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Should storage virtualization always be part of a virtual processing environment?: John Joseph, VP of Marketing of Dell EqualLogic Storage, and I had a short, but interesting dicussion about the place virtual storage should have in a well designed virtualized environment. If one is attempting to abstract functions away from the underlying physical platform, it simply makes sense to do the...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Dell Computer Corp., Environment, EqualLogic, Storage System, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Dell wants to sell you systems, but the Holy Grail may be managing them: Dell is more than happy to sell you well-designed notebooks with neat colors and work its corporate connections to boost sales. But it's becoming increasingly obvious that Dell's future is lightweight software and managing the gear it sells you as a service. The acquisition of MessageOne on...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Holy Grail, EqualLogic, ASAP Software, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Emerging Technologies, Management, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Inside the EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays: Storage management is at the center of an increasingly complex IT problem. Applications continually demand more from their storage systems - as performance, capacity, availability, backup, and disaster recovery needs intensify, so do expectations of the servers and storage that support them. As a result, IT professionals need a storage...; Tags: iSCSI, EqualLogic, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2008-02-01
10-Gigabit Ethernet - The Next Generation Network Infrastructure: Since any opportunity to improve performance is a plus for IT administrators, the dawning of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GigE) is good news. Questions regarding costs, benefits, cabling, and timing are top of mind as administrators try to plan technology upgrades and new network deployments. Rest assured that if...; Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Network Infrastructure, Network, EqualLogic, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2008-01-24
Strategies for Reducing Data Center Power Consumption: With concerns about power consumption and energy costs growing, efforts are underway to make data centers more "green" (energy efficient) and sustainable (reducing the use of non-renewable resources). In most data centers, servers draw more energy than storage devices; still, it has been estimated that all of the disk drives...; Tags: Strategy, Data Center, EqualLogic, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2008-01-24

Kane County Streamlines IT With EqualLogic and VMware: Kane County is the fourth-largest County in Illinois and one of the fastest growing in the United States. In budget-constrained environment, Kane County wanted to upgrade old technology; increase application and data availability; consolidate servers and reduce server headcount; cut costs on HVAC, power, space; improve support without increasing staff....; Tags: HVAC, Information Technology, EqualLogic, VMware Inc., Kane County, Construction, Servers, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-18
One of Oregon's Largest Counties Deploys EqualLogic: Clackamas County, Oregon, is home to more than 338,000 people. Heavily timbered, the county's geographical features include Mt. Hood and numerous rivers - the Willamette, Clackamas, Sandy, Pudding, Molalla and Salmon. The Aging Fibre Channel SAN could not scale to meet growing demands. Clackamas County replaced old Fibre Channel SAN...; Tags: EqualLogic, Oregon, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-18
Brookfield Homes Saves with EqualLogic SAN and Thin Provisioning: Brookfield Homes is a home builder and land developer with operations on the West and East coasts. In addition to land purchases and home building, the company transforms unused urban shopping areas into new communities. Brookfield Homes Southland Division, covering southern California north of San Diego County, employs about people...; Tags: EqualLogic, SAN, Provisioning, Brookfield Homes, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-18
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Product Demonstration: Join Dell EqualLogic for a one-hour live presentation and product demonstration of its award-winning PS Family of intelligent, iSCSI-based storage solutions. Choose from a list of dates and times that suit your schedule.; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., EqualLogic, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking; Webcasts 2008-01-01
Business Continuity: No Longer Out of Reach: Business continuity has historically been out of reach for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) because it was too costly and complicated. While large companies could afford expensive fibre channel storage area networks (FC SANs), the highly trained staff to manage them, duplicate data centers, channel extenders, and expensive replication software,...; Tags: Environment, EqualLogic, SAN, Business Continuity, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, WANs, It Services, Storage Management, Hardware, Networking; White papers 2007-12-01
