Features

Features

• Network bandwidth: Sizing for long-distance storage networking applications

  Decide which type of data mirroring to use in a customer's environment and learn how to size network bandwidth in this excerpt from IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core.  Continue Reading

• Network latency effects on application performance

  Learn how to troubleshoot storage networking performance limitations caused by network latency in this excerpt from IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core.  Continue Reading

• Primary advantages of Linux

  Linux has low or no licensing fees, allows you to reuse code, and enables you to incorporate with it inexpensive hardware and compatible applications.  Continue Reading

• Linux's roots in Unix

  Find out what were the conditions that made the world ripe for a computer system like Linux.  Continue Reading

• Understanding the Linux kernel's common features

  The Linux kernel can be modified to support a variety of features, from multiuser accounts to graphical user interfaces in the open source operating system.  Continue Reading

• What is the Linux operating system?

  Today thousands of software developers contribute to the Linux initiative. Find out where it all began in this short Linux history lesson.  Continue Reading

• Why choose Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

  Each Linux distribution adds some extra features to distinguish one from another. This book excerpt outlines many of those features in detail.  Continue Reading

• Virtualization technology: Server, storage and network virtualization

  Virtualization technologies mask, abstract and transparently leverage underlying resources in server, data storage and networking environments.  Continue Reading

• Governance should be a key part of app development

  A large majority of organizations have difficulty integrating IT management and governance processes with their systems for managing application development. One solutions provider offers tips for addressing this problem.  Continue Reading

• Eight steps to reducing compliance risks

  Get one risk management tool provider's take on the top three corporate ethics and compliance issues facing major companies today.  Continue Reading

• VMware configuration: Verifying and viewing VMware ESX Server configuration files

  Before starting a VMware configuration, follow these best practices for preparing a VMware ESX Server configuration from Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise.  Continue Reading

• Virtual machines: Installing and deploying VMs on enterprise servers

  Install and deploy virtual machines (VMs) in your customers' production environments with advice in this chapter from Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise.  Continue Reading

• VMware ESX Server installation

  To tackle a VMware ESX Server installation, you must first know Linux. Get VMware installation scenarios in this excerpt from Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise.  Continue Reading

• Packaged integration applications

  Packaging common integration processes allows for better data movement between enterprise applications. Find out how you may be able to profit from packaged integration solutions.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise Information Integration's pros and cons

  Understand the differences between Enterprise Information Integration and a data warehouse before tackling an EII project.  Continue Reading

• Supporting real-time BI with real-time ETL

  Companies are looking to invest in real-time ETL for several reasons. Find out what they are in this Q&A before pitching real-time ETL to a customer.  Continue Reading

• VARs/SIs will be the new face of open source support

  Customers want to know who to call when something goes wrong with open source solutions, and VARs and SIs are finding themselves the source for support as they move into the open source arena.  Continue Reading

• Five components of a data protection strategy

  When developing a data protection strategy, you have five storage practices and techniques to consider.  Continue Reading