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Blade Servers and Virtualization

Part of the "Masters of Virtualization" Series from IDG, Dell and Microsoft.

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Blade, Utility Computing, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Blade Servers, Servers, Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-09-22

Reliable HP Server Blades Support VoIP Backbone, Resulting in a Projected 30-Month Return on Investment

Vancouver-based Teligence is a high-tech success story with a decidedly human touch. Profitable and sustainable, Teligence provides the telecommunications network and custom software for telephone-based social networking services including Livelinks, Vibeline, and Fonochat. Teligence implemented two-site architecture with built-in redundancy to support new Voice-over-IP VoIP network and consolidate legacy infrastructure....

Tags: Backbone, HP Server, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Telephony, VOIP, Social Networking, Telecommunications, Servers, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware

Case studies 2009-07-01

HP Reference Configuration for Citrix XenApp: 1,500 Microsoft Office 2003 Users on HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server Blades

HP and Citrix collaborate at an engineering level to ensure that customers benefit from software, hardware and service solutions that are jointly tested, certified, and tuned to deliver optimal server performance. HP and Citrix have developed a range of recommended configurations and services for Citrix applications, focusing on particular business...

Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Microsoft Office, Processors, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2009-07-01

Verari blades now handle six-core AMD Opteron processor

The scalable BladeRack 2 X-Series blade server line from Verari Systems now supports the long-delayed six-core Opteron technology from Advanced Micro Devices. The chips are engineered to provide up to 30 percent more performance, depending on the application, while running within the same thermal envelope as BladeRack 2 systems configured...

Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Quad-core, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Airline Soars With Blades

PT Garuda Indonesia wanted to boost the efficiency of its business operations by developing its IT infrastructure further and running key front-end applications on high-performance servers. The airline deployed Dell PowerEdge M600 blade servers paired with Dell PowerEdge M1000e modular blade enclosures. The Dell blade servers have helped the company...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Data Centers, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Case studies 2009-06-01

HP Reference Configuration for Citrix XenApp: 1,500 Microsoft Office 2003 Users on HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server Blades

HP and Citrix collaborate at an engineering level to ensure that customers benefit from software, hardware and service solutions that are jointly tested, certified, and tuned to deliver optimal server performance. HP and Citrix have developed a range of recommended configurations and services for Citrix applications, focusing on particular business...

Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Corp., HP Compaq ProLiant, Microsoft Office, Blade Servers, Servers, Office Suites, Software, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-01

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Hyper-V High Availability Configuration on HP ProLiant BL680c G5 Server Blades

This white paper documents the configuration details and performance results of a two server building block with HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blades. Each BL680c server blade in the building block is running five, Hyper-V virtual machines VM for a total of ten VMs. Performance testing was conducted using the...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Blade, Microsoft Exchange Server, High Availability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, HP Compaq ProLiant, Blade Servers, Performance Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2009-06-01

University IT Centre Anticipates Energy Savings of Around 20 Per Cent With Dell Blade Servers

RRZN, IT centre for Leibniz University Hannover, wanted to improve the manageability and efficiency of a key area of its IT infrastructure as storage and power requirements rose. The IT team also wanted to optimise the use of space in the datacentre. With blade servers from Dell, RRZN has gained...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Information Technology, Strategy, Blade Servers, Servers, Management, Hardware

Case studies 2009-06-01

Standardizing on HP Desktop PCs, Server Blades and Storage

A small food distributor might have a few PCs in the main office. But for Saladino's, a $385 million company that supplies restaurants up and down the west coast, sophisticated and reliable technology infrastructure is critical to meeting customer needs and tight delivery deadlines. As the company prepared for a...

Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Blade, Desktop Computer, Desktops, Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Servers, Hardware, Manufacturing, Storage, Data Management

Case studies 2009-05-01

Cisco Delivers Enterprise-Class Fibre Channel Blade Switch Solution

The blade server market is the fastest growing segment of the server market, with a year-to-year growth rate of 30 percent according to IDC. Server consolidation and virtualization are primary causes of the growth in blade server and blade switch deployments. In addition, the SAN attach rate for blade servers...

