VMware vSphere 4.1 has Multipath and Jumbo Frame support. Please make sure that you read the following Tech Reports to better understand how to best setup/configure/leverage the advanced integration with EqualLogic Arrays. Tech Report 1049 should be reviewed if you are using the following: – vSphere 4.0 (any version) – vSphere 4.1 (any version) Tech [...]
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High availability is a critical requirement of any system in the datacenter; this availability is all the more critical if that system is a component in the virtual infrastructure upon which a datacenter is built. Redundant hardware and RAID technologies form a critical foundation. When using shared storage, the paths from the servers to the [...]
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Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage solutions for Oracle databases help to reduce cost and complexity by consolidating storage in an enterprise storage area network (SAN) that is affordable and easy to use. Built on a peer storage architecture where all storage arrays are virtualized in tiered pools, an EqualLogic SAN offers high performance that scales [...]
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Here is the home page for all of Dell’s Business Ready Configurations: http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/virtualization-business-ready-configurations.aspx?~ck=bt ”…Dell has created prebuilt virtualization configurations appropriate to various IT environments. These configurations can help you build a dynamic and efficient virtualized infrastructure from the server and hypervisor to the network, storage systems and management toolsets…” The following are specific Business Ready [...]
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I wanted to take a moment and say Thank You very much for taking the time and visiting my Blog. In the last 6 months my Blog has had over 20,000 views! My goal is to provide as much proactive information to you using my Blog, Facebook and Twitter around Dell EqualLogic. Thank you again [...]
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Dell™ Business-Ready Configurations for Microsoft® Hyper-V™ R2 offer preconfigured, easy-to-order bundled solutions designed to aid in ordering, deploying and maintaining a virtual infrastructure. This architecture includes the following components: Dell PowerEdge™ R610 and R710 rack servers Dell EqualLogic™ PS6010XV 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays Dell PowerConnect™ 8024F 10 GbE switches Microsoft® [...]
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Jonathan’s (@s1xth) Video Blog on his thoughts about attending the EqualLogic User Conference (@eqlconf) next week in San Diego October 4 – 8. http://www.virtualizationbuster.com/?p=935
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https://www.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=9821 For customers who are using Host Integration Tools with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2-based Failover clustering and are planning to upgrade their PS Series Array firmware to V5.0.2 or higher, it is recommended that they upgrade the HIT kit on ALL their cluster nodes to HIT V3.4.2 or higher, before upgrading the firmware. Host [...]
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https://www.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=9803 For customers who are using Host Integration Tools with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2-based Failover clustering and are planning to upgrade their PS Series Array firmware to V5.0.2 or higher, it is recommended that they upgrade the HIT kit on ALL their cluster nodes to HIT V3.4.2 or higher, before upgrading the firmware. Customers [...]
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Quick recovery and advanced data protection for Microsoft SQL Server with Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays advanced data protection with quick recovery, online scalability and remote replication can make it the ideal storage platform for SQL Server environments that require maximum availability. The automatic load balancing and data availability features included [...]
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