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 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

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

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 whitepaper discusses best practices for managing your BlackBerry Enterprise Server running on Lotus Domino. Take a tour of the administrative features and tools that can make your job easier. This session is a must for any BlackBerry administrator.
Posted: August 18, 2008 | Published: August 18, 2008


Topics:  Authentication | Best Practices | Handheld Device Security | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Workers | PDA | Regulatory Compliance | SQL Server | Troubleshooting

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes a brief history of data protection solutions, and concludes with a description of an authentic, easily deployable product.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Disk-to-Disk Backup | RPO | RTO | SAN | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - The new technology which fulfills the ambitious goal combines the benefits of disk-based backup, continuous blocklevel incremental backup, synthesized virtual base and file-level restore.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Disk-to-Disk Backup | RPO | RTO | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization can help heighten security, make restores quicker, improve fault tolerance, and reduce server maintenance costs. This white paper shows you how.
Posted: August 9, 2008 | Published: August 11, 2008


Topics:  Databases | Enterprise | IT Infrastructure | Security | Server Virtualization | Software | SQL Server | Tape Backups

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper learn how Virtual Provisioning and the new Dell/EMC CX4 Series helps organizations to reduce storage costs by increasing capacity utilization, simplifying storage management, and reducing application downtime.
Posted: August 8, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Databases | Fibre Channel | Oracle (Product) | RAID | Server Virtualization | SQL Server | Storage Management | VMware

WEBCAST - Windows Server 2008 & SQL Server 2008 will make a big impact on your organization. Help your company maximize the new features by listening to Microsoft and Quest's on-demand Webcast. Understand the enhancements and get tips straight from the experts
Posted: August 7, 2008 | Premiered: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Active Directory | Compliance Audits | Database Administrators | Domain Name System Management | Policy-Based Network Management Software | SQL | SQL Server | Windows Security | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the problems associated with SQL Server sprawl and explains how to solve the problems by consolidating SQL Servers.
Posted: August 5, 2008 | Published: March 24, 2008


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Relational Database Management Software | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | SQL Server

PODCAST - In this podcast, SQL Server MVP Hilary Cotter shares SAN basics for beginners.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Premiered: June 10, 2008


Topics:  MySQL | SAN | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WEBCAST - Server MVP Hilary Cotter takes you from the pros and cons of SANs and disk fundamentals to the ideal number of LUNs and disk performance counter settings for the buffer manager.
Posted: July 21, 2008 | Premiered: June 10, 2008


Topics:  MySQL | SAN | SQL Server | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper is to introduce the current options available for database auditing and trade-offs using each.
Posted: July 17, 2008 | Published: July 16, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Database Architectures | Database Management | Databases | SQL Server