SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD - The Sun Flash Analyzer and Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool (Swat), are open systems host-based, storage-centric Java applications that thoroughly capture, summarize, and analyze storage workloads for Solaris, Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Performance Testing | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

EGUIDE - Solid-state storage will eventually nudge spinning disks out of our data centers, but right now it's still mostly for wellheeled shops with power-hungry applications. But with new technology developments addressing some of solid state's shortcomings and larger-scale manufacturing, solid-state storage could come down to earth soon.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Solid State Disks | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Industry | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems

JOURNAL ARTICLE - This article offers an in-depth overview of the just-released Intel Media SDK, an API that offers a single-source approach for targeting a broad range of Intel architectures.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Digital TV | Graphics Peripherals | Graphics Software | Streaming Media Services | Streaming Video Software | Video Editing Software | Video Equipment

EBOOK - How can you develop the optimal hardware strategy for maximum performance of your SAP environment? This eBook includes tips and insight from server, storage, virtualization and SAP software pros that will help you get the most out of your SAP enterprise software.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Server Software | Databases | Memory | Memory Management | SAP (Product) | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Appliances | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

PODCAST - Disk offers significant management and performance benefits over tape-based storage systems. Now, with advances in virtualization and deduplication, disk-only storage is also less expensive than tape. This podcast explores a real-world example of an organization going tapeless and outlines the processes required and the resulting benefits.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Premiered: October 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Tape Backups

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Best Practices | Data Recovery | Exchange Virtualization | Microsoft Exchange | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Hardware | VMware ESX

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how to ensure application security and availability in your VMware environment. Discover how to provide quick recovery of applications and how to use automation for server application protection.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Premiered: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | iSCSI SAN | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Exchange | SCSI Devices | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware

DATA SHEET - This data sheet highlights the features and benefits of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server, a storage product highly optimized for use with Oracle Database.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Database Management | Database Server Software | Databases | Oracle (Product) | Server Hardware | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware

DATA SHEET - This data sheet highlights the features and facts for the Sun Oracle Database Machine, the world's fastest for any type of database workload, and the only database machine that runs transaction processing applications.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Warehouses | Database Design | Database Managers | Database Server Software | Databases | Oracle (Product) | Server Hardware | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Transaction Processing Middleware

WHITE PAPER - This project demonstrates the feasibility of using the Sun™ Storage 7000 Unified Storage System as a repository for the MySQL™ database with the Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) application. This proof-of-concept study provides steps to configure this setup, using Pentaho BI tools and MySQL database servers.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: April 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | MySQL | Open Source | Open Source Software | Storage Hardware

EGUIDE - In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchITChannel.com and Dell, you will discover how solution providers are finding significant revenue opportunities in the consulting, planning, deployment and management of server virtualization and networking projects.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Networking | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - In recent years, server technology has taken an enormous leap forward, thanks to the incredible advances from Dell's engineering teams and Intel's introduction and evolution of Xeon® processors. No matter what IT challenges you are helping your customers to solve, you'll find the answer with Dell and Intel.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | NAS | SAN | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | Tower Servers

WEBCAST - This webinar will explain Dell's virtualization approach and discuss Dell's virtualization optimized technologies; explaining the methodologies and approaches taken to help you work with customers to bundle more solutions and services when selling virtualization solutions.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Premiered: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Customer Service | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | Storage Virtualization