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- Boost security by stopping these 10 Linux services on your server
- Okay, so you have that smokin' Linux LAMP server up and running, and you want it to be as secure as possible. But what services should you stop permanently to increase security -- and how do you go about it? Of course, your choice of distribution will determine how these...
- Tags: Security, Daemon, Network File System, Service, Linux, Ip storage, Servers, Open Source, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Total Investment Protection
- Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency networks that improve data center scalability and manageability while controlling IT costs. As discussed in this paper the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, high-bandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data...
- Tags: Storage Networking, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Storage, Ip storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Automotive Giant Boosts Efficiency
- Magna International is the third-largest automotive supplier in the world. The company needed to streamline its procurement processes and consolidate its server infrastructure to help increase productivity, optimize business processes, and avoid wasted hardware resources and unnecessary energy consumption. Using the Dell Premier Pages service, the company built a customized...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Procurement, Magna International, Purchasing & Procurement, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Portals, Ip storage, Servers, Business Operations, Hardware, Internet
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Inside the Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays
- Built on a patented peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI iSCSI storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of a single pool of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment and management, and comprehensive data protection.
- Tags: iSCSI, Dell Computer Corp., EqualLogic, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Ip storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-04-21
- German District Council Expands to Manage Data Requirements of 10 Authorities With Virtualization
- Landkreis Heidenheim in Germany is a rural county of Baden-Württemberg that has a population of about 150,000. When a new German Administration Reform Law came into force, their aim was to promote streamlined management of local government administration and simplify IT environments, and their IT employees had to rapidly increase...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Virtualization, District Council, Ip storage, Servers, Storage, Storage Management, Strategy, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-27
- Evolution File (exe)
- Your business stores its strategic electronic documents (such as .doc / .pdf / .xls documents or others) on a network? Files stored on networks "evolve". This evolution, to which this software's name refers, is an inherent risk for information transmission within the enterprise. With Evolution File software, actors of the...
- Tags: Software, Network File System, Network, Modification, Evolution Distribution, Ip storage, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-03-11
- HP StorageWorks Virtualization
- Storage virtualization has been around for several decades. Virtualization is the aggregation of physical resources into a unified structure, and the presentation of those resources as capabilities that can be consumed by applications, desktop clients, or other types of storage clients. The term Virtualization has really become an umbrella that...
- Tags: Storage Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Storage Virtualization Approach, Virtualization, Storage, Ip storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-02-28
- Elements of a Scalable Network File System Protocol
- Standardized Network File System protocols (e.g. NFS, CIFS) have been highly successful in enabling data to be shared among multiple clients and across heterogeneous computing platforms. The key to this success is that the protocols present data objects at a level of abstraction at which there is a broad common...
- Tags: Network File System, Network, File System, Ip storage
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Protecting Business-Critical Applications in a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment Using Veritas Cluster Server for VMware ESX
- This paper begins with a brief overview of the problems of High Availability HA and Disaster Recovery DR in the virtual environment. Due to server clustering, outages have the potential to affect many servers at once, possibly causing a corresponding failure among many mission-critical applications. The paper then presents several...
- Tags: VERITAS Cluster Server, Symantec Corp., VERITAS Software Corp., Environment, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- British Horseracing's Governing Body Reduces Network Administrative Workload by Almost 75 Per Cent With Virtualization
- The British Horseracing Authority has experienced rapid business growth in the past three years. With a resulting increase in its IT infrastructure, the organisation found it needed to re-think its procurement and business continuity strategy. IT personnel spent too much time backing up data while the server estate had become...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Network, British Horseracing, British Horseracing Authority, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-10-25
- Benefits and Best Practices for Migrating from VMware Server to iSCSI and Virtual Infrastructure 3
- These days, companies of all sizes need to be conscious of choosing solutions that can achieve results without putting a strain on budgets and staff resources that are already overcommitted. Small and medium-sized companies are particularly sensitive to these concerns, as these organizations rely almost entirely on their internal IT...
