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Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p: Virtual I/O Server Deployment Examples

This paper provides a number of high-level system architecture designs using the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature available on IBM System p5 servers. These high-level architecture designs are referred to as scenarios and they show different configurations of the Virtual I/O Server and client partitions to meet the needs of various...

Tags: System Architecture, Virtualization, I/O, IBM Corp., Advanced POWER Virtualization Feature

White papers 2007-02-01

IBM System p Advanced POWER Virtualization Best Practices

This paper provides best practices for planning, installing, maintaining, and operating the functions available using the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature on IBM System p5 servers. The Advanced POWER Virtualization feature is a combination of hardware and software that supports and manages the virtual I/O environment on IBM POWER5 and POWER5+...

Tags: IBM POWER5+, IBM Corp., Advanced POWER Virtualization Feature, Virtualization, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2006-10-01

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First look at Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta

Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" has just entered the beta phase of development - and that means another 650+MB download and some good hands-on time with my favorite Linux distro! I first took a look at Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, back in February when it was in...

Tags: Ubuntu, Beta, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-22

Novell's SUSE Linux 11 to come in appliance, embedded, real-time editions

Novell opened the kimono on its development plans for SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux 11 at Brainshare 2008 this week but let it be known the product won’t ship until 2009 or possibly 2010. In fact, the Cambridge, Mass. won’t even provide a planned ship date until the end of...

Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux, SuSE, Virtualization, Linux, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-19

IBM System p Virtualization Technologies - Workload Partitions (WPARs) and Shared Processor LPARs

The paper describes related capabilities of System p Advanced POWER Virtualization APV and AIX with respect to resource virtualization and mobility. It focuses on the Shared Processor LPAR SPLPAR feature of POWER5 and POWER6 based System p servers and Workload Partitions WPAR introduced with AIX Version 6.1. Both cover similar...

Tags: Processor, IBM AIX, IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., UNIX, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2007-12-01

AGL Energy CIO: Cesare Tizi

Cesare Tizi: AGL was -- how’s a nice way of putting it? Quite a challenge! AGL’s an organization that … was growing at an amazing rate. When I joined AGL, we had pretty much every technology you could shake a stick at: we had mainframes; mid-range, Wintel-type platforms; we had...

Tags: Phone, Data Center, Information Technology, Environment, Business, Unit, CPU, Technology, Encryption, CRM, AGL, Data Centers, RFID, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-11-16

WWDC 2007 eve predictions

WWDC 2007 eve predictionsMy predictionsI predict that no matter what is announced, the Mac zealots will believe that Apple products are all innovative and MS products all suck and are all copies of Apple products. FACTS BE DAMNED!!! That is my prediction.Remember sheep, Jobs has commanded you to DEFEND, DEFLECT,...

Tags: Virtualization, Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, Steve Jobs, Leopard, ZFS, WWDC, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-10

IBM Advanced POWER Virtualization and Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise

IBM's POWER5 technology feature, Advanced POWER Virtualization APV, was tested on an IBM System p5 p570 16-way server using PeopleSoft Enterprise benchmarks. APV allows the pooling of IT resources in a way that masks the physical nature and boundaries of those resources from users. The goal of this paper is...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Advanced POWER Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-06

Breaking down the Vista versions, part 2

In the first part of this series I listed the consumer-oriented features that will be available only in specific versions of Windows Vista. In this conclusion, I focus on features that are of interest to IT professionals and system administrators in charge of business networks.For the most part, if you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2006-04-19

Virtual I/O Server: Integrated Virtualization Manager

The Virtual I/O Server VIOS is part of the Advanced POWER Virtualization hardware feature on IBM System p5 and eServer p5 systems and part of the POWER Hypervisor and VIOS feature on IBM eServer OpenPower systems. Starting with Version 1.2, the VIOS provides a hardware management function called the Integrated...

Tags: Virtualization, I/O, IBM eServer, IBM Corp., Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2005-10-01

IBM eServer p5: Introduction to the Virtual I/O Server

IBM introduced a new era in UNIX and Linux operating environment computing with the introduction of the IBM eServer p5 server family. This paper describes the practical uses of virtual I/O and provides hints and tips for exploiting this new capability. Virtual I/O is included in the Advanced POWER Virtualization...

Tags: I/O, IBM eServer, IBM Corp., Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2004-09-02