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RSS sprawlStorage Management Considerations in Virtual Environments
White Paper Virtualization solves the server sprawl problem allowing organizations to consolidate their physical environments to save money on power, cooling and space. However, server virtualization presents a new set of storage management complexities and... [09 Jul 2008]
Scheduling to Overcome the Multi-Core Memory Bandwidth Bottleneck
White Paper However, while multi-core processors may solve many of the problems associated with compute cluster sprawl, they also present a new challenge: in some situations they cannot provide sufficient memory bandwidth per core to satisfy the requirements... [08 Jul 2008]
Infrastructure Consolidation in the Windows Data Center: Delivering a More Manageable, Available and Affordable Business Backbone
White Paper Many enterprises are awakening to the underlying cost and complexity produced by the sprawl of servers and their associated storage and software, and they are looking to regain control of their data centers. [03 Jul 2008]
Documenting Existing Architectures: Tips for Wrestling Order From Chaos
White Paper A company faced with documenting such a sprawl will typically have no idea where to begin, which is, of course, where one comes in. Documenting an architecture one is building from scratch is one thing, documenting one that already exists quite... [30 May 2008]
SUN FIRE X4150 AND X4450 : SERVER ARCHITECTURE : Breakthrough Density Using Sun and Intel Technology
White Paper Since administrative, energy, and real estate costs continue to skyrocket, sprawl in the data centre can severely strain IT budgets. In recent years, emerging applications and expanding Web services have fuelled an escalating demand for mission... [14 May 2008]
Templates for More Efficient Virtualization Management
White Paper Many IT departments have utilized server virtualization to solve server sprawl. Virtualization makes provisioning a new OS instance so easy that administrators are often required to manage hundreds of virtual environments with many copies of the... [24 Apr 2008]
IDC Report - SWsoft: Making Operating System Virtualization an Option
White Paper It discusses the benefits of OS virtualization, especially in terms of driving density and reducing OS sprawl, and provides insights from a Virtuozzo end-user. Server virtualization has become increasingly popular in the datacenter. [24 Apr 2008]
Virtualize the Data Center: How to Deliver Information More Reliably and Cost Effectively
White Paper These companies understand that a high-availability infrastructure that ensures critical business processes is a business imperative, but they are unsure of how to achieve these goals while avoiding server sprawl. [16 Apr 2008]
Go green, save green through energy efficiency
White Paper Like selecting machines with a sleep mode, reducing server sprawl with virtualization, investing in more efficient equipment, and IT outsourcing. Learn how to cut your ever-growing energy costs. This IBM ForwardView webshow describes areas where... [14 Apr 2008]
Administaff Uses VMware ESX Server to Reduce Costs, Server Sprawl
White Paper When the number of Intel-architecture servers housed in the corporate offices started to outgrow the available space, Administaff required to consolidate resources. The first obvious target was a new project to upgrade the company's portal Web site. [10 Apr 2008]
Atkins Engineers Complete IT Overhaul With VMware Virtual Infrastructure
White Paper Following the review, Atkins concluded that consolidation and containment were required to stem server sprawl and to increase availability of applications and infrastructure. Atkins is one of the world's leading providers of professional... [10 Apr 2008]
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition: A Strategic Choice for an Optimized Infrastructure
White Paper This phenomenon often referred to as server sprawl, carries with it many hidden costs. This paper assess the problems of server sprawl and underutilization and describes how deploying Virtual Server 2005 R2 with Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise... [03 Apr 2008]
Gold Partner Reins in Server Sprawl With Presentation and Server Virtualization
White Paper Innovative Solutions provides a complete range of software services such as technology consulting, Internet and e-business consulting, system integration, and custom application development. Incorporated in 1989, the Microsoft Gold Certified... [23 Mar 2008]
Server Consolidation: The Key to Simplified Server Management
White Paper Over the last decade, the lure of low-cost systems has resulted in the continuous deployment of armies of servers - referred to by some as server sprawl. The initial attraction of distributed computing faded as enterprises began realizing the... [19 Mar 2008]
XenSource Case Study: KBC Clearing
White Paper The company needed to re-locate their data center, which had 40 servers, with reduced complexity and wanted to ease management issues as a result of server sprawl. KBC Clearing, a subsidiary of the Belgian financial services company KBC, is a... [04 Mar 2008]
