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- Blade Server
- A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing...
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- Live Webcast: Don't Go Half Way: blade server or Virtual Server = Virtual Storage
- Every CEO and company owner asks two things of their people and vendors: How are you going to save me money and how are you going to make me money? Responding to those two business requirements is the current wave of server architecture changing from rack-based servers to blade...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Blade Server, Webcast, Blade, Server Architecture, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-05-08
- System builder Super Micro shows green stripes
- I was wondering the other day how the system builder community is faring with the green tech conversation. After all, servers, desktops and notebooks from the so-called white box players account for somewhere around one-third of all systems shipped in a given quarter. At least that's the case in the...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- blade servers: Data centre power and cooling issues
- IT managers need to reduce power consumption in IT infrastructure. Blades servers â€" which provide a more efficient form of computing than traditional servers â€" could provide an answer.Read this white paper to see how technology leaders can reduce power consumption through blades, and what type of power and cooling...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Power Consumption, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-03
- Server blade market grew to $1.2 bln in Q4 2007
- Growth in the server blade market accelerated in the Q4 2007, with factory revenue gaining 54.2% YTY and shipments increasing by 35.6% compared to Q4 2006, according to IDC. Overall, bladed servers, including x86, EPIC and RISC blades, accounted for $1.2 bln in Q4 2007, representing 7.8% of quarterly server...
- Tags: Revenue, Blade Server, Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- HP ProLiant Server Blade Specification for Microsoft Web Server
- HP offers a full range of hardware - server, networking, and storage - components designed to meet the performance, scalability, availability, and reliability requirements of the Microsoft application infrastructure. HP offers a full suite of ProLiant server blade management tools, which enables to take control of and manage Microsoft application...
- Tags: Web Server, Blade Server, HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Specification, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, HP ProLiant Server Blade Technology, Blade Servers, Servers, Utility Computing, Hardware
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Automation Technology for Virtualized Systems
- There has been a recent trend toward consolidating burgeoning systems onto blade servers in order to optimize IT infrastructures, maximize system investment efficiency, and reduce server power consumption. This trend heightens the demand to increase the efficiency of system integration and operation. Moreover, in line with the increased performance of...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Power Consumption, Fujitsu Ltd., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- An Overview of the VMmark Benchmark on HP ProLiant Servers and Server Blades
- This paper explains the purpose and importance of VMmark, how the benchmark is conducted, and how to interpret the results. This paper is an attempt to provide VMmark information for a less technically trained audience of decision makers than served by the official VMmark Guide on the VMware website. The...
- Tags: Blade Server, HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, HP Compaq ProLiant, VMmark Guide, Servers, Data Centers, Performance Management, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Integrating Blade Switches in the Data Center
- Blade servers are quickly gaining popularity because of the functional and cost benefits they can deliver. To meet their full potential, blade servers need to be able to seamlessly integrate into the data center environment and deliver the security, availability, and manageability that define data center networking. This webcast discusses...
- Tags: Blade Server, Data Center, Blade, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2007-12-01
- More images and products from supercomputing 2007
- More images and products from supercomputing 2007Drooling at the power of these systemsI would love to see a fully assembled multi-floor constellation.Better yet, I would love to see the numbers on one of them.I will have to see if I can swing by this even next time they have it.Everyone...
- Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, power supply, blade, blade server, server, supercomputing
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- More images and products from supercomputing 2007
- The SC07 supercomputing conference was a very interesting show for me this year and it was my first time attending this conference. Here are some more interesting products that I haven't covered yet all the way from the very high-end to entry-level HPC computers. Sun's 3456-node "petascale" constellation cluster...
- Tags: Processor, Blade Server, Blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Power Supply, Motherboard, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Supercomputing, Tyan, 1U, TST, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Huawei ATCA blade server Powered by AMD Opteron Processors
- When AMD first introduced the AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture in 2003, the target market was for servers in the datacenter. Back then, AMD had a new vision for how system memory and I/O interface to the processor core as well as the ability to create the world's...
- Tags: Huawei Technologies, Blade Server, Server, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-10-22
- With hardware-based hypervisors, Hitachi says 'ditch software like Xen, VMware'
- Compared to the likes of other server makers like IBM, HP, Dell, and Sun, Hitachi may not be a household name in the North American market. But this week at the Intel Developer Forum IDF, the North American division of the Japan-based company Hitachi America will be looking to drive...
