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Analyzes the performance and scalability of SAN storage devices and compares EqualLogic iSCSI products with Fibre Channel products.

This Technical Report describes how to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Microsoft Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases using Symantec Backup Exec 10d for Windows Servers, the EqualLogic Host Integration Tools kit, and PS Series storage arrays.

Describes the best method for connecting network cables to a PS Series storage array and provides information about control module and network connection failover. It also includes network configuration requirements and PS Series group performance recommendations.

Describes replication technology from EqualLogic and how to size the space needed on the primary and secondary groups. It describes how replication space is utilized and PS Series group behavior when replication space is consumed.

Describes the performance characteristics of each group RAID level (RAID 10/Performance or RAID 50/Capacity) under normal and failure conditions. Also describes how to change the group RAID level.

This Technical Report describes how to use Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) to monitor the I/O between servers and PS Series group members running PS Series Firmware Version 3.1.

Describes various methods and configurations for performing backup and recovery operations using a PS Series group.

Describes how to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases using CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.1 for Windows with PS Series group storage and Auto-Snapshot Manager for Windows VSS provider.

Describes how to backup and restore local and remote NTFS volumes and SQL databases using CommVault Galaxy 5.0 with PS Series group storage and the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager for Windows VSS provider.

Describes how to backup and restore local and remote NTFS volumes, SQL databases and Exchange data using CommVault Galaxy 6.1.0 with PS Series group storage and the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager 2.0 for Windows VSS provider.

Describes how to backup and restore local and remote NTFS volumes, SQL databases and Exchange data using CommVault Galaxy 6.1.0 with PS Series group storage and the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager 2.0 for Windows VSS provider.

Describes how to backup and restore local and remote NTFS volumes, SQL databases and Exchange data using CommVault Galaxy 6.1.0 with PS Series group storage and the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager 2.0 for Windows VSS provider.

This Technical Report describes scenarios for deploying Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) with PS Series storage, providing a high performance, highly available, and scalable DPM storage pool.

Describes scenarios for deploying Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 (DPM) with PS Series storage, providing a high performance, highly-available, and scalable DPM storage pool.

This Technical Report describes the concept of tiered storage, some of the potential benefits, and helps you take advantage of storage pools and other features of Version 3 PS Series Firmware to implement tiered storage in a PS Series SAN.

Describes how to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Microsoft Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases using VERITAS Backup Exec 10, the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager for Windows VSS provider, and PS Series storage arrays.

Describes how to backup and restore Windows ServerT 2003 NTFS volumes in a PS Series SAN using the Microsoft Backup utility (NTBackup) and the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manger for Windows VSS provider.

Describes how to backup and restore local and remote NTFS volumes, Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases using VERITAS Backup Exec 9.1 with PS Series group storage and the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager for Windows VSS provider.

Describes using a PS Series group as scalable and reliable shared storage in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster. A PS Series group is a scalable and fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN that increases data and application availability and is easy to set up and manage.

Describes using a PS Series group as scalable and reliable shared storage in a Red Hat Linux cluster. A PS Series group is a fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN that is easy to set up, manage, and scale and increases data and application availability.

Describes how to deploy SQL Server in an iSCSI SAN with PS Series storage arrays. It provides configuration and management recommendations for SQL and the PS Series storage.

Describes how to use a PS Series group to provide NFS server storage space to servers running Oracle9i Database. It includes group and server requirements, describes configuration choices, and provides recommendations for high availability.

Describes how to use a EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager V3.0, PS Series groups, and Microsoft SQL Server to perform online Smart Copies and recovery operations for SQL databases.

This Technical Report describes how to deploy Exchange Server 2007 in an iSCSI SAN using PS Series storage arrays. It provides configuration and management recommendations and best practices for Exchange 2007 and the PS Series SAN.

Describes how to deploy Exchange Server in an iSCSI SAN using PS Series storage arrays. Provides configuration and management recommendations and best practices for Exchange and the PS Series SAN.

Describes how to configure the QLogic QLA4010 iSCSI Host Bus Adapter (HBA) to support booting the Microsoft Windows 2003 operating system from an EqualLogic PS Series group volume.

This Technical Report describes how to use the Dell EqualLogic™ Multipath Device Specific Module, (DSM) to enable and deploy multipath I/O, (MPIO) for highly available access to a PS Series SAN.

This Technical Report describes how to use PS Series storage in a Microsoft Windows Storage Server environment. With PS Series storage arrays, you can deploy file serving with a scalable, fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN increasing data availability and flexibility.

This Technical Report describes how to configure Internet Authentication Service to leverage accounts in Active Directory to control login authentication to a PS Series Group.

Describes how to configure Microsoft Windows disk partitions so that they match the default RAID stripe segment size used in a PS Series storage array.

Describes how to use Microsoft multipath I/O (MPIO) on Windows Server 2003 servers for highly available access to disk storage. PS Series storage delivers a scalable and fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN solution that increases data and application availability and is easy to configure and manage.

This Technical Report describes how to use EqualLogic PS Series storage in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. With PS Series storage arrays, you can set up a scalable, fault-tolerant iSCSI SAN that increases data and application availability and is easy to set up and manage.

Describes how to expand Microsoft Windows basic disk volumes after increasing the size of the corresponding PS Series group volume.

Describes how to use Cisco Catalyst 3750 and 2970 switches with a PS Series group to create a high performance and highly available iSCSI SAN.

Describes creating a NetWare disk volume and then expanding the volume when you have increased the underlying PS Series volume size - all without disrupting ongoing applications.

Describes how to implement highly-available network access from Sun Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 servers to a PS Series group.

Describes how to use VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 with PS Series storage arrays to create a dynamic and scalable virtualized environment.