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Installing and Operating HP PolyServe for Microsoft SQL Server for SAP Databases

whitepaper Introducing HP PolyServe's approach to virtualization for mission-critical applications like SAP extend the benefits of consolidation to this critical business application. HP PolyServe for Microsoft SQL Server (also known as HP PolyServe Database...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

HP StorageWorks EBS Solutions Guide for VMware Consolidated Backup With Symantec Veritas NetBackup

whitepaper A key component of an Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS), as envisioned by HP, is to maximize the use of shared resources and consolidation. The paper contains planning information that can help when deploying a VMware Consolidated Backup environment...

Tags: back-up

[16 May 2008]

SUN FIRE X4150 AND X4450 : SERVER ARCHITECTURE : Breakthrough Density Using Sun and Intel Technology

whitepaper This Sun whitepapers looks at how many companies are turning to consolidation and virtualisation to improve resource utilisation and enhance business agility. Today IT managers face the task of administering a complex storage and computing...

Tags: server consolidation, resource, demands, continue

[16 May 2008]

Scalable NAS for Oracle With HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array File Services

whitepaper Consolidation offers a solution to mitigating this administrative nightmare. These databases and applications have been compartmentalized, creating islands of servers and storage that drive up operational costs and lower server and storage...

Tags: nas

[16 May 2008]

Creating an Energy-Efficient Datacenter : Consolidate with Sun technology

whitepaper Consolidation and hardware technology refreshes enable datacenters to provide more applications and services in less space and at less cost. This in-depth report shows how by moving to high-performance, energy-efficient Sun servers and storage...

Tags: server consolidation, take advantage, high performance, saving

[16 May 2008]

New Trends Make 10 Gigabit Ethernet the Data-Center Performance Choice

whitepaper These technologies include the advent of multi-core servers, server consolidation and virtualization, high-density computing, and networked storage over Ethernet. Technologies are rapidly evolving to meet data-center needs and enterprise demands...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Data Center I/O Consolidation: From Ethernet in the Data Center to a Data Center Over Ethernet

whitepaper For nearly as long as there has been Data Centers (DC), there have been several DC networks that interact with and overlap one another, most importantly the data, storage and High-Performance Compute (HPC) networks.

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Instance Aliasing and Connectivity White Paper

whitepaper These documents assist solution architects, SQL database administrators, storage administrators, service administrators, and IT technical management personnel as they develop their consolidation/virtualization platform standard, architecture...

Tags: application servers

[10 May 2008]

Sun Storage Consolidation and Virtualization Solution Boosts Performance, Lowers TCO

whitepaper The company's challenge was to provide cost-effective storage for data growing at more than 35% per year to improve storage utilization and management. They wanted to reduce storage administration and maintenance costs and move data center from...

Tags: data center

[06 May 2008]

2.5-Inch Enterprise Disc Drives: Key to Cutting Data Center Costs

whitepaper Many IT professionals have identified storage consolidation as a core strategy in their battle to cut data center costs and optimize efficiency. Such consolidation can reduce the number of data centers and their floor space requirements, as well as...

Tags: infrastructure management

[12 Apr 2008]

Why Enterprises Should Choose HP-UX 11i v3 for Their Data Center Migration Plans

whitepaper This has led to the consolidation of servers and storage, using virtualization technology to allow many distinct processes and operating systems to run on the same box. Many IT executives today are looking at consolidating IT operations for several...

Tags: data center

[11 Apr 2008]

Fibre Channel Over Ethernet in the Data Center: An Introduction

whitepaper FCoE recognizes FC as the dominant storage protocol in the data center while giving customers a viable I/O consolidation solution. It allows an evolutionary approach towards I/O consolidation by preserving all Fibre Channel constructs, maintaining...

Tags: ethernet

[11 Apr 2008]

Storage Consolidation: The Solution for Runaway Data Growth and Limited Management Resources

whitepaper Consolidation of storage systems is being considered by more and more companies as a way to address this challenge. This white paper will also discuss how the Hitachi Data Systems approach to storage consolidation will achieve these benefits...

Tags: storage management, administrators, availability, freedom

[10 Apr 2008]

Delivering Value through Storage Consolidation

whitepaper This paper shows how companies can exploit the latest developments in Business Critical Computing to address a range of storage consolidation opportunities. As a result, organizations are looking closely at storage consolidation as a potential...

Tags: server consolidation, consolidation, storage consolidation, business critical computing

[10 Apr 2008]

Making the Business Case for File Server Consolidation with Windows Storage Server 2003

whitepaper This white paper describes a process that allows to gather the necessary data to build a business case to get sponsorship for server consolidation projects. Consolidating servers to place the organization's workload onto a smaller number of Windows...

Tags: server consolidation, gather, windows powered, attached

[10 Apr 2008]

NAS/SAN Fusion: Exchange and File Storage Consolidation

whitepaper This white paper begins by introducing the reader to SAN-based and Windows Powered NAS-based technologies. Next, this paper describes the NAS/SAN fusion solution overview, the required components, the solution design, and the required hardware and...

Tags: nas, implementing, san, nas

[10 Apr 2008]

Architectures For Storage Consolidation

whitepaper Storage consolidation is not a one-time event, but a continuous journey, a journey that does not start, or end, at the same place for every organization. This paper maps out the consolidation journey, stage by stage.

Tags: infrastructure management, consolidation, journey, stage

[10 Apr 2008]

Next Generation Datacenter SANs

whitepaper IDC believes that consolidation can take place in the storage network fabric as well as in storage arrays. Consolidation may also occur with larger switches, i.e.switches with increase port density. For example, multilevel multi-protocol switches...

Tags: sans, port, switches, san

[10 Apr 2008]

HP StorageWorks Consolidation Solutions

whitepaper HP StorageWorks Consolidation Solutions address the fundamental problem IT managers face today - managing exponential storage growth with lower IT budgets. Consolidation brings a more efficient approach to storage deployment and management through...

Tags: storage management, utilization, asset, capacity

[10 Apr 2008]

HP StorageWorks Mid-Tier Consolidation

whitepaper This paper presents an HP storage consolidation technical blueprint for building mid-tier storage solutions. Using this blueprint, customers can consolidate their storage into a shared and centrally managed pool that makes more efficient use of...

Tags: storage management, tier, service level agreements, blueprint

[10 Apr 2008]

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