IT shops are increasingly considering failover capabilities to support critical Web-based services. This webcast looks at what factors you need to consider and tasks you must perform to successfully deploy Windows Server 2008 R2. 

As companies become more dependent on Web-based services, more and more of them are considering adding failover capabilities to their Windows Server 2008 R2 servers. This expert podcast explores key factors you will need to consider as you prepare to deploy Windows Server 2008 R2, including software add-ons, performance requirements, and more. 

The FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector (CDP) solution can be deployed in conjunction with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. This unique implementation dramatically speeds both processes and reduces costs while ensuring achievement of recovery time objectives (RTO). 

Server virtualization presents some interesting implications for disaster recovery (DR), including cost reductions and increased recovery times. In this FAQ, business continuity expert Paul Kirvan discusses the various server virtualization approaches that are effective for DR and how they benefit failover and failback processes. 

Remember when virtualization was the hottest technology around? Back then, things were easy. Of course, those were virtualization’s early days, with low-hanging fruit and opportunities for improvement aplenty. But, then, something happened. Read on to learn more. 

This expert E-Guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com discusses some of the obstacles facing administrators managing virtual environments. Explore the "side effects" virtualization can bring to the data center and learn how implementing a few new tools can help alleviate some of these pain points. 

The struggles disaster recovery (DR) may soon be in your rearview mirror, thanks to the power of virtualization. In the April 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Lauren Whitehouse highlights the benefits of using virtualization for DR and provides tips for how to integrate these technologies into your own strategy. 

A simple, cost-effective disaster-recovery solution for virtual environments is high on the agenda for IT organizations as they virtualize more business-critical applications with VMware. VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager provides centralized management of recovery plans, enables nondisruptive testing and automates site-failover processes. 

VMware vSphere 5.0 delivers enhanced performance and scalability to ensure that even the most resource-intensive applications can run on your cloud. Find out about the newest improvements that contribute to faster HA configuration times and failover rates, lower management operational latencies, and higher management operations throughput. 

Enterprise Manager software and Instant Replay technology enable administrators to deploy a robust disaster recovery plan with multi-site failover at a fraction of the cost of other replication solutions. Enterprise Manager features an intuitive, point-and-click interface for managing any number of systems at primary and remote sites. 

Discover how VMware vSphere, the leading virtualization platform, can help your organization transition existing data centers to the cloud, streamline IT management and support business-critical applications. 

Named as one of Storage magazine’s “Hot Technologies for 2011”, automated storage tiering is an effective way to make efficient use of installed data storage resources, and to take advantage of the high performance of solid-state storage.