- Tags: iSCSI, Dell Computer Corp., EqualLogic, Benefit, Server, VMware Inc., Best Practice, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Ip storage, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Networking
- Webcasts 2007-09-06
- Webcast: How to Implement Disaster Recovery for Complex IT Configurations
- How do you manage disaster recovery plans for complex IT configurations? Do you need to protect data stored on Windows and UNIX and perhaps replicate to a less expensive platform such as Linux? Cluster configurations offer high availability, but how do you overcome the challenges of planning and managing a...
- Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Virtual Server, Configuration, XOSoft, Computer Associates International Inc., Disaster Recovery, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Data Management, Servers, Hardware
- Webcasts 2007-08-20
- Distribute Virtual Disk Enterprise (exe)
- A network based virtual disk & RAID system, maps disks from one computer to others.and these disks look as if a normal disk, someone can partition, format and some file operation. But all the operation only work local, do not affect to the server. Version 1.4 substantially increases the transmission...
- Tags: Disk, Virtual Disk, KernSafe Technology, Ip storage
- Software downloads 2007-08-01
- Allegro NFS Server (exe)
- Allegro NFS Server enables Windows NT workstations and servers to perform as NFS servers. It interoperates with NFS clients on Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64, Mac OS X and other NFS clients. It runs as a Windows service.Version 4.5 adds support for Windows Vista.
- Tags: Network File System, Franz, Allegro NFS Server, Microsoft Windows, Ip storage, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-06-22
- GlobalSAN iSCSI initiator (dmg)
- GlobalSAN iSCSI initiator is a network protocol standard that enables the transport of block-level I/O over TCP/IP. When deployed over a Gigabit or 10-Gigabit Ethernet network, an iSCSI-based storage area network SAN can rival the performance of a Fibre Channel SAN, and can cost far less to implement. In an...
- Tags: iSCSI, SAN, Studio Network Solutions, GlobalSAN iSCSI Initiator, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Ip storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-03-19
- VMware Infrastructure: Resource Management With VMware DRS
- VMware Infrastructure 3 provides a set of distributed infrastructure services that make the entire IT environment more serviceable, available and efficient. Working with ESX Server 3, VirtualCenter 2, and VMotion, VMware DRS Distributed Resource Scheduler dynamically allocates and balances computing capacity and virtual machine placement with resources pooled from multiple...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Infrastructure 3, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization
- White papers 2006-11-25
- MkConsole (gz)
- This is a little application that displays logfiles on your desktop. Really useful if you have to monitor servers or you just want to keep an eye on what's going on on your machine. In its standard configuration it displays entries from any number of logfiles interleaved in a single...
- Tags: Network File System, Window, Ip storage, Construction
- Software downloads 2006-07-11
- VMware - ESX Server to Facilitate: Infrastructure Management Services Server Consolidation Storage & Testing With Production Servers
- Many companies are spending their IT budget more on maintaining existing system rather than on innovation, virtualization will enable customer to spend more time in improving business. This will happen when customer has his applications running on Virtual Machine; it could be for infrastructure management, testing, or for storage. VMware...
- Tags: Infrastructure Management, Server Consolidation, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Vensoft, Ip storage, It Services, It Management, Servers, It service Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-03-16
- VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows: Deploying IP SANS With Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows
- IP Storage is a new storage technology that is gaining in growing popularity with customers. Customers are finding that IP Storage opens up a new alternative to move Windows servers into a SAN environment with the benefit of lower hardware and management costs. iSCSI SANs help customers utilize storage resources...
- Tags: iSCSI, VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, IP, Microsoft Windows, IP Storage, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware
- White papers 2004-12-09
- Live Event on Sept. 5th: Dell EqualLogic & VMware Infrastructure 3 Product Demonstration
- Join Dell, and Dell Inc. Product Marketing Consultant William Urban, for a one-hour live presentation and product demonstration of a virtualized server and storage infrastructure based on VMware ESX Server 3.0 and the PS Series family of intelligent, iSCSI-based storage solutions. Register now for this event on Friday, September...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, VMware Inc., Storage, Ip storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-09-05
