WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the advantages of scale-out iSCSI storage in four areas-- cost, high availability and disaster recovery, performance, and management-- and illustrate how iSCSI SANs, particularly the HP LeftHand SANs, provide better overall support for virtualized environments.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: April 2, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | High Availability | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | Performance Testing | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - vSphere, VMware's latest release, adds approximately 150 new features to its previous VI3 product! The purpose of this white paper is to highlight the most notable of these features and to discuss the benefits they offer your organization's IT infrastructure.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Server

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Affordable high availability and disaster recovery solutions are critical to the survival of all SMBs in the event of a disaster. Building on years of helping SMBs protect their information, VMware and Dell provide cost-effective and robust data protection, disaster recovery, and high availability solutions.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backup Software | Backups | Continuous Data Protection | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | High Availability | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | SMBs

PODCAST - Check out this podcast to learn how VMware and Dell are leveraging VMware vStorage with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SANs for greater virtual server performance and more efficient management.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Premiered: May 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Security | Disaster Recovery | SAN | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | VMware | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Server

CASE STUDY - Acme Truck Line, Inc. wanted to develop a cost-effective, comprehensive disaster recovery plan. Read this brief case study to see how they implemented VMware Infrastructure 3 and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs to deliver an affordable and flexible virtual platform that supports disaster recovery needs for companies of all sizes.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: May 29, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | iSCSI SAN | IT Infrastructure | SAN | VMware | VMware ESX | VMware Infrastructure 3 | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Clustering | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | VMware Disaster Recovery | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - In this research paper you'll learn about the top challenges facing storage professionals in Europe and information about Data Domain deduplication storage systems.
Posted: May 30, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Tape Backups

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss how server virtualization technology helps significantly reduce overall IT capital expense and operational costs. Learn how Hyper-V™ virtualization technology can be quickly deployed in any business environment so that you can build an IT infrastructure with disaster recovery capabilities.
Posted: May 28, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Server Virtualization | TCO | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - This survival guide will help you and your company start to plan an effective business continuity plan. The end result should be a reduction in risk factors and to minimize the impact of disasters that are out of your control.
Posted: May 28, 2009 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Continuity Planning Software | Business Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss what you can do to protect your company's data in case of an unexpected disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan is not only a smart business move, but in some cases it is mandatory for legal and regulatory reasons.
Posted: May 28, 2009 | Published: May 28, 2009


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business Continuity Planning | Business Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Risk Management | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft is targeting close to zero downtime with SQL 2008 with availability and recovery features that only used to be available via third-party solutions. This white paper discusses the evolution of High-availability from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008, and the tools available to minimize downtime in the Enterprise.
Posted: May 26, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Mirroring | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | SQL | SQL Server

WEBCAST - Join Paul Kruschwitz, Director of Enterprise Solutions for Falconstor Software, as he discusses best practices for backup optimization. Learn about the benefits of a virtual tape library (VTL), common problems with backup environments, and the latest Falconstor VTL solutions.
Posted: May 20, 2009 | Premiered: May 20, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Remote Backups | RPO | RTO | Storage Best Practices | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - Read this solution brief to learn how the Dell EqualLogic PS Series' bundled Auto-Snapshot Manager and Auto-Replication features are used to effectively integrate with VMware for scalable online data protection of the complete virtual infrastructure. This paper also discusses protection and simplification for the virtual environment.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Published: May 13, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Recovery | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Infrastructure Services | Security | Server Management | VMware

WEBCAST - In this session, we will review the latest advancements in protecting against disaster in virtual environments and highlight real-world customer experiences.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Premiered: May 13, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Management | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | iSCSI SAN | Security Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Virtual Communities

WHITE PAPER - This TIP research paper delivers findings from over 245 in-depth interviews with Storage professionals at large enterprises, most of them among the Fortune 1000. Read on to learn about the top Storage team challenges and initiatives, current state of deduplication environments and solutions, and much more.
Posted: May 8, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Center Management | Data Management | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Tape Backups