SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Hardware | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper examines strategies for moving an organization toward more dynamic IT using datacenter virtualization technologies.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper will discuss how the push for continued virtualization and the "cloud"- along with a consolidated view that manages the infrastructure - is quickly becoming a reality due to market and end-user demand. You'll also learn what questions to ask yourself to assist in creating an organizational strategy for the best management approach.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Data Management | ITIL | Storage Best Practices | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - Once you decide to deploy Oracle within the data center, a continuous lifecycle begins - moving from initial development, test, and deployment, to ongoing migration, to new releases of Oracle and deployment of new features with each release. The EMC Solutions Practice for Oracle can help you get started quickly.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuation Services | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Database Administration | Oracle (Product) | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper for a discussion of the many benefits of virtualization, how it has evolved, and how it intersects with data center optimization strategies.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - As mid-size enterprises find themselves strapped for time, money and management resources, they have to find ways of doing more with less. Age-in-Place is a data management strategy that means no more tiers – the easiest and most cost effective way to manage the life-cycle of your data.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Governance | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | Data Mirroring | Data Recovery | Data Security | Data Storage | Storage Capacity | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes validated architectures for Dell | VMware™ virtual infrastructures. The Virtualization RA is intended to provide customers with an example basis to consider, evaluate, and select the Dell virtualization solution components that best fit their requirements.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Hardware | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - In this profile you will explore how to maximize future investment returns in more detail and review the key requirements for optimization solutions. You'll then be introduced to the Virtualization Management Maturity Model, an assessment and planning guide for achieving greater operational efficiency at any stage of virtualization.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Management Software | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Systems Management | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - The very same virtualization infrastructure you use for your servers today can be naturally extended to support the hosting of desktops as well. As a result, users gain the flexibility of connecting to a well-managed desktop from virtually any network endpoint. But how do you get there?
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Network Performance | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with "greening" today's data centers.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: August 11, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Asset Management | IT Service Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper will discuss the 5 areas of Virtualisation technology and introduce you to a virtualized framework solution from Virtustream that will not only provide the maximum ROI, but will address issues from a business perspective as well as an IT perspective, with a constant eye on the calculator for any business investment - your TCO.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Applications Software | Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | High Availability | ROI | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Optimizing the benefits of a data grid built with Oracle Coherence relies upon creating a modular, balanced architecture. Matching the number of application servers, memory capacity, and quantity of processing nodes to the target workload characteristics is important to achieving the best performance.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Architectures | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Design Verification

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization introduces an array of new security risk challenges including compliance, separation, data leakage, forensics, and much more. If your organization has already deployed a virtualized environment, read this paper for advice on how to review your infrastructure and establish best practices going forward.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Physical Security | Data Security | Security Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtualization Security