefits PAS achieved by implementing solutions from Dell, Dell/EMC and Microsoft.
October 2009 - (Free Research) Dell Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to consolidate 35 4-year-old HP ProLiant DL385 server and storage solutions onto 5 Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 blade server and storage solutions using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. Learn about the benefits achieved from this consolidation solution in this test report.
September 2009 - (Free Research) This document covers the key overall concepts and procedures you need to setup and configure your Hyper-V platform. It reviews in detail the approach that PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
August 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 2010 - (Free Research) Keeping its Web servers up and running is a business-critical goal of MLS Property Information Network, Inc. They replaced their 60 stand-alone servers with 20 clustered servers, each supporting dozens of virtual machines that run Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology and the Sanbolic Melio file system. Read their results here.
August 2009 - (Free Research) In this podcast featuring IT expert, Greg Shields, learn about hypervisor architecture as it relates to your OS. Discover how to improve IT management with virtual machine managers for storage migration and check host compatibility prior to migration. Learn about a technology that allows for rapid provisioning and supports multi-processors.
December 2009 - (Free Research) This chapter download, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, provides an introduction to Hyper-V, highlighting information essential for building your own small environment using only native Windows software.