- Tags: Software, Podcast, Blade Server, Hypervisor, Blade, Hitachi Ltd., Server, Xen, VMware Inc., Storage, Podcasts, Blade Servers, Servers, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Informatica Powercenter 8 on Sun's AMD Opteron Processor blade servers
- PowerCenter 8 is a single, unified enterprise data integration platform that allows companies and government organizations of all types and sizes to access, discover, and integrate data from virtually any business system, in any format, and deliver that data throughout the enterprise. The Enterprise Grid Option for PowerCenter 8 incorporates...
- Tags: Informatica, Blade Server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PowerCenter 8, Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Implementing Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Windows 2000/2003 Boot From IBM DS4000 SAN With blade servers
- This paper illustrates the detailed configuration procedure necessary to implementing Microsoft Cluster Server MSCS and Windows 2000/2003 operating systems with IBM blade servers attached to the IBM DS4000 storage subsystem in a Boot from San environment. The Boot from SAN configuration for the HS20, HS21, LS21, LS41 and HS40 blades...
- Tags: Microsoft Cluster Server, Blade Server, Blade, SAN, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., HS40 Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-14
- Sun touts new blade servers as greener than ever
- Blade servers that use less energySun's Executive Vice President of Systems, John Fowler, is proud of how energy efficient their new blade servers have become. CEO Jonathan Schwartz says they?ve stopped using plastic in their blades and frames. The whole system is recyclable. Both were speaking at...
- Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, blade, blade server, Sun Microsystems Inc., server
- Videos 2007-06-06
- Virtual server SAN connectivity: Why blade server virtualistaion and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity are rapidly becoming adopted
- Server virtualisation is rapidly gaining market acceptance for server provisioning. The introduction of virtual HBA technology will allow users to combine and leverage virtual servers and storage networks into flexible, secure and reliable solutions. The early generations of blades offered little synergy with virtualisation, but the convergence of blades and...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Blade Server, Fibre Channel, Blade, Emulex Corp., SAN, Fibre Channel SAN, Virtualization, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Server Virtualization, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-05
- Performance Brief for Lotus Domino Web Access on an HP ProLiant BL480c Server Blade With Lotus Domino 7.0.2
- A workload designed to replicate a typical Domino Web Access user environment was tested against an HP ProLiant BL480c server blade with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5355 processors (2.66 GHz) to determine the maximum user load this server can support. The test was conducted against a Domino 7.0.2 server, and...
- Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Blade, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-04-01
- HP-UX Consolidation on HP Integrity BL860c Server Blades: A Powerful and Flexible Solution for Consolidating Enterprise-Class Unix Deployments
- IT managers are faced with fast-paced technology changes, and dwindling budgets, and the need to offer increasing support of their business. At the same time companies nowadays need enterprise class computing power with the flexibility to change computing capacity at a moment's notice. HP can help meet both of those...
- Tags: HP Integrity, HP-UX, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Consolidation, HP BladeSystem c-Class, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, UNIX, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software
- White papers 2007-03-22
- Running Java on the HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade: J2EE-Based Applications With Optimal Performance on Linux and HP-UX
- HP BladeSystem c-Class leapfrogs the competition with innovations that address critical data center pain points. HP BladeSystem c-Class offers Thermal Logic technologies to reduce power consumption, Insight Controls to lower maintenance costs and Virtual Connect to increase flexibility. HP BladeSystem c-Class also has 5Tbps of input /output bandwidth to handle...
- Tags: HP Integrity, HP-UX, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Blade, HP BladeSystem c-Class, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Linux, J2Ee, Utility Computing, Servers, UNIX, Java, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages
- White papers 2007-03-22
- Performance Brief for Lotus Domino Web Access on HP ProLiant BL685c Server Blade With Lotus Domino 7.0.2
- A workload designed to replicate a typical Domino Web Access user environment was tested against an HP ProLiant BL685c server blade with four AMD Opteron processors (Model 8218 / 2.6 GHz) to determine the maximum user load this server can support. The test was conducted against a Domino 7.0.2 server,...
- Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Blade, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-03-01
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