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This week’s TechTuesday chat is another Open Topic discussion that offers a great opportunity to discuss any enterprise or data center technology question you may have. If you don’t get a chance to share your questions, comments, experiences, or expertise on Tuesday during the live chat, be sure to visit the chat’s landing page and read the transcript. Even though the discussion isn’t live, you can always ask additional questions at the bottom of the page; Dell TechCenter moderators will respond. Links to landing pages for upcoming chats and transcripts for all previous chats are always available on the TechCenter Chat Topics and Transcripts page. Upcoming chats are each Tuesday at 3 PM U.S. Central time (except where otherwise noted): March 3 –Open Topic. Bring your questions, experiences, ideas, and expertise to the discussion. March 10 – EqualLogic Ease of Use covers how easy it can be to set up and use Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs right out of the box. March 17 – EqualLogic Ease of Use, Part 2 picks up the discussion from the March 10 chat with more information about ease-of-use features in EqualLogic iSCSI SANs. Recent TechCenter Activities The recently released Dell Deployment Pack is now available. Comprehensive installation procedures are available on the TechCenter site and include a direct download link along with links to the user guide and release notes. Did you know that as file systems age they get slower over time? Jeff Layton’s latest HPCC Blog post describes how file system aging is largely unnoticed for parallel file systems in the HPCC world and offers preparation options to help handle this aging issue. Understanding how applications access data can help you adopt best practices for taking out-of-the-box performance up a notch, as discussed in Scott Hanson’s recent Systems Edge blog on tuning performance for Dell PowerVault™ MD3000 and PowerVault MD3000i arrays. Favorite of the Week One response during last week’s TechTuesday chat, “Awesome! Love it when a plan comes together; now go tell everyone how great the TechCenter is,” was said by a moderator after assisting with resolving another member’s SNMP issue after a recent install of IT Assistant 8.3. Visit the chat’s transcript page for additional information, including a link to a script for deploying OMSA to a large ESX installation.	Getting to Know the Dell TechCenter A destination for peer-to-peer sharing of best practices on Dell enterprise products Technical discussions around solving business problems—design, not support Open-ended and inviting contributions from the TechCenter staff Dedicating three weeks toward featuring a customer-centered topic Looking for ways to keep up with your areas of interest on the TechCenter? Check out the options on the Blog-Chat-RSS page and the site waltk-through video. Dell TechCenter is also now on Twitter: www.twitter.com/DellTechCenter http://www.delltechcenter.com/

This week’s TechTuesday chat is another Open Topic discussion that offers a great opportunity to discuss any enterprise or data center technology question you may have. If you don’t get a chance to share your questions, comments, experiences, or expertise on Tuesday during the live chat, be sure to visit the chat’s landing page and read the transcript. Even though the discussion isn’t live, you can always ask additional questions at the bottom of the page; Dell TechCenter moderators will respond.

Links to landing pages for upcoming chats and transcripts for all previous chats are always available on the TechCenter Chat Topics and Transcripts page. Upcoming chats are each Tuesday at 3 PM U.S. Central time (except where otherwise noted):

March 3 –Open Topic. Bring your questions, experiences, ideas, and expertise to the discussion.
March 10 – EqualLogic Ease of Use covers how easy it can be to set up and use Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs right out of the box.
March 17 – EqualLogic Ease of Use, Part 2 picks up the discussion from the March 10 chat with more information about ease-of-use features in EqualLogic iSCSI SANs.

Recent TechCenter Activities

The recently released Dell Deployment Pack is now available. Comprehensive installation procedures are available on the TechCenter site and include a direct download link along with links to the user guide and release notes.
Did you know that as file systems age they get slower over time? Jeff Layton’s latest HPCC Blog post describes how file system aging is largely unnoticed for parallel file systems in the HPCC world and offers preparation options to help handle this aging issue.
Understanding how applications access data can help you adopt best practices for taking out-of-the-box performance up a notch, as discussed in Scott Hanson’s recent Systems Edge blog on tuning performance for Dell PowerVault™ MD3000 and PowerVault MD3000i arrays.

Favorite of the Week

One response during last week’s TechTuesday chat, “Awesome! Love it when a plan comes together; now go tell everyone how great the TechCenter is,” was said by a moderator after assisting with resolving another member’s SNMP issue after a recent install of IT Assistant 8.3. Visit the chat’s transcript page for additional information, including a link to a script for deploying OMSA to a large ESX installation.

Getting to Know the Dell TechCenter

A destination for peer-to-peer sharing of best practices on Dell enterprise products
Technical discussions around solving business problems—design, not support
Open-ended and inviting contributions from the TechCenter staff
Dedicating three weeks toward featuring a customer-centered topic
Looking for ways to keep up with your areas of interest on the TechCenter? Check out the options on the Blog-Chat-RSS page and the site waltk-through video.
Dell TechCenter is also now on Twitter: www.twitter.com/DellTechCenter
http://www.delltechcenter.com/

Highlights – Week of March 2, 2009

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