Data Center Optimization

VMware vSphere™ Reference Architecture for Small and Medium Business  

Learn about detailed reference architectures and best practices for deploying VMware vSphere infrastructure in a small to medium business.

Tags : high availability, poweredge r510, vmware vcenter server, vcenter server, iscsi san

Business Ready Configuration Solution Guide for Dell Blades and VMware vSphere 4  

This solution guide for Dell PowerEdge blade servers, Dell EqualLogic storage area network (SAN) and VMware vSphere 4 provides detailed reference architecture for deploying and using VMware virtualization on Dell blades and Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage environments.

8/25/2009

Tags : configuration for data, iscsi san, dell equallogic ps series, vmware esx, dell equallogic san

Business Ready Configuration Solution Guide for Dell Blades and VMware Infrastructure 3  

This solution guide for Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware Infrastructure™ provides a detailed reference architecture for deploying and using VMware virtualization on Dell blades and iSCSI storage environments.

5/8/2009

Tags : dell equallogic san, iscsi san, physical adapter, vmware esx, dell equallogic ps series

Dell/Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V™ Reference Architecture  

This Dell™ Virtualization Reference Architecture (RA) white paper describes Dell validated architectures for Windows Server 2008® Hyper‐V™, and is intended to provide sample virtualization configurations that can be used to consider, evaluate, and select the Dell virtualization solution components that best fit their requirements.

9/15/2008

Tags : virtual machine, windows server 2008, parent partition, white paper, medium configuration

Dell™/VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Virtualization Reference Architecture  

This Dell™ | VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Virtualization Reference Architecture 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.

9/15/2008

Tags : white paper, virtual machine, united states, medium configuration, esx server

Dell/Citrix XenServer Dell Edition Reference Architecture  

This Dell™ Virtualization Reference Architecture (RA) white paper describes validated architectures for Dell|Citrix XenServer™ Dell Edition 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.

5/15/2008

Tags : xenserver dell edition, registered trademark, dell edition, control domain, windows server

Hyper-V Storage Solutions Guide  

The solutions guidance provided in this guide is primarily focused on storage arrays based on their support for key virtualization features, such as high availability and virtual machine migration.

9/15/2008

Tags : guest os, storage solution guide, windows server 2008, registry editor, parent partition

Hyper-V Network Solutions Guide  

This solutions guide details the four available networking configurations, and the advantages and disadvantages of each with an emphasis on typical Dell system configuration and the hardware offerings.

9/15/2008

Tags : virtual network, virtual network adapter, parent partition, microsoft hyper, windows 2008

Virtualizing Microsoft® Exchange® Server 2007 on Dell™ Systems Running Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™  

This paper provides guidance on the performance scalability and sizing requirements for Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized environment.

5/12/2009

Tags : exchange server 2007, mailbox server, mailbox role, physical server, virtual machine