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

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 - 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 - 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 - 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

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

WHITE PAPER - Download chapter two, "Optimizing your SQL Server Infrastructure: Good Ideas, Bad Ideas," to learn why this happens from a technical viewpoint and explore some of the ways ...
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Infrastructure Management | Load Balancing | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how to ease the migration to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 by implementing a migration manager to help with consolidation, database migration, downtime and cost.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Data Integration | Data Management | Database Management | Microsoft Office | ROI | Server Consolidation | Software Configuration Management | Software Migration | Software Upgrades | SQL Server | TCO

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

WHITE PAPER - This paper is to discover the many ways in which MapInfo Professional® solution, with its version 9.5 release, provides unique value and timesaving convenience.
Posted: July 1, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Communications Networks | Communications Systems | Customer Satisfaction | Database Management | Enterprise | Location-Based Services (Software) | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Symantec Backup Exe 12 for Windows Servers is the gold standard in Windows data protection, providing cost-effective, high performance, disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Business Intelligence | Continuous Data Protection | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Homeplans, part of Move, is a leading provider of pre-drawn home designs. This case study explains how Homeplans used HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server to improve availability, decrease risk, and simplify administration.
Posted: April 10, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Database Administration | Downtime | Fault Management | Fault Tolerance | Patch Management | Software Maintenance | SQL | SQL Server | Storage Replication Software

WHITE PAPER - British Energy is the UK''s largest producer of electricity and it trades its output. This case study explains how the company used HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server to migrate and consolidate its infrastructure, reduce costs, improve fl..
Posted: April 10, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Energy Industries | High Availability | SQL | SQL Server | Utilities Industry

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores consolidation as a solution for better utilization and management of storage infrastructures. Learn how consolidation can reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) by reducing overall hardware and administrative time.
Posted: April 9, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Infrastructure | Database Management | SAN | SQL | SQL Server | Storage Best Practices

WHITE PAPER - Learn about a software solution for Microsoft SQL Server that allows administrators to consolidate multiple server instances onto fewer machines in the network, as well as utilizing SANs for centralized storage.
Posted: April 3, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Infrastructure | Database Management | SAN | SQL | SQL Server | Storage Best Practices

WHITE PAPER - EMC products have numerous integration points with Microsoft, ranging from straightforward compatibility to deep functional and management integration.
Posted: April 2, 2008 | Published: January 24, 2008


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Customer Relationship Management | Data Protection | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will introduce you to the top ten features and capabilities in SQL Server 2008 which may be very exciting and valuable.
Posted: March 31, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Storage | Database Administrators | Productivity | Security | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft SharePoint technology is fast becoming a standard for corporate collaboration and document exchange. This paper outlines some of the challenges related to backup and recovery in Windows SharePoint Services 2003, SharePoint Portal Server 2...
Posted: March 31, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Performance tuning on SQL Server is difficult. Sifting through the huge volume of tuning information available on various web sites - which counters to look at, which queries to run, etc. - can be overwhelming. Part of the challenge is ...
Posted: March 31, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Hardware | Memory Management | SLA | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - SQL Server 2008 represents a major evolutionary step for Microsoft SQL Server.
Posted: March 20, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Warehouses | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - In "The Shortcut Guide to SQL Server Infrastructure Optimization," the new eBook from Realtime Publishers, leading IT author Don Jones explores the management burdens and hidden costs of sub-optimal data center infrastructures and lays out the paths...
Posted: December 10, 2007 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Infrastructure Management | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - iSCSI SANs offer an alternative for building storage area networks. This paper focuses on the storage management and scaling benefits for data centers and illustrates best practices and the benefits of using an iSCSI SAN with SQL Server 2005.
Posted: September 20, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  Backups | Data Management | Data Recovery | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | RAID | SQL Server | Storage Best Practices | Windows Server Software