Tags: Blade Server, Fibre Channel, Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2009-05-01

Green IT Project Report: Consolidation and Virtualization in x86 Environments

Wincor Nixdorf needed To reduce complexity - consolidation of Blade Server infrastructure with 150 servers to cut costs - modern server hardware and virtualization, to improve service for users - streamlined operational processes and improved application availability and to commit to green IT - energy savings and efficient use of...

Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Consolidation, Environment, Intel X86, Green IT, Fujitsu Ltd., Wincor Nixdorf, Utility Computing, Blade Servers, Servers, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage

Case studies 2009-04-08

Geotrace Accelerates Delivery of Data to Customer by Two Months With an Ocean-Bound HPC Cluster Using Dell Blade Servers

Geotrace is a privately owned, Houston-based company that helps geophysical services companies worldwide maximize the potential of their reservoirs by processing and integrating data gathered during seismic surveys. Geotrace wanted to eliminate a two-month delay between offshore data acquisition and onshore analysis to help its customers be more competitive. By...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Geotrace, Blade Servers, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Servers, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2009-04-01

Networking Best Practices: For VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers

This whitepaper provides an overview of the networking architecture for VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge blade servers. It provides best practices for deploying and configuring network in the VMware environment. References to other guides for step by step instructions are provided. The intended audiences for this whitepaper are systems...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Network, Infrastructure Inc., VMware Inc., Dell PowerEdge, Virtualization, Blade Servers, Servers, Utility Computing, Hardware

White papers 2009-04-01

Will Cisco's data center push ignite IT price war?

Cisco System's introduction of its Unified Computing Center system consisting of an 8-blade server, data storage and network system designed to run virtualization software will likely ignite a price war as IT vendors battle for smaller IT budgets. It is an aggressive move by Cisco to break into new...

Tags: Blade Server, Data Center, Virtualization, Network, Blade, Information Technology, ZDNet, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco System, Data Centers, Utility Computing, Blade Servers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Gallery: Cisco moves into blade servers

Cisco's Unified Computing System aims to unify components of the data center into one footprint. The goal is to cut the total cost of ownership by 20 percent in capital expenses and up to 30 percent in operating expenses. by Andy Smith

Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-03-16

Cisco's big blade server bet

After months of rumors, Cisco officially entered the server business this morning with a modular system it calls the "Unified Computing System" UCS. This blade server system goes one step beyond its predecessors by starting from a unified network foundation on ten gigabit per second Ethernet (10 GbE) that delivers...

Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Garuda Indonesia Reduces Energy Consumption by 40 Percent and Optimizes Space by 50 Percent With Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers

Garuda Indonesia wanted to boost the efficiency of its business operations by developing its IT infrastructure further and running key front-end applications on high-performance servers. Garuda Indonesia deployed a series of Dell PowerEdge blade servers paired with Dell PowerEdge enclosures. The blades has helped the airline reduce energy consumption, optimize...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Dell PowerEdge, Garuda Indonesia, Servers, Blade Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-03-01

Global Manufacturer Pelican Products Uses Dell Blade Servers to Deliver World-Class SAP Performance and Reduce Hardware Costs by 25 Percent

Business growth required Pelican Products to move to a more robust and scalable Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system, but the data center lacked sufficient space. Dell's Global Infrastructure Consulting Services team helped design a worldwide SAP system based on Dell PowerEdge blade servers and Dell/EMC storage that fit the available...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blade Server, Performance, SAP AG, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2009-03-01

Can someone make my cell server, please?

The blade server I want is pretty simple: integrated everything with room for up to 32 "blades" consisting of PS3 CPU boards - all running yellowdog Linux, of course. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-01-21

USB for Blade Servers

Using Blade Servers can considerably save money on hardware but here some problems arise. One of them is that it is completely impossible to work with USB devices. Blade computers can share networking, storage, power, cooling but not the USB. Blade Server manufacturers did not provide any solution to share...

Tags: Blade Server, Blade, USB, FabulaTech, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-01-01