WHITE PAPER - Explore the new and improved features in VMware's vSphere 5, the next version in the ESX and ESXi and vCenter family of products, and the successor to the widely-used vSphere 4. Learn about the top 5 new features in vSphere 5 with step-by-step case studies.
Posted: August 19, 2011 | Published: August 18, 2011


Topics:  Data Center Management | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SLA | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - Many people are seeking the flexibility, consolidation and utilization benefits of virtualization, but find themselves deterred by the technology's limitations and challenges. In this white paper, find out why the potential benefits of a virtualized server deployment are huge.
Posted: April 26, 2011 | Published: April 26, 2011


Topics:  SAN | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - The Dell™ Management Plug-In for VMware® vCenter™ virtual appliance integrates with the VMware vCenter management platform to enable centralized management of Dell servers in virtualized environments from the VMware vSphere™ client.
Posted: April 26, 2011 | Published: April 26, 2011


Topics:  Hardware Management | Hardware Virtualization | Server Virtualization | Systems Integration | Systems Management | Systems Management Software | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - The Dell™ Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Self-Service Creator tool streamlines provisioning and virtual desktop management in heterogeneous environments, helping reduce administrative burden, increase responsiveness, and ensure security and compliance.
Posted: April 26, 2011 | Published: April 26, 2011


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | IT Infrastructure | Private Cloud | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - This final installment of a three-part series explores how automation builds on the stable, efficient base formed by a standardized, simplified, virtualized infrastructure to create a scalable resource to serve business needs.
Posted: August 31, 2010 | Published: August 31, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Services | Multi-core Processors | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will provide an overview of some of Cisco’s data center platforms and their virtualization aware features; specifically the Nexus product line of switches (1000V, 2000, 5000, 7000) and the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).
Posted: July 21, 2010 | Published: July 15, 2010


Topics:  Access Control | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Ethernet Networks | Ethernet Switches | Networking | Switches | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this guide is to support a self-guided, hands-on evaluation of VMware vSphere™ 4 by press reviewers, technology analysts, and IT professionals who wish to compare vSphere to competing virtualization products such as Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer.
Posted: June 16, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Fault Tolerance | High Availability | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Software Selection | Storage Management | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - VMware vSphere™, the industry's first cloud operating system, leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into dramatically simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations to deliver the next generation of flexible and reliable IT services.
Posted: June 16, 2010 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - This article provides a high-level overview of the manageability aspects of the VMware ESXi solution on Dell PowerEdge Servers. It discusses the various facets of manageability and the management tools that an IT Administrator can use to deploy, monitor, inventory, configure, and update an ESXi system.
Posted: June 16, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Systems Management Software | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn how Dell ProConsult Services helped develop and implement a flexible, scalable, automated virtualized infrastructure for several companies, allowing them to take advantage of cloud computing and focus on their core business.
Posted: June 11, 2010 | Published: June 11, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Enterprise Computing | Multi-core Processors | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | VMware ESX

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 - This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 20, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Best Practices | Data Recovery | Exchange Virtualization | Microsoft Exchange | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Hardware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - With the launch of vSphere 4, VMware introduces a new version of the hypervisor, ESX 4.0 and the management interface, vCenter. Some key benefits offered by this release are greater resource efficiency, management control and freedom of choice for virtual datacenter storage resources and connectivity options.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 6, 2009


Topics:  RAID | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Virtualization Security | VMware | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - Check out this solution brief to discover how VMware equips SMBs with technology solutions that allow them to cost effectively optimize the use of their existing IT assets and resources as well as protect the systems, data, and applications that run the business, ensuring Always On IT.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Data Center Management | Data Security | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | SMBs | VMware | VMware ESX | VMware Server