WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 1000 mailbox Exchange Server 2007 environment with Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Databases | Hardware | Microsoft Exchange | RAID | Software | Testing | Troubleshooting | Vendors

CASE STUDY - Dell iSCSI solution simplifies storage management for MisterArt.com, supporting 80 percent business growth and nearly two times better performance.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Customer Satisfaction | Fibre Channel | Hardware | Productivity | SAN | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 x64 SP2 with Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 x64 Enterprise or Standard Edition on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Databases | Fibre Channel | Hardware | Software | SQL Server | Testing | Windows

CASE STUDY - A Dell PowerVault MD3000 direct-attached storage array provides fast access to data, essentially acting as a storage area network (SAN) connected via serial-attached SCSI (SAS) cables instead of Fibre Channel.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Databases | Enterprise | Hardware | Productivity | SAN | Software | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides a guide for choosing an appropriate storage architecture for Dell Database Solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault and Dell/EMC storage.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Leadership | RAID | Software | SQL Server | Testing | Windows

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 3000 mailbox Exchange 2007 environment with Single Copy Cluster in a high availability clustering mechanism based on the Microsoft Cluster Service shared storage.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Databases | Hardware | Microsoft Exchange | RAID | Software | Testing | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 complements Exchange Server 2007 by enhancing the operational performance of high availability features, adding disaster recovery options and adding support for Windows Server® 2008.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Databases | Disaster Recovery | Enterprise | High Availability | Microsoft Exchange | Windows

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on Dell PowerEdge servers with the Dell PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI storage array.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Databases | IP SAN | RAID | SQL Server | Storage Hardware

DATA SHEET - The PowerVault MD3000i is an iSCSI SAN that helps simplify data management and delivers enterprise data protection capabilities at a fraction of the cost of traditional storage consolidation solutions.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Storage Consolidation

WHITE PAPER - This document provides information on Dell's PowerVault MD3000i Plus MD1000 storage solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, based on Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) Storage program.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Microsoft Exchange | RAID | Software | Storage Capacity | Testing | Troubleshooting

BROCHURE - The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD family can simplify IT by optimizing your data storage architecture and ensuring the availability of your data.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  DAS | Data Storage | iSCSI SAN | RAID | SAN | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This overview of Dell Virtualization Reference Architecture (RA) white paper describes three validated configurations for Dell | VMware and Dell | Citrix XenServer Dell™ edition virtual infrastructures.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Server Virtualization | VMware

DATA SHEET - PowerVault MD3000 is a modular disk storage array capable of housing up to 15 3.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives in a single 3U rack enclosure.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | DAS | RAID | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Many are turning to virtualization to consolidate servers so this can help reduce costs related to hardware acquisition, management, power and cooling, and data center real estate.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | VMware

PRODUCT LITERATURE - This document describes configuration steps to deploy solutions with VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 on Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i, NX1950, MD3000, and MD1000.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Ethernet Switches | iSCSI SAN | Storage Management | VMware

CASE STUDY - ICorps installed a Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) to support a virtualized server environment that uses two Dell PowerEdge™ 2950 servers running VMware® virtualization software.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Downtime | High Availability | SAN | VMware

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Dell offers key-enabled premium features to help enhance the functionality of the PowerVault MD3000 and MD3000i storage arrays, these optional premium features include Virtual Disk Snapshot and Virtual Disk Copy.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Continuous Data Protection | Data Management | Storage Management | Tape Backups

WHITE PAPER - Many companies realize the importance of reducing exchange server complexity by leveraging storage platform capabilities. Read this paper to discover the advantages of Storage Area Network (SAN).
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: July 10, 2008


Topics:  Collaborative Applications Software | DAS | Databases | Disaster Recovery | Disk Storage Systems | Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel Switches | SAN | Server Management | Storage Hardware | Storage Management

BOOK - In this chapter, get the information every Windows manager needs to gain the most out of an iSCSI storage platform.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: June 20, 2008


Topics:  Authentication | Backups | DAS | Data Storage | Disaster Recovery | SAN | VMware

BOOK - Using iSCSI SANs on a SQL Server can improve performance, reduce infrastructure costs and facilitate system scalability, read this eBook and get details on how to configure an iSCSI SAN for optimal SQL Server performance and growth.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: June 20, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Security | Ethernet Networks | LAN | SAN | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains implementing a comprehensive storage strategy based on simple, cost-effective, and capable plug-and-play technologies which can help reduce costs, increase efficiency, and ensure business continuity.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Data Management | Fibre Channel | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | VMware

WEBCAST - In this webcast learn about the identity and presence factors of Microsoft Unified Communications and how these factors control the future of communications and how to track them.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Premiered: July 18, 2008


Topics:  Communications Software | Internet Email Services | IP Telephony | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems

VIDEOCAST - This videocast will examine the forces within the data center that are effecting change in server requirements and how servers are evolving to address those requirements. It will also address things to consider when deciding which server is right for you.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Premiered: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Capacity | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Hardware Selection | Power Supplies | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Vendor Selection | Vendors

PODCAST - In this podcast, Exchange MVP Mark Arnold shares his top tips for a successful Exchange Server and SAN deployment.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Premiered: June 12, 2008


Topics:  Collaborative Applications Software | Microsoft Exchange | SAN | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management Software | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com, explains how putting virtual machines on your Storage Area Network (SAN) will give you high availability (HA) that protects your virtual machines if one of the physical machines goes down.
Posted: July 9, 2008 | Published: July 9, 2008


Topics:  Data Storage | High Availability | Microprocessors | Networking Hardware | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization