Server Virtualization Reports

SAN and Server Virtualization Podcast Transcript
sponsored by Nexsan
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This podcast transcript examines the pros and cons traditional Fibre Channel SAN and a slightly newer iSCSI SAN.
Posted: 18 May 2009 | Published: 13 Apr 2009

Nexsan

Presentation Transcript: Automating Virtual Machine Configuration
sponsored by ePlus Technology
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Learn the different methods for automating virtual machine configuration in this expert webcast transcript. Edward L. Haletky also reviews the different automation tools available for automating virtual machine installation and patch management.
Posted: 15 May 2009 | Published: 06 May 2009

ePlus Technology

A Smart Path to Virtualization
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about how Dell is providing answers to key virtualization questions for the enterprise. Topics include; how to migrate to a fully virtualized environment as well as how the IT infrastructure should be configured for maximum benefit.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 01 Nov 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

Dark Pools of Liquidity: Understanding & Technology dependencies for the future
sponsored by Wipro
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into the dark pools of liquidity, discusses the mechanism of dark pools trading, advantages and how technology would impact the operations or provide benefits in trading over this medium.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 12 May 2009

Wipro

Backing Up Virtual Servers
sponsored by BakBone
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, backup expert, Mark Bowker, answers questions regarding virtual server environments and how their deployment affects the backup process.
Posted: 06 May 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009

BakBone

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 10
sponsored by Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 10
EZINE: Renewed interest in data centers is presenting a unique challenge to IT professionals who must do more with less. Read in this latest issue how to use server virtualization to boost utilization while saving money.
Posted: 06 May 2009 | Published: 06 May 2009

All resources sponsored by Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 10

The Solaris Operating System - Optimized For The Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a quick reference guide for developers and system administrators that want to optimize the Solaris OS on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series platform.
Posted: 24 Apr 2009 | Published: 24 Apr 2009

Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation

Presentation Transcript: How to Consolidate and Simplify Backup and Recovery for Your VMware Environment
sponsored by EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: VMware's virtual infrastructure has become the de-facto approach used across the storage industry today for server consolidation. When coupled with Data Domain's backup to disk storage, it provides a compelling solution to consolidate and simplify backup and recovery for VMware environments.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions

ITS Group Consulting Offers "More 9's" and Killer RTO/RPO with Replay AppImage
sponsored by AppAssure Software, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Replay AppImage's ability to restore messages and systems quickly and with little effort allowed ITS Group to grow its customer base while keeping overhead low.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 19 Mar 2009

AppAssure Software, Inc.

A Superior Hardware Platform for Server Virtualization with the Intel Xeon 5500
sponsored by Intel Corporation
IT BRIEFING: To gain full value of virtualization, you need servers that are built to handle the heavy and ever-changing demands of a virtualized and consolidated computing environment. To help you get maximum benefits from virtualization, Intel has built a better physical server platform with unique hardware-assist features to enhance the virtual data center.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

Intel Corporation

Automated Energy Efficiency for the Intelligent Business
sponsored by Intel Corporation
IT BRIEFING: By replacing aging single-core processor-based servers with new, more energy-efficient servers, you can gain capacity to grow and to increase IT performance using fewer servers. The estimated cost savings from energy and other operating cost efficiencies can pay for new servers in a an estimated 8 months.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

Intel Corporation

A Guide to Utilizing Virtualization in a Disaster Recovery Strategy
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
EGUIDE: In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, you will discover the steps essential for effectively integrating server virtualization into your disaster recovery strategy.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Presentation Transcript: Consolidate and Simplify Backup and Recovery for Your VMware Environment
sponsored by EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation you will learn about this powerful solution, hear about specific deployments and the resulting benefits.
Posted: 16 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009

EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 9
sponsored by Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 9
EZINE: In this month's issue of Virtual Data Center, learn how to reduce the number of physical servers even more by focusing on the process of virtual machine placement on host servers.
Posted: 06 Apr 2009 | Published: 06 Apr 2009

All resources sponsored by Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 9

First the Tick, Now the Tock: Next Generation Intel Microarchitecture - Nehalem
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper and get a look at how the next generation microarchitecture's dynamically scalable and design-scalable features directly contribute to power efficiency and performance.
Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 02 Apr 2009

Intel Corporation

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series: An Intelligent Approach to IT Challenges
sponsored by Intel Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE: This whitepaper covers the newest processor series from Intel. The Xeon 5500 processor series may dramatically improve on the efficiency of IT infrastructures and provide unmatched business capabilities for today's data centers.
Posted: 02 Apr 2009 | Published: 02 Apr 2009

Intel Corporation

Presentation Transcript: Top Hyper-V Deployment Scenarios
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this transcript, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down some of these scenarios, with details on how Hyper-V can provide benefits in test and development situations and business continuity.
Posted: 26 Mar 2009 | Published: 20 Mar 2009

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Presentation Transcript: Hyper-V vs. Market Leaders
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this transcript, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down VMware ESX Server, Citrix XenServer and Hyper-V, providing details on what each product has to offer.
Posted: 26 Mar 2009 | Published: 20 Mar 2009

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Presentation Transcript: Best of Breed Virtualization Scenarios and Hyper-V Features
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this transcript, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down the seven different layers of the server virtualization architecture, and explains the role the hypervisor plays in the success of that infrastructure.
Posted: 26 Mar 2009 | Published: 20 Mar 2009

Dell EMC and Microsoft

ISCSI SAN Boot - Simplifying Server Operations On SANS
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features. This paper explains the benefits of three different server boot operations provided by one advanced SAN configuration. It counsels that you should weigh the benefits and drawbacks of each before committing your organization's storage system to one.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009

DellEMC and Intel®

Storage Virtualization - The Next Step in Controlling Spiraling Costs
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Storage consolidation provides a partial solution to soaring storage administrative costs by expanding device connectivity and reducing points of management. It does this by simplifying cumbersome tasks-like allocating storage, load balancing, configuring RAID, and backing up and restoring data. Get the details here.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009

DellEMC and Intel®

The Value of Storage Consolidation
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
CASE STUDY: When storage solution provider VeriStor Systems, Duluth, Ga., bid on consolidating the storage environment at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., it put its reputation and its money behind an EqualLogic iSCSI SAN. This white paper gives the details.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2005

DellEMC and Intel®

Automatic Load Balancing Relieves Administrative Burden
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
ANALYST BRIEF: Storage consolidation enables organizations to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and simplify management. But how does an organization ensure that consolidation does not cause performance issues? To avoid performance utilization problems administrators should provision storage so that loads are balanced across resources evenly.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition for Hyper-V
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Dell's Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition is an innovative bundled data protection feature of the Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN. It's designed to help deliver high-performance, redundant, highly-available storage platforms for Hyper-V deployments - supporting departmental to mission-critical Windows server applications.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009

DellEMC and Intel®

Application Tiering and Tiered Storage
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
ANALYST BRIEF: Storage consolidation brings many applications together to a single storage pool. It improves storage utilization, simplifies management, and increases reliability in well implemented SANs. While consolidation makes it easier to manage, provision, and backup your data, how do you manage different application service level requirements?
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009

DellEMC and Intel®