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Best Practices for Microsoft Exchange 2007 with HP Server and Storage in Mid-range Environments (MSA60, MSA70, MSA1500)

whitepaper This paper provides configuration and performance data, best practices and recommendations to help system administrators deploy Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 on several of the HP MSA family of products.

Tags: infrastructure management

[12 May 2008]

Best Practices for Designing Data Centers With the InfraStruXure InRow RC

whitepaper When designing data centers with this product, there are some best practices that should be followed to ensure the InRow RC is cooling as designed. This paper presents the best practices that should be followed when designing a data center with the...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Best Practices for Data Center Infrastructure Design: Cabling Distances and Space Planning

whitepaper When designing and laying out a data center, understanding best practices as well the pros and cons for each type of data center is critical. The TIA 942 data center guidelines are very specific that horizontal and vertical cabling should be run...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Best Practices for Model Development With IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory

whitepaper This paper is a collection of best practices, tips, and suggestions from the IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory development team. Applications created using IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory (hereafter called Portlet Factory) need to be architected for...

Tags: software engineering

[11 May 2008]

Best Practices for Service Interface Design in SOA, Part 1: Exploring the Development, Interfaces, and Operation Semantics of Services

whitepaper This paper is the first in a series that focuses on best practices for service interface design, including high-level aspects of development approaches, service granularity, and operation signatures. Subsequent papers in this series examine best...

Tags: web services

[11 May 2008]

SAP With Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Best Practices for High Availability, Maximum Performance, and Scalability

whitepaper This paper describes best practices that customers, system integrators, and partners can use to design and install reliable, high-availability SAP implementations that deliver maximum performance, scalability, and security by using SQL Server 2005.

Tags: high availability

[11 May 2008]

Best Practices for Managing the Move to Vista

whitepaper While previous papers have focused on the need for a Windows Vista migration strategy and on recent security issues pertaining to the new operating system, this paper takes a closer look at best practices for Windows Vista planning, migration, and...

Tags: windows vista

[11 May 2008]

IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Series Best Practices

whitepaper The purpose of this paper is to describe best practices for the TS7700 based on theoretical data and practical experience. The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 is a mainframe virtual tape solution implementing a fully integrated, tiered storage...

Tags: tape drives - libraries

[11 May 2008]

Backup and Recovery Best Practices for SQL Server 2005, Including HP Data Protector

whitepaper To help you choose from the available configuration options and backup and recovery procedures, HP has conducted extensive laboratory tests to determine best practices. With databases regarded as mission critical in most companies, the ability to...

Tags: infrastructure management

[11 May 2008]

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Sizing White Paper

whitepaper This paper provides best practices related to implementing HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, version 3.6. With HP PolyServe Software, one does not need to know the exact number of instances to determine the consolidation ratio.

Tags: application servers

[11 May 2008]

Operational Best Practices for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series

whitepaper This paper will attempt to present a best practices guide for operations management for features that customers can implement on the Catalyst 6500 to meet these challenges. Companies today place high demands on network infrastructure.

Tags: switching

[11 May 2008]

HP Data Protector 6.0 Software Object Consolidation: "Best Practices"

whitepaper HP Data Protector Software A.06.00 introduces an advanced backup solution called synthetic full backup. This solution enables to create synthetic full backups and virtual full backups with an operation called object consolidation allowing...

Tags: back-up

[11 May 2008]

Data Center Best Practices: Optimizing Service Infrastructure Through OS Portability

whitepaper Today's data center is an increasingly complex mixture of server platforms, hardware, operating systems, data, and applications that have accumulated over time. These legacy technologies are persistent, forming a collective of Windows and Linux...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Archiving Best Practices for Microsoft Environments: Key Essentials to Successfully Evaluate and Jumpstart Your Email Archiving Project

whitepaper The email archiving market is complex and making the right decision for the business is critical. The presenter of this webcast explains the key essentials required to successfully evaluate and jumpstart the email archiving project.

Tags: knowledge and data management

[11 May 2008]

Vehicle Liquidation Company Reduces Security Exposure With Services Engagement

whitepaper IAA lacked the best practices and operational guidance needed to reliably perform security update deployments. IAA needed to implement new software update processes and best practices to reduce their operational risk and guard against potential...

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Planning and Deploying Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast covers best practices and deployment considerations for upgrading or installing a management solution using Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. The webcast includes a review of MOM 2005 features, deployment scenarios, and upgrade...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Oracle Architecture and Tuning on AIX

whitepaper This paper contains best practices that have been collected during the extensive period of time that the authors team colleagues and the author have spent working in the Oracle RDBMS based environment.

Tags: aix

[11 May 2008]

Build Effective System Models: Modeling With Structural Forms, Organizing Themes, and Diagram Pivots

whitepaper Visual modeling has long been considered one of the key best practices for software development. Diagrams allow designers and analysts to more readily and effectively present complex information to a diverse audience.

Tags: software engineering

[11 May 2008]

Architecting on Demand Solutions, Part 14: Build Portlets Using Rational Software Architect State Oriented Portlet Patterns

whitepaper Why spend time struggling with the details of portlet APIs and best programming practices, when developers can construct their portlets visually in Universal Modeling Language (UML)? This paper extends Part 8 of the series, which explains how to...

Tags: portals

[11 May 2008]

A Pragmatic Approach to Server and Data Center Consolidation

whitepaper This paper provides an overview of the factors driving consolidation initiatives and considers best practices for ensuring a successful consolidation initiative and a maximum return on investment. It also provides an introduction to workload...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

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