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Dell Power Solutions, September 2009

Feature Section: Storage Efficiency

The Efficient Enterprise

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Cover Story

Storage Efficiency: A Virtual Snap

Building on the strengths of a relationship with EMC since 2001, Dell took a significant stride forward with its US$1.4 billion acquisition of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) pioneer EqualLogic in January 2008—resulting in a combined storage portfolio spanning Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and network attached storage (NAS) technologies. The visionaries behind this game-changing strategy recently spoke with Dell Power Solutions about the state of enterprise storage technology today and why storage virtualization plays such a pivotal role in data center optimization.

Featured Articles

Allocating Storage with Virtual Provisioning on Dell/EMC CX4 Series Storage Arrays
By Greg White, Annette Cormier, and Eric Cannell
Virtual provisioning on Dell/EMC CX4 Series storage arrays is designed to increase storage utilization, simplify storage management, and minimize power and space requirements. This flexible, automated approach to storage allocation can help reduce total cost of ownership and increase energy efficiency.

Building the Efficient Enterprise with Dell, Intel, and VMware vSphere 4
By Andrew Gilman, Mike Monthei, and Andrew I. Fields
When IT managers combine VMware^® vSphere^TM software, 11th-generation Dell^TM PowerEdge^TM servers with the Intel^® Xeon^® processor 5500 series and advanced Dell EqualLogic^TM storage arrays, they can create the ultimate in powerful, flexible computing models: an internal cloud.

High-Availability Virtualization with Dell EqualLogic Arrays and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
By Stanley L. Stevens, Darren W. Miller, and Jim Schwartz
Integrating a Dell^TM EqualLogic^TM PS Series storage area network into Hyper-V virtualized environments helps organizations capitalize on many new Hyper-V capabilities, including live migration, hot-add storage, and storage platform features that enhance usability and performance.

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