WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the architecture of the Sun Fire X4170, X4270 and X4275 servers, including the processor technology, I/O subsystem, built-in system management features, and range of supported operating systems.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Operating Systems | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper is intended for executives and managers and tells how Sun servers equipped with Flash-enabled solid-state drives (SSDs) offers dramatic improvements to HPC, Web 2.0, and data center application performance.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Hard Disk Drives | High Availability | High Performance Computing | Server Hardware | Server Management | Solid State Disks | Web 2.0

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: September 17, 2009 | Published: March 30, 2009


Topics:  Energy Efficiency | Intelligent Databases | Intelligent Networks | Performance Testing | Processor Architectures | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Advanced technology allows businesses to get maximum bang out of hardware buck while reducing server counts and support costs. Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization can help your business get the most out of its server hardware.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Whether you are deploying virtualization for the first time or looking to increase the value of your existing solution, choosing the right hardware is as important as choosing the right virtualization software. This paper will discuss some of the basics of server virtualization.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: September 3, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Installation

WHITE PAPER - Dell commissioned Principled Technologies to estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 server and storage solutions onto a Dell PowerEdge R710 server and storage solution using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | TCO

WHITE PAPER - The support team for Microsoft SQL Server has published guidelines for virtualizing this database engine. Read this paper to learn how to move forward with the process and create supported SQL Server virtual machines (VMs) that can be hosted on Dell PowerEdge servers.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Microsoft Virtual Server | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SQL | SQL Server | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | Virtual Machine Monitor

WHITE PAPER - Dell is committed to driving the cost and complexity out of virtualization, helping you accelerate adoption and achieve cost savings sooner without sacrificing productivity. Read this solution guide to learn about Dell's Business Ready Virtualization Configurations.
Posted: August 24, 2009 | Published: June 9, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

WHITE PAPER - Enterprises of all sizes are deploying or considering deploying blade systems as a way to consolidate resources and lower their total cost of ownership. Read this white paper to learn about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the Dell PowerEdge servers.
Posted: May 19, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Rack Servers | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | TCO | Tower Servers

WHITE PAPER - The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space.
Posted: May 19, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Management | Infrastructure Management | Rack Servers | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto- Snapshot Manager / VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs-helping simplify data management, enhance scalability of data protection and recovery, and increase application performance.
Posted: May 14, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Security | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | VMware

WHITE PAPER - With the introduction of Microsoft Hyper-V as part of Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, you can now take advantage of a powerful new set of tools to help simplify infrastructure management.
Posted: December 15, 2008 | Published: December 12, 2008


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VM | Windows Server Software