Improve your response time and data availability with EqualLogic: Channel Five has combined EqualLogic's virtual storage with server virtualisation from VMware to improve server deployment, data availability and business continuity throughout the company's IT infrastructure. The combination of storage and server virtualisation allows the broadcaster to prioritise activities based on business needs. Let us show you what simplifying...; Tags: EqualLogic, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2007-11-21
Enabling IT Consolidation with iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services: To set up and manage a consolidated IT infrastructure that shares server and storage resources among distributed branch offices, many companies are turning to a combination of intelligent, enterprise-class iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services. Now available: Download as a Podcast! ...; Tags: iSCSI, Information Technology, EqualLogic, IT Consolidation, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Podcasts, Network Technology, WANs, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Networking, Management; Webcasts 2007-11-13
Enabling IT Consolidation with iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services (Podcast): To set up and manage a consolidated IT infrastructure that shares server and storage resources among distributed branch offices, many companies are turning to a combination of intelligent, enterprise-class iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services. During this TechRepublic Webcast (available as a downloadable Podcast), you'll learn...; Tags: iSCSI, Information Technology, EqualLogic, IT Consolidation, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Podcasts, Network Technology, WANs, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Networking, Management; Download resources 2007-11-13
Dell gets more channel religion; Buys EqualLogic for $1.4B: Dell gets more channel religion; Buys EqualLogic for $1.4BReligion for the dayDell, like all other technology companies, only holds the channel in regard when it's convenient. All too often, achieving corporate goals by doing deals direct quickly relegates the channel to the rightful position: only when it suits us category.RE:...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., channel religion, Buys EqualLogic, EqualLogic; Discussion threads 2007-11-05
Dell gets more channel religion; Buys EqualLogic for $1.4B: Dell said Monday it will buy storage vendor EqualLogic in a deal worth $1.4 billion in cash. EqualLogic makes iSCSI storage area network gear that's optimized for virtualization. Dell's motive is to use EqualLogic to bolster its storage lineup and channel ties. Dell added...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., EqualLogic, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-05
Tirer le meilleur parti d'une information et de donnÃ©es gÃ©rÃ©es, du point de vue de la propriÃ©tÃ© intellectuelle: Le rapport, s'appuyant sur les connaissances technologiques et commerciales de Quorcica, explique aux entreprises comment créer un environnement performant. Constats : . Manque de contrôle des ressources d'informations = décisions décevantes . Ressources de données et d'informations = ressource d'entreprise unique; Tags: EqualLogic, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2007-10-19
Customer Success: Hoover City Schools Case Study: Hoover City School District needed a storage solution that could support over 13,100 faculty, staff and student applications such as e-mail, finance and student information databases, the systems management server and web development applications. With a previous direct-attached storage (DAS) environment, they had approximately 30 servers located at several locations...; Tags: EqualLogic, Training, Workforce Management, E-mail, Storage, Human Resources, Online Communications, Hardware; Case studies 2007-08-22
Disaster Recovery Simplified: iSCSI and WAN Go the Distance: This on-demand Webcast explores how you can overcome a variety of disaster recovery challenges. Topics include: Planning effectively for catastrophic failures Eliminating application downtime and business disruption Restoring quickly and successfully from a disaster How to minimize your DR costs; Tags: iSCSI, EqualLogic, WAN, Disaster Recovery, Data Management; Webcasts 2007-08-21
VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 Configuration and Operation Using a PS Series Group: This technical report describes how VMware virtualization software, including VMware ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2, can work together with EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SANs to provide a dynamic and scalable virtual environment. The report also provides flexible guidelines for designing and implementing a virtual environment appropriate to the IT...; Tags: EqualLogic, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, VMWare ESX, Virtualization, Storage Management, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware, Storage; White papers 2006-10-01
Creating a Scalable Architecture to Accommodate Geometric Data Growth in SANs: Compound geometric data growth is the problem that author Marc Farley tackles in this insightful white paper from Building Storage. Farley opens with a brief discussion of the factors that are contributing to exponential data growth in today's enterprises, including: The continued introduction of data-rich software features...; Tags: EqualLogic, SAN, Data Growth, Farley, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2006-07-01