This paper introduces three techniques employed in the production Data Domain deduplication file system and shows how they can be used to relieve the disk bottleneck. 

This paper covers projects involving new construction or upgrades to the data center’s physical infrastructure - the power, cooling, and other physical systems that house and protect the data center’s IT equipment. 

This presentation transcript compares two leading data modeling tools and demonstrates how advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing. 

This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems. 

Database architects and administrators need to discover, document, and re-use data assets; reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize existing databases; and design to comply with regulatory requirements and organizational standards. 

In order to ensuring the EDW will get the optimal performance and will scale as your data set grows you need to get three fundamental things correct, the hardware configuration, the data model and the data loading process. 

When the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM became available, executives decided to upgrade to it. Now, Jones Lang LaSalle has a robust solution that easily and economically integrates into the company’s current systems and delivers functional and technical capabilities that support effective global operations. 

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live eliminated the risk of losing decentralized customer data. The firm's information is protected on Microsoft hosted servers that utilize reliable data backup processes and technologies. The application allows mobile users to access and input data on the move, something that brokers could not do previously. 

The chapters in this Techfocus eBook will discuss the importance of site selection and planning, data center conceptualization and cost analysis, and negotiating with contractors. 

Employing UltraSPARC® T2 Plus processors - an evolution of the industry's first massively threaded systems on a Chip (SoC) - the Sun SPARC® Enterprise T5440 server offers breakthrough performance and energy efficiency to drive Web 2.0 infrastructure and address other demanding datacenter challenges. 

Many organizations are looking into virtualization as a means of decreasing capital expenses and launching energy conservation initiatives. This paper explains why one must consider how business processes, administrative rights, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and security strategies will need to change before jumping into a deployment. 

This paper examines a new approach to data center cooling known as "phase change" or "two-phase" low-pressure pumped refrigerant cooling. It details the advantages of this approach over traditional computer room air conditioning (CRAC) methods, and it identifies the specific benefits.