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Dutch IT Service Provider Can Launch New Servers and Storage Up to 75 Per Cent Faster Thanks to Virtualization

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Overview Info Support wanted to respond faster to client requests by creating a development environment where new projects, complete with servers and storage, were up and running in a couple of hours. The company deployed the latest Dell blade and enclosure technology with a Dell EqualLogic Storage Area Network (SAN) to help deliver a simplified and highly responsive development environment.

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Publisher	Dell	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2009
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Storage Management, Blades, SANs

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Power Solutions Article: Advancing Integration of Microsoft Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic Virtualized SANs

An enterprise-class storage infrastructure is essential for organizations transitioning to a virtualized data center. Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) arrays enable advanced integration with...

Publisher:
Dell EqualLogic

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storage management

Power Solutions Article: High-Availability Virtualization with Dell EqualLogic Arrays and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Release 2 (R2) Hyper-V™ platform introduces capabilities designed to deliver high availability for virtualized data centers. Integrating a Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series storage area network...

Publisher:
Dell EqualLogic

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infrastructure management

Whitepaper:Â EqualLogic TCO Analysis by ESG Lab

This ESG Lab report examines the economic excellence of highly scalable EqualLogic iSCSI storage solutions compared to traditional direct attached storage (DAS), Fibre Channel storage area network (FC SAN), and...

Publisher:
Dell EqualLogic

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raid

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Pairs Dell Servers With Intel Processor Technology, and Dell EqualLogic Storage to Save Six Figures

Cornell Lab of Ornithology needed a consistent backup and disaster recovery solution to protect terabytes of critical data amassed by researchers to further conservation and explore the biodiversity of the...

Publisher:
Dell

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disaster recovery

Dell Talks Microsoft Consulting Services

Dell's Burk Buechler describes Dell's Consulting Services for Microsoft.

Publisher:
Dell

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application servers

IBM and Intel cut blade server deal

Blade servers are thin models that squeeze side-by-side into a single enclosure like books in a bookshelf. Hewlett Packard is the sole mainstream server maker to sell blade systems, but Dell Computer, IBM and Sun Microsystems each have their own...

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Servers

HP and IBM unveil new servers

Two of the BL40p systems can fit side by side in an enclosure 19 inches wide and 10.5 inches tall, an enclosure that also could be used to house eight of HP's existing two-processor BL20p blades, said James Mouton, vice president for platforms in...

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Servers
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hp,
ibm,
blades,
server

Server sales beat forecasts

IBM pushed to the forefront of the market for "blade" servers, thin systems that share a common enclosure. Among those, IBM widened its lead over HP, while Dell encroached on Sun. Sun had 10.8 per cent of the overall market to Dell's 9.5 per cent.

Channel:
Servers
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sun,
servers,
hp,
linux

HP sharpens thinner blades push

As many as 16 of the BL30p systems fit into an enclosure 10.5 inches tall. HP and IBM are duking it out for top billing in the blade server market, with Dell and Sun Microsystems trailing. Hewlett-Packard will today announce a new, thinner blade...

Channel:
Servers

Leader: Dell wants blade runners

Dell has entered the blade server market, where companies such as HP (the first to enter), IBM (the market leader now), Fujitsu-Siemens and Sun play. The blade market is still relatively small - 2 per cent of server spending, though around 5 per...

Dell goes shopping for storage solution

Dell has announced plans to acquire EqualLogic in a $1.4bn cash deal, as the computer maker seeks to broaden its reach by bolstering its data storage operations. The company plans to integrate EqualLogic's technology into future versions of its...

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Storage
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data,
storage,
dell

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