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Power Solutions Article: Advancing Integration of Microsoft Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic Virtualized SANs
White Paper An enterprise-class storage infrastructure is essential for organizations transitioning to a virtualized data center. Dell EqualLogic PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) arrays... [14 Nov 2009]
The Power-1 Performance Architecture: Delivering Application-Layer Security at Data Center Performance Levels
White Paper These attacks - disguised as legitimate traffic - require a deeper level of inspection that needs more processing power. Companies have always faced a tradeoff with network security. Do they lock down the network and... [13 Nov 2009]
Maximizing Data Center Uptime With Business Continuity Planning
White Paper There is a higher probability that most data centers will be affected by a virus, hardware failure, power failure or upgrade gone wrong than by a disastrous weather-related event like wind, fire or rain. [13 Nov 2009]
Server Consolidation and Workload Optimization
White Paper In addition to reducing power and cooling, a smaller footprint, multi-site consolidation, enhanced scalability overall ease of management. Many of these technologies like blade servers, virtualization, high density... [13 Nov 2009]
Server Workload Analysis for Power Minimization Using Consolidation
White Paper The paper observes significant potential for power savings if consolidation is performed using off-peak values for application demand. Using the insights from the workload analysis, two new consolidation methods are... [12 Nov 2009]
Business Value of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Live Migration
White Paper By converting under-utilized physical servers into virtual machines that run on a single physical server, organizations can reduce space, power and hardware costs in the data center.... [12 Nov 2009]
Innovative Solutions to Overcome the Challenges of Heat Management in the Data Center
White Paper According to the EPA's Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency, if current trends continue, the demand for power by data centers will require an... [11 Nov 2009]
Solution Brief: Dell Equalogic PS Series Can Offer Robust, High-Availability Infrastructure for Microsoft's 2008 R2 HYPER-V
White Paper Virtualization has become a popular IT strategy for enhancing hardware utilization, helping organizations decrease power, cooling, and data center footprint costs, and enhance the... [05 Nov 2009]
Technical Report:Â Deploying Microsoft Hyper-V with PS Series Arrays
White Paper Server virtualization is a common practice is today's data centers for server consolidation, power reduction, rapid provisioning, high availability, and data protection. All of these... [05 Nov 2009]
Power Solutions Article:Â A Smart Path to Virtualization
White Paper As server virtualization continues to transform the data center, enterprises have some critical decisions to make. How will they migrate to a fully virtualized environment? How should the IT... [05 Nov 2009]
Power Solutions Article:Â Highly Available Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008
White Paper In virtualized environments, high availability can be critical to avoiding lost revenue, maintaining productivity, and protecting data from system failure. Combining Microsoft® Hyper-V technology with Microsoft System... [05 Nov 2009]
Integrate facilities and IT. Realize the value of the green data center
White Paper The paper provides an overview of green data centers and the significant role played by direct and indirect power consumption in today's data centers, as well as technology aspects of... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo The Firewall landing page is a good way to quickly check on the firewall status, but for fine-tuning, the Advanced Settings on the left will open up a window better suited to power users. The Action... [20 Oct 2009]
Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation
White Paper By implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-VTM on DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers, Crutchfield was able to shrink its server footprint, reduce power and cooling costs, and manage its environment more... [15 Oct 2009]
A Quick Primer on Data Center Tier Classifications
White Paper Switch and Data is a premier provider of network-neutral data centers that house, power and interconnect the Internet. The tier classification system measures the performance of a site's... [06 Oct 2009]