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- IP Storage
- Internet Protocol storage Using the IP protocol to connect storage area networks SANs in remote locations. For Fibre Channel FC SANs, protocols are used to tunnel FC frames...
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- VMware Infrastructure 3: Fast Track v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIn this intensive, extended-hours training course, you will cover the installation, management, and use of VMware ESX Server, VMware VirtualCenter, VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMware...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIn this hands-on training course, you will explore installation, configuration, and management of VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and...
- Tags: St. Louis, Raleigh, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Phoenix Technologies, Detroit, San Diego, VMware Inc., Miami, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Desktop Virtualization, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure, and Analyze v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsThis hands-on training course, aimed at experienced VMware Infrastructure administrators, is a continuation of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure and has been...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- Bluestripe to tackle application management in virtual environments
- Today marks the launch of Bluestripe, a Research Triangle Park, NC startup focused on application service management in virtualized data centers. The founders, former execs from Wily and IBM/Tivoli, maintain that most virtual servers deployed today support "non critical" applications such as file and print servers because...
- Tags: Application, Virtual Server, Application Management, Virtual Environment, Tier, FactFinder, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Data Centers, Ip storage, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Citrix Business Solutions: Powered by Datacore Software
- DataCore Software provides storage virtualisation solutions that make storage and SAN infrastructures efficient, fault tolerant, flexible and virtual. DataCore Storage Virtualisation is the foundation for the Total Enterprise Virtualisation - the combination of proven virtualisation solutions into comprehensive, enterprise-wide, virtual infrastructures, comprising desktops, servers and storage. ...
- Tags: Storage Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., DataCore Software, DataCore Storage Virtualisation, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Ip storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-09-03
- VMware ships patches for 'highly critical' server flaws
- Virtualization specialist VMware has shipped a mega-patch to cover several "highly critical" vulnerabilities affecting its server and workstation product lines. In all, the patch batch addresses at least 16 documented vulnerabilities affecting the VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server and VMware ESX server. ...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Patch Management, VMware Inc., Flaw, Ip storage, Security, Servers, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Vkernel's catchphrase "performance lifecycle management"
- I recently was introduced to a new catchphrase during a discussion with Vkernel. The phrase was "performance lifecycle management." Although at first, it seemed the result of running one of those buzzword generators. I'm sure you know what I mean - software that selects three random words from a list...
- Tags: Catchphrase, Performance, Lifecycle Management, Virtual Server, Vkernel, Performance Lifecycle Management, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Business Structures, Performance Management, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i
- As soon as I heard the announcement from bright and bushy-tailed VMWare CEO Paul Maritz that the company was shortly going to be releasing their ESX 3i enterprise-class embedded hypervisor for free, I was absolutely thrilled. Given the pace of technology reporting, I knew that I had to get it...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Ip storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-27
- Simple, Affordable Disaster Recovery Automation in the Virtualized IT Datacenter
- Quick recovery of operations after a site failure requires major planning and testing, dependent on an infrastructure and recovery plan that can be simply and affordably managed. Virtualized iSCSI SANs are increasingly being chosen for virtual data center deployments because they help simplify storage management and help overcome performance, scalability...
- Tags: iscsi, data center, information technology, dell equallogic, disaster recovery, automation, data centers, storage area networks (SAN), ip storage, storage, network technology, hardware, data management, networking
- Webcasts 2008-06-12
- Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Total Investment Protection
- Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency networks that improve data center scalability and manageability while controlling IT costs. As discussed in this paper the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, high-bandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data...
- Tags: Storage Networking, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Storage, Ip storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Automotive Giant Boosts Efficiency
- Magna International is the third-largest automotive supplier in the world. The company needed to streamline its procurement processes and consolidate its server infrastructure to help increase productivity, optimize business processes, and avoid wasted hardware resources and unnecessary energy consumption. Using the Dell Premier Pages service, the company built a customized...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Procurement, Magna International, Purchasing & Procurement, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Portals, Ip storage, Servers, Business Operations, Hardware, Internet
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Inside the Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
- Built on a patented peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI iSCSI storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of a single pool of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment and management, and comprehensive data protection.
- Tags: iSCSI, Dell Computer Corp., EqualLogic, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Ip storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-04-21
- German District Council Expands to Manage Data Requirements of 10 Authorities With Virtualization
- Landkreis Heidenheim in Germany is a rural county of Baden-Württemberg that has a population of about 150,000. When a new German Administration Reform Law came into force, their aim was to promote streamlined management of local government administration and simplify IT environments, and their IT employees had to rapidly increase...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Virtualization, District Council, Ip storage, Servers, Storage, Storage Management, Strategy, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-27
- Evolution File (exe)
- Your business stores its strategic electronic documents (such as .doc / .pdf / .xls documents or others) on a network? Files stored on networks "evolve". This evolution, to which this software's name refers, is an inherent risk for information transmission within the enterprise. With Evolution File software, actors of the...
- Tags: Software, Network File System, Network, Modification, Evolution Distribution, Ip storage, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-03-11
- VIRTUALIZED iSCSI SANs: Flexible, Scalable Enterprise Storage for Virtual Infrastructures
- iSCSI is a flexible and powerful Storage Area Networking SAN protocol that delivers superior capabilities and benefits across all market segments. In addition to providing enterprise-class data availability and performance, the iSCSI protocol enables breakthrough virtual storage designs that parallel the advanced designs of server virtualization technologies such as VMware...
- Tags: iSCSI, Enterprise Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Server Virtualization, Storage, Virtualization, Ip storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Servers, Networking
- White papers 2008-03-01
- HP StorageWorks Virtualization
- Storage virtualization has been around for several decades. Virtualization is the aggregation of physical resources into a unified structure, and the presentation of those resources as capabilities that can be consumed by applications, desktop clients, or other types of storage clients. The term Virtualization has really become an umbrella that...
- Tags: Storage Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Storage Virtualization Approach, Virtualization, Storage, Ip storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-02-28
- PS Series Groups: Deploying Microsoft SQL Server in an iSCSI SAN
- This Technical Report describes how to deploy SQL Server in an iSCSI SAN with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. It provides configuration and management recommendations for SQL Server and the PS Series storage.
- Tags: iscsi, dell computer corp., microsoft sql server, dell equallogic, server, microsoft corp., storage area networks (SAN), ip storage, network technology, databases, enterprise software, storage, hardware, networking, software, data management
- White papers 2008-01-25
- Case Study: Clackamas County Oregon's Outdated Fibre Channel Infrastructure Runs Out of Capacity
- Learn how one county government in the state of Oregon solved the problem of an aging Fibre Channel SAN that could not scale to meet growing needs. This case study discusses how Clackamas County's IT Department replaced old Fibre Channel SAN with a modular iSCSI SAN solution for central storage...
- Tags: fibre channel, oregon, dell equallogic, fibre channel san, storage area networks (SAN), storage, storage management, ip 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., dell equallogic, storage area networks (SAN), storage, ip storage, network technology, hardware, networking
- Webcasts 2008-01-01
- Protecting Business-Critical Applications in a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment Using Veritas Cluster Server for VMware ESX
- This paper begins with a brief overview of the problems of High Availability HA and Disaster Recovery DR in the virtual environment. Due to server clustering, outages have the potential to affect many servers at once, possibly causing a corresponding failure among many mission-critical applications. The paper then presents several...
- Tags: VERITAS Cluster Server, Symantec Corp., VERITAS Software Corp., Environment, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
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