WHITE PAPER - PlateSpin® Recon from Novell is a sophisticated workload analysis, planning and management solution that provides new levels of intelligence, visual analysis and forecasting for optimizing the data center.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Network Capacity | Network Monitoring | Reporting Software | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - This white paper proposes a spectrum of reference configurations using Sun servers based on Intel processors, the broad range of Sun storage systems and appliances, and the VMware suite of virtualization products to configure cost-effective information systems for these businesses.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: August 31, 2009


Topics:  High Availability | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | SMBs | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization is more than just a concept-- it is a concrete business strategy that can provide tangible value for companies in virtually any industry. Read this paper to learn more about Dell's virtual infrastructure solutions.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: December 17, 2007


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | TCO | VMware

WHITE PAPER - The current state of the datacenter demands a transformation that helps in improving space utilization and lowering power consumption while still providing the scale and availability the business requires. Read this report to learn how your organization can optimize data center efficiency and lower costs.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: April 14, 2009


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Energy Efficiency | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - HP has identified five common virtualisation rules employed by organisations that have succeeded where others have not. While technology differs in complexity and scale from one business to the next, nearly every successful organisation deployed the same five rules to realise the full potential of virtualisation.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Standards | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - The goal of this study is to determine if a multi?node Oracle RAC cluster can be replaced with a cluster consisting of fewer Dell PowerEdge 11G nodes (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series), and still process the OLTP workload faster with less power consumption and lower Oracle RAC licensing fees. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Multi-core Processor Architecture | Multi-core Processors | Oracle (Product) | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents a sample Dell solution -- using the Dell R610 and R710 PowerEdge Servers (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series) -- designed to tolerate faults at multiple infrastructure layers to provide maximum level of availability for the virtual infrastructure.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The most powerful application of virtualization today is at the storage system level. With the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array and HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services platform, organizations can take advantage of the many benefits of virtualization with a solution designed specifically for open systems.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  NAS | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the powerful combination of HP StorageWorks SVSP storage virtualization solution with server virtualization products to produce a more dynamic IT infrastructure that improves efficiencies and simplifies operations.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: May 20, 2009


Topics:  SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. This paper will detail experiments that demonstrate the efficient performance and scalability of Exchange when running inside a virtual machine on a VMware vSphere™ 4 environment.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Published: September 21, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Email Management | Email Server Software | Microsoft Exchange | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Virtual Machine | VM | VMware

WHITE PAPER - VMware vSphere™ introduces a number of new features and capabilities to virtual networking under VMware® vNetwork. vNetwork is the new name to describe the collection of networking technologies for optimally integrating networking and I/O functionality into vSphere.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Published: September 21, 2009


Topics:  Network Management | Network Management Software | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Machine | VLAN | VM | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Discover best practices for deploying a 250-user/250-GB three-tiered SAP ERP landscape in an HP BladeSystem c3000 blade enclosure with HP ProLiant BL460c blade servers running Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 4400 disk array, and an Ultrium 448c tape blade with HP Data Protector software.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | SAP (Product) | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Appliances | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization offers a tremendous opportunity for cost savings in the data center. This paper will give three steps you can take to dramatically improve your cost savings from server virtualization as well as show how companies are using Marathon's everRun software to implement those steps.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | IT Best Practices | IT Management | Network Performance | ROI | SAN | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - As companies continue to consolidate and look for best possible uses of both existing and new computer hardware, nowhere is this more apparent than server management. This paper will provide you some best practices and key success stories that you can use in designing and implementing your own virtualized SQL environment.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Best Practices | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Network Performance | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SQL | SQL Server | VM

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft SQL Server has steadily gained ground on other database systems and now surpasses the competition in terms of performance, scalability, security, developer productivity. This paper highlights some of the mission-critical areas in which SQL Server 2008 excels.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: July 17, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Microsoft Virtual Server | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | SQL | SQL Server