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Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware® Edition: Automated, Integrated, and Scalable Protection of Virtual Machines
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition (ASM/VE) is a unique and innovative data protection feature of the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SAN that enables fast online backups and quick restores of VMware virtual machines.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Published: 15 Mar 2008


Dell PowerVault MD 3000i Configuration Guide for VMware ESX Server Software
WHITE PAPER: The Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage solution consists of a standard or high availability configuration. This whitepaper provides instructions to setup the MD3000i iSCSI storage solution for usage with VMware ESX Server software.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 03 Sep 2008


Dell PowerVault MD3000 1000 Mailbox Local Continuous Replication Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 1000 mailbox Exchange Server 2007 environment with Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Dell PowerVault MD3000 3000 Mailbox Single Copy Cluster Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 3000 mailbox Exchange 2007 environment with Single Copy Cluster in a high availability clustering mechanism based on the Microsoft Cluster Service shared storage.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Solution Guide - Choosing Storage for Dell Database Solutions with Dell™ PowerVault™ and Dell/EMC Storage
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a guide for choosing an appropriate storage architecture for Dell Database Solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault and Dell/EMC storage.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


High Availability and Disaster Recovery Features in Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 SP1
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 complements Exchange Server 2007 by enhancing the operational performance of high availability features, adding disaster recovery options and adding support for Windows Server® 2008.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Modular Storage: The Dell™ Powervault™ MD Storage Family
BROCHURE: The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD family can simplify IT by optimizing your data storage architecture and ensuring the availability of your data.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i 5000 Mailbox Single Copy Cluster Microsoft® Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
WHITE PAPER: This document provides information on Dell's PowerVault MD3000i Plus MD1000 storage solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, based on Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) Storage program.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000
DATA SHEET: PowerVault MD3000 is a modular disk storage array capable of housing up to 15 3.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives in a single 3U rack enclosure. Review this document to see all the great features the PowerVault MD3000 has to offer.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Dell™ PowerVault™ Configuration Guide for VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5
PRODUCT LITERATURE: This document describes configuration steps to deploy solutions with VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 on Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i, NX1950, MD3000, and MD1000. VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 will be referred to as ESX for the remainder of the document. If any provision is related specifically to only ESX 3.5 or ESXi 3.5, it will be explicitly stated.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Data Protection Using Premium Features: PowerVault™ MD3000 and MD3000i
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Dell offers key-enabled premium features to help enhance the functionality of the PowerVault MD3000 and MD3000i storage arrays, these optional premium features include Virtual Disk Snapshot and Virtual Disk Copy.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008


Storage Consolidation Tools
BOOK: This first chapter of the All-in-One Guide on Storage Consolidation covers purchasing criteria and product specs for consolidation technologies such as NAS, disk arrays, data migration tools and virtualization software.
Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 03 Mar 2008


Dell™ Equallogic™ PS Series with VMware Site Recovery Manager Simple, Affordable, Automated Disaster Recovery
PRODUCT LITERATURE: VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is a new VMware Infrastructure 3-based solution that is tightly integrated with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage to offer centralized disaster recovery management and testing for a virtualized datacenter.
Posted: 28 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008


SAN-aware Operating Systems Enable Server-based Storage Provisioning
PRODUCT LITERATURE: EqualLogic PS Series solutions deliver the benefits of storage consolidation in an intelligent, enterprise-class storage system that is easy to install, manage and grow.
Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 09 May 2008


MULTI-PATH I/O - End to End High Availability and Performance
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Multipath Input/Output (MPIO) is server software that extends redundancy to the entire I/O pathway in a SAN, delivering fault tolerance, high availability, and better performance.
Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 09 May 2008


Comparing iSCSI Initiator Implementations
WHITE PAPER: With the advent of iSCSI as the standard for networked storage, businesses can leverage existing skills and network infrastructure to create Ethernet-based SANs that deliver the performance of Fibre Channel-but at a fraction of the cost.
Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 09 May 2008

TOPICS:  iSCSI SAN | TCP

ISCSI SAN BOOT - Simplifying Server Operations on SANS
WHITE PAPER: Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features.
Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 09 May 2008


Improving Storage Expansion for Servers and Applications
PRODUCT LITERATURE: EqualLogic PS Series solutions deliver the benefits of storage consolidation in an intelligent, enterprise-class storage system that is easy to install, manage and grow.
Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 09 May 2008


ENHANCING YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT USING SNAPSHOTS
WHITE PAPER: Snapshots help you improve the productivity and reliability of your backups because they are fast, flexible and affordable. Read this white paper to learn more about snapshot technologies and the benefits they deliver.
Posted: 18 Mar 2008 | Published: 17 Mar 2008


IDC White Paper: Diskless PCs: The Evolution of Enterprise PCs
WHITE PAPER: Diskless PCs used in conjunction with image streaming software can provide a PC performance and compatibility experience that is identical to that of a standalone machine, but with all the benefits that centralized environments enable.
Posted: 23 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007


The Intelligent Choice for Business Intelligence
WHITE PAPER: Learn how Dell has partnered with Microsoft to create three validated partner reference configurations for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. This white paper discusses BI and DW applications for SQL Server 2005.
Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2007


Performance of Microsoft® SQL Server&#153 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Solutions on Dell™ PowerEdge™ Servers and Dell™ PowerVault™ Storage
WHITE PAPER: This performance white paper illustrates the efficiencies of deploying SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing technologies on Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage arrays
Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007


Deploying Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Solutions on Dell™ PowerEdge™ Servers and Dell™ PowerVault™ Storage
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse technologies on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage.
Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007


Designing Storage For Exchange 2007
WEBCAST: This Webcast will help you design a storage system that best matches the needs of your organization, providing tips on determining system needs and tools and resources for implementation.
Posted: 25 Sep 2007 | Premiered: Sep 25, 2007, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)


Continuous Data Protection: Increasing Backup Frequency without Pain
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Daily data backups are an important, yet painful, operation - slowing production, requiring hands-on management and consuming media. Recovery is even more painful - finding the right backup media and restoring data back into a u...
Posted: 20 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2005