Storage consolidation enables organizations to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and simplify management. But how does an organization ensure that consolidation does not cause performance issues? To avoid performance utilization problems administrators should provision storage so that loads are balanced across resources evenly. 

This Storage magazine Buyer’s Checklist featuring content from vendor-independent IT/business consultant Stephen Foskett is designed to help you better understand virtual server backup apps and how to determine which  backup method/features are best for your server virtualization environment. 

Disaster prevention is often better and easier to implement than disaster recovery. In Microsoft Server 2008, there are several new built-in disaster prevention capabilities to help you avoid trouble. One of these is accidental object deletion protection. 

Enterprises increasingly are turning to server virtualization to enhance IT costs. Server virtualization solutions help achieve those goals by abstracting applications from physical resources, accelerating the provisioning of new applications, simplifying server management, and improve disaster recovery. Read on to learn more. 

This white paper reviews proof points and best practices for file sharing disaster recovery. 

This case study explains how Quantum DXi3500 Saves Virtual Iron Time & Money with 95% Reduction in Backup Volume and Saving $12,000 annually on tape media costs. 

Today’s database administrators are required to manage not only more databases but also larger databases—all with the same staff. Combining the power of Oracle with the intelligence of Dell Compellent Storage Center can create a more dynamic database infrastructure and help protect business-critical applications against downtime and disaster. 

Active Administrator™ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights. 

Virtualization has unique requirements when it comes to backup and storage. Explore various disaster recovery strategies for virtualized Windows environments and discover the latest tools and utilities that have emerged in the market. 

This white paper explains the differences between the de-duplication approaches, discusses the strengths and limitations of each, shows how different backup tasks are likely to benefit from them, and talks about the business benefits. 

This paper explores the tools Cisco provides to simplify mass deployments of the VPN Client. The two methods are discussed: the creation of an installation CD-ROM and network-based installations. I will explain how to reduce calls to the Help Desk by locking users out of advanced configuration functions in the user interface. 

With the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, came a number of new features. Some of them offer more benefit to SMBs than others. In this presentation transcript, learn about the best new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 that will have the most impact on SMBs, including BranchCache, File Classification Infrastructure and more.