linux
RSS linuxDiffServ Over MPLS: Tuning QOS Parameters for Converged Traffic Using Linux Traffic Control
White Paper Linux provides powerful traffic control features to ensure proper traffic classification and differentiation. However, the current implementation of the traffic filter, used for MPLS over DiffServ architecture on Linux, exhibits certain drawbacks. [05 Jul 2008]
Researchers' Move From Linux to Windows Yields Performance Gains, New Capabilities
White Paper The group augmented its existing Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources with two new HPC systems based on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which has delivered better performance than Linux and enabled the group to make... [05 Jul 2008]
A Personal Firewall for Linux
White Paper This paper constitutes the investigation and development of a user-friendly tool for firewall-configuration and -management, based on the netfilter/iptables-firewall-code residing in current Linux-kernels. [05 Jul 2008]
Switch From Linux to Windows Increases Value of HPC for Golf Equipment Manufacturer
White Paper When the Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster in use at Callaway Golf reached the end of its useful life, the company began looking for a replacement solution. Callaway Golf switched to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 running on... [05 Jul 2008]
Linux MPS Firewall Supplement
White Paper A firewall monitors and controls the traffic coming into and out of the account. The traffic of the Internet consists of information which takes the form of data packets. A firewall evaluates each data packet and determines whether or not to pass... [05 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Windows Compare (Part 3 of 6): High-Performance Computing With Windows (Level 200)
White Paper This paper discusses the High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Windows compared to a Linux solution. It first looks at what comes built in to Windows Compute Cluster Server, compared to what one get with a Linux solution. [05 Jul 2008]
Research-Driven University Breaks Down Barriers to High-Performance Computing
White Paper Queen's University in Belfast has long invested in High-Performance Computing (HPC), but less-technical researchers rarely took advantage of these resources, finding the learning curve of UNIX and Linux too steep. [05 Jul 2008]
Beaumont Hospitals Reduces IT Costs and Improves System Performance
White Paper The challenge was to migrate to Linux environment to support highly available systems. Beaumont Hospitals implemented Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Enterprise Linux, benefiting from the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support... [05 Jul 2008]
Florida Boosts Productivity, Cuts Run Times With High-Performance Computing Cluster
White Paper Since 2002, SFWMD has been testing Linux-based and Windows-based high-performance computing clusters. Sixteen counties in Florida depend on South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to manage and protect their water resources. [05 Jul 2008]
National IT Center Improves Customer Service With High-Performance Compute Cluster
White Paper HLRS designed its own software that ran only on Linux-based systems, and customers with Windows operating systems had difficulty working with the application and its data. The High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) delivers computer... [05 Jul 2008]
Golden Gate University Transforms Their Business With Check Point
White Paper They needed cost-effective business Transformation, performance and scalability for growth and IT standardization and consolidation on Linux. Golden Gate University GGU made the InfoWorld Top 100 list of companies for its commitment to information... [05 Jul 2008]
Leading HPC Vendor Eases Adoption for Customers, With New Windows-Based Offerings
White Paper SGI now offers Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 as an alternative to Linux, making it easier for customers who are familiar with the Windows environment to adopt HPC. For SGI, a leading High-Performance Computing (HPC) vendor, extending its... [05 Jul 2008]
Supercomputing Solution Reduces IT Administration Needs at Research Institute
White Paper Drug-development technologies require large amounts of computing power, but the Linux and UNIX-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters at GRI were too technically challenging for most researchers to use. [05 Jul 2008]
Dell's OEM Industry Solutions Group and Dell PowerEdge 2950 Servers Form the Foundation for the Google Search Appliance
White Paper Dell's OEM Industry Solutions Group provides extensive customization to Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers running the Linux operating system to form the foundation for the Google Search Appliance; Dell OEM Industry Solutions Group provides a single... [05 Jul 2008]
Financial Services Firm Scales Fast-Growing Hedging Application on Low-Cost Cluster
White Paper The company deployed Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition on 150 servers - expected to grow to 250 by the end of 2008 - to reduce operating system licensing costs, retain the reliable Windows platform, and avoid the technical risk... [05 Jul 2008]
