WHITE PAPER - The Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 provides unified processes and tools for desktop and server OS deployment using a common deployment console and a collection of best practices. The toolkit provides a single mechanism for image creation and an automated installation process to reduce deployment time.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | IT Management | IT Managers | Network Management | Network Managers | Operating Systems | Server Management

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Read this expert E-Guide from Dell to learn key concepts that will help you architect your next SQL Server installation.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | High Availability | Server Virtualization | SQL Server

DATA SHEET - To capitalize on the benefits of Windows 7, you must make sure your computing environment is ready for the upgrade. Dell's Windows 7 Readiness Assessment is designed to identify application compatibility, hardware compatibility and migration readiness and to provide the recommendations needed to help make your transition to Windows 7 smooth.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Operating Systems | Software Asset Management | Software Implementation | Software Installation | Software Migration | Software Upgrades | Windows

WHITE PAPER - Dell’s enterprise solutions, including EqualLogic iSCSI SANs, PowerEdge Virtualization Servers and Global Infrastructure Consulting Services (GICS) can help organizations confidently deploy, manage and protect their Tier-1 Microsoft® applications within a VMware vSphere environment.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Data Management | Data Storage | Data Warehouse Architectures | Enterprise | Enterprise Systems | Microsoft Hyper-V | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Auto-Snapshot Manager extends the intelligence of Dell EqualLogic SAN and enables Administrators to create and manage Smart Copy snapshots, clones, or replicas for point-in-time copies of Exchange Storage Groups that can be instantly restored.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Security | Security Management | Security Threats

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing the types of unstructured, file-based data that is a challenge for many storage pros today. This FAQ Presentation Transcript answers key questions about NAS advantages and implementations.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Disk Backups | NAS | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This Deployment Guide reviews the approach that Principled Technologies and Dell recommend for migrating databases from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: April 23, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Data Migration | Database Architectures | Database Management | Databases | SQL Server | Windows

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Databases | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation

CASE STUDY - In this case study learn how Dell and Microsoft partnered to provide a new business intelligence solution based on Microsoft® SQL Server®, Microsoft business intelligence software, Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, and a Dell/EMC storage system.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Mining | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Social Networking | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Databases | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Management | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - This white paper documents the performance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development this white paper illustrates the cost-effective performance of Dell Solutions for SQL Server 2008.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Storage | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Server Management | SQL | SQL Server

PODCAST - Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing the types of unstructured, file-based data that is a challenge for many storage pros today. This FAQ podcast answers key questions about NAS advantages and implementations.
Posted: August 26, 2009 | Premiered: August 26, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Disk Backups | Economic Environment | NAS | Storage Best Practices | Strategic Planning | Structured Programming

WHITE PAPER - The deduplication capabilities of CommVault® Simpana® 8.0 software in the Dell™ PowerVault™ DL2000 – Powered by CommVault are designed to eliminate unnecessary copies of backup and archive data—providing an integrated, simplified way to streamline storage throughout the enterprise.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Data Replication | Disk Backups | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Virtual Machine Backups | VMware ESX

PRODUCT DEMO - View this step-by-step product demonstration to see how to implement a high performance, highly available, and easily scaled SAN without impacting applications or limiting performance as workloads change and grow.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: August 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Recovery | High Availability | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Storage Hardware | VMware | VMware ESX | VMware Infrastructure 3

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This Technical Report focuses on the installation, configuration and usage of Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware™ Edition to obtain hypervisor aware snapshots and provide an additional layer of data protection for the Virtual Environment.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection Software | SAN | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Backups | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3