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POWERSOLUTIONSTHE MAGAZINE FOR DIRECT ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONSMARCH 2004EDITOR’S COMMENTS6 Mastering the Storage DomainBy Tom Kolnowski49 Scaling Out Web Server Performanceon Dell PowerEdge 6650 ServersBy David J. MorseEXECUTIVE INSIGHTS8 Simplifying Enterprise StorageAn interview with Darren Thomas, vice president and general managerof enterprise storage systems at Dell Inc.STORAGE ENVIRONMENT14 Volume Shadow Copy Service Helps Buildan Integrated Backup SystemBy Ananda Sankaran, Kevin Guinn, and Dat Nguyen20 Managing Data Protection with Red Hat Linuxand Dell PowerVault Tape Autoloaders and LibrariesBy Tesfamariam Michael and Richard Goodwin28 Protecting Business-Critical Data at Remote OfficesBy Sheri Atwood and Michael Parker31 Streamlining Backup and Recovery OperationsUsing Disk-based ProtectionBy Scott Kosciuk, Michael Parker, and Mark Thomason34 Leveraging the Microsoft Virtual Disk ServiceUsing QLogic SANsurfer VDS ManagerBy Tim Lustig and Keith Hageman36 Simplifying Enterprise Backup and Restore OperationsUsing BakBone NetVaultBy Joe Gallo52 Scalable Enterprise Computing: Testing a ClusteredDatabase on the Dell PowerEdge 6650By Dave Jaffe, Ph.D., and Todd Muirhead56 Optimizing Disaster Recovery Using Oracle Data Guardon Dell PowerEdge ServersBy Paul Rad, Zafar Mahmood, Ibrahim Fashho, Raymond Dutcher, Lawrence To,and Ashish Ray59 Introducing VMware ESX Server, VirtualCenter,and VMotion on Dell PowerEdge ServersBy Dave Jaffe, Ph.D.; Todd Muirhead; and Felipe PayetBONUS PULL-OUT POSTERDell Enterprise Storage Environment64aSchematic drawings and specifications portray enterprise scenarios configuredwith Dell/EMC arrays, Dell PowerVault systems, and other key storage components.Visit http://www.dell.com/magazines_extras to download additional copies.COVER STORY | PAGE 10Managing StorageAcross the EnterpriseBy Sonya R. Sexton and Vicki Van AusdallLeveraging the flexibility of modular, next-generation Dell/EMC Fibre Channelstorage arrays and Dell PowerVault network attached storage (NAS) systems,administrators can use sophisticated software to manage enterprise storage—wherever it may be.SCALABLE ENTERPRISE38 Migrating to Industry-Standard 64-bit ArchitecturesBy John Fruehe42 Scaling Out Microsoft Exchange 2000 Serverwith Dell PowerEdge 6650 ServersBy Fatima Hussain and Scott StanfordDell/EMC CX500 storage array