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Datacenter-on-Chip Architectures: Tera-Scale Opportunities and Challenges

whitepaper This paper starts by highlighting tera-scale potential in datacenter environments. It shows how a multi-tier datacenter workload that required tens (to hundreds) of platforms in the past can potentially map on to one (or a few) single-socket tera...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Scalable Windows Servers for the Data Center

whitepaper These workloads can sometimes outgrow smaller servers, prompting a search for scalable servers that can host those workloads, and manage them more easily in a datacenter environment. The process of IT transformation built on a new generation of...

Tags: application servers

[15 May 2008]

SGI Altix: Enhanced Return on Investment for the Datacenter

whitepaper SGI Altix servers and clusters eliminate bottlenecks, enable real-time access to complex data sets, and scale with customer needs. SGI offers customers a new choice for maximizing Return On Investment (ROI) with a highly scalable platform based on...

Tags: data center

[14 May 2008]

Less Is More - Nationwide Building Society Members Save Through Server Consolidation

whitepaper Nationwide adopted a "scale-up" strategy for database servers and consolidated Microsoft SQL Server applications using ES7000 servers running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server in an EMC storage environment.

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003, microsoft sql server, scale, sql

[10 Apr 2008]

A Sharp Focus on the Future

whitepaper The forward-looking company evaluated a UNIX alternative but decided to remain a 100-percent Microsoft shop and deploy a scale-up solution based on Unisys ES7000 servers, Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and SQL Server 2000.

Tags: data center, unix, subsidiary, realized

[10 Apr 2008]

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Product Overview: An Early Look

whitepaper This white paper introduces Hyper-V as a key component of the Microsoft datacenter-to-desktop virtualization strategy. It also highlights how these benefits scale to meet the unique needs of small businesses and branch offices.

Tags: application servers

[03 Apr 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Shop Talk Discussion: Distributed Data Warehousing With Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Windows 2000 (2003) Datacenter Server - Level 200

whitepaper Encompassing 550 hard drives, and nearly 3 terabytes of customer-related data in SAN storage, this system demonstrates the scalability of Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and the Unisys platform in both a scale-up and...

Tags: database management

[27 Mar 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Similarities and Differences Between Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter and Enterprise Editions (Level 200)

whitepaper However, Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition has the capability to scale to larger servers: 32 processors with the 32-bit version, and 64 processors with the 64-bit versions. Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter and Enterprise Editions are very...

Tags: application servers

[14 Jan 2008]

Visibility Breakthrough: CooperVision Gains Clear Vision for Future

whitepaper As a solution CooperVision deployed a scale-up solution using Unisys ES7000 servers with Intel Itanium 2-based processors, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, and Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

Tags: application servers, contact, lens, microsoft sql server

[02 Jun 2007]

Evaluating the Value Proposition of the IBM eServer BladeCenter With InfiniBand

whitepaper Blade servers are providing the first step in creating a datacenter infrastructure that is more flexible. Many organizations are consolidating their rack-optimized, datacenter servers into a blade server chassis for greater efficiency and simplicity.

Tags: application servers, adopting, blade, changing business

[21 Apr 2007]

Linux Sockets Acceleration: Maximizing Efficiency and Performance in the Data Center

whitepaper The datacenter is undergoing a major paradigm shift driven by a need to scale up performance efficiently. Raw scale-out architectures are giving way to new scale-up architectures driven by blade servers, and multi-core host processors.

Tags: linux - open source, architectures, scale, efficiency

[03 Apr 2007]

Windows 2000 Platform Scalability Review

whitepaper With the introduction of Microsoft's Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and Intel-based hardware systems from vendors that are established in enterprise environments, the Windows platform has become a viable player in the datacenter world.

Tags: scalability, scalability, scaling, datacenter

[22 Dec 2006]

Scalable Windows Servers for the Datacenter

whitepaper The process of IT transformation built on a new generation of hardware and software products will result in both scale-up and scale-out server deployments. The market for scalable servers running the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system...

Tags: load balancing, availability, scalable, microsoft windows

[21 Dec 2006]

Realizing Business Value Through Server and Data Storage Migration

whitepaper In late 2001, seeking to embark on its migration to a next-generation datacenter architecture, the entertainment leader leveraged Portable Data Containers in Storage Foundation software to migrate to a robust Storage Area Network (SAN) environment...

Tags: data center, entertainment, data storage, storage area network

[26 Aug 2006]

Virtualize Your Datacenter with VMware Virtual Infrastructure Software Running on Intel Processor-based Servers

whitepaper These capabilities are helping thousands of companies reduce IT costs and improve business agility, by enabling them to consolidate, maintain, scale and adapt their computing solutions more quickly and with less disruption.

Tags: intel, virtualization, consolidate, utilization

[16 Mar 2006]

Scale Up Network Availability and Performance With Multi-Port Gigabit Adapters

whitepaper Whether segmenting a small office network or migrating to consolidation and virtualization of a global datacenter, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) adapters play a key role in maximizing network availability, reliability, and performance.

Tags: address, demands, ethernet, role

[29 Sep 2005]

Shop Talk Discussion: Distributed Data Warehousing With Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Windows 2000 (2003) Datacenter Server - Level 200

whitepaper Encompassing 550 hard drives, and nearly 3 terabytes of customer-related data in SAN storage, this system demonstrates the scalability of Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and the Unisys platform in both a scale-up and...

Tags: business intelligence / data warehousing, scale, sql, sql server

[21 May 2004]

Shop Talk Discussion: Microsoft Organization With Windows 2000 (2003) Datacenter Server

whitepaper This webcast describes how Microsoft met the challenge with a dramatic hardware upgrade, first to a 16-way Unisys e-@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, and then - to achieve near real-time transaction updates...

Tags: x86-standard servers, unisys, scale, transaction

[21 May 2004]

IBM Director: Driving Efficiencies in Scale-Out Computing

whitepaper Finally, this white paper highlights IBM Director as an important product and essential piece of IBM's overall datacenter management and On-Demand portfolio. This white paper describes the important association between systems management and the...

Tags: risc-based servers, managers, ibm director, infrastructures

[02 Apr 2004]

Integrated Lights-Out In The ProLiant BL p-Class System

whitepaper However, the trend to scale out the datacenter leaves system administrators with the challenge of managing the growing electrical, thermal, cable layout, and space challenges of such large computing facilities, in addition to the complexity of...

Tags: application servers, administration, system administration, continue

[24 Feb 2004]

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