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Global Survey Consulting Firm Reduces Server Deployment Time to 45 Minutes With Server Virtualization

Overview Server downtime and maintenance at global consultancy Gallup interfered with sensitive projects and strained the limits of the ultra-lean IT administration team. Gallup deployed a virtual server farm using VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge 2900 servers and an Internet SCSI (iSCSI) Storage Area Network (SAN) using Dell EqualLogic PS3900 and PS-84E devices was designed to eliminate downtime and simplify or eradicate many maintenance tasks.

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Publisher
Dell
File Format
PDF
Date Published
Jun 25, 2008
Format
Case Studies
Topics
Virtualization, Application Servers, Storage Management

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