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Virtualization is changing the computing landscape. Check out the white papers below that discuss virtualization and how it saves you time and money while achieving more with the computer resources you already own.

Virtual View for VMware

Web Services: Integrated, Automated Storage Management

VM Storage Solution

Magnitude 3D: Optimal Storage Virtualization

High Availability in Virtual Environments

Optimizing Server Consolidation & Virtualization

 
Automated Storage Management with Xiotech and VMware

In this webinar, find out how Xiotech can help you reduce your server administration time and reduce the risk associated with managing storage across multiple administration layers. With Xiotech's ICON Manager and the new Virtual View for VMware plug-in, you can better manage your storage environment within a single user interface. This revolutionary solution allows you to explore and map your storage environment across all three layers of management, automates and reduces the complexity of your storage provisioning tasks, applies best practice approaches to support your VMware HA environment, and reduces underutilized storage within your Virtual Infrastructure.

 Designing Cost Effective Highly Available Environments with Xiotech Magnitude 3D and VMware Infrastructure 3

This webcast focuses on our solutions, including how GeoRAID provides a differentiated solution with VMware HA. We will discuss different strategies for building disaster tolerant environments based different scalability needs and level of expertise.

Eliminate the fear of complexity that integrating a SAN and VMware environment often creates.

• Installation ease of use
• On the fly additions of servers and storage
• Simplified provisioning and managing - iSCSI or Fibre Channel

 
VMware Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 3i

VMware ESX Server software has been tested and deployed in a variety of storage area network (SAN) environments. This guide describes the storage devices currently tested by VMware and its storage partners. ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i Embedded and ESX Server 3i Installable are equivalent products from a storage compatibility perspective.

Click for full VMware Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 3i

VMware ESX Server software has been tested and deployed in a variety of storage area network (SAN) environments. This guide describes the storage devices currently tested by VMware and its storage partners.

Click for full VMware Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.x

VMware ESX Server has been tested and deployed in a variety of SAN environments. However, in practice, because every customer's device combination, topology, and configuration are unique, VMware recommends that VMware professional services be engaged to install and configure the initial ESX Server installation in your SAN environment.

The support matrix below describes in detail the combinations of HBAs and storage devices currently tested by VMware and its storage partners.

Click for full VMware Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 2.x