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server consolidation Using Quad-Core Processors: This resource looks at how Intel IT used the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series to consolidate test workloads from eight physical machines into virtual machines VMs running on a single server.The dual-socket server completed the workloads 66 percent faster than the original eight servers based on the Intel Pentium...; Tags: Server Consolidation, Workload, Server, Quad-core Processor, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; White papers 2008-05-13
vConverter converting virtual machines for the converted: Vizioncore recently announced vConverter, a product that can migrate physical machines to virtual machines and virtual machines to physical machines. Why should anyone care? The key is having an increased ability to orchestrate the environment, recover from a disaster and the ability to create an agile environment. ...; Tags: Environment, Product, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, vConverter, Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-20
server consolidation and the Combinatorial Effects of Multi-Core Processing, Virtualization, and Grid Technologies: Information Technology IT is a fast moving target, constantly pushing the limits of human creativity in developing innovative solutions to meet user demands. But never has IT faced as radical an evolution as the one underway. Through the combined use of Grid, Virtualization and Multi-core technologies everyone is witnessing unprecedented...; Tags: Consolidation, Multi-core, Technology, eXludus, Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage; White papers 2008-02-01
Mass Distributed server consolidation: System z Mainframe Linux-on-z/VM Extreme Virtualization Far Outclasses Over-Hyped x86/x64 Approaches: This paper reviews the scale-out, distributed server proliferation catastrophe, and looks at why IT infrastructure optimization is now a business imperative. It evaluates the role of virtualization, and the varied approaches that have been implemented in server partitioning/virtualization. The paper includes its newer, mass-distributed server consolidation role. Its already powerful...; Tags: Mainframe, Software Strategies, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2008-02-01
HP Partner Cnetics Helps Fast-Growing Georgia Government Agency Save Time and Money Using HP Bladesystem: Cnetics Technologies wanted to provide server consolidation and security management services at an affordable price and build a scalable easy-to-manage IT infrastructure. The company installed a cost-effective, scalable, reliable server infrastructure using HP BladeSystems with ProLiant server blades, HP Insight Control infrastructure management tools and VMware virtualization software. As a...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Agency, Government, Servers, Server Consolidation, Security, Hardware; Case studies 2008-02-01

Memory Buddies: Exploiting Page Sharing for server consolidation in Virtualized Data Centers: Modern data centers increasingly employ virtualization in order to maximize resource utilization while reducing costs. With the advent of multi-core processors, memory has become the key limiting resource when running multiple virtual machines on a given server. This paper argues for exploiting page sharing to significantly reduce aggregate memory requirements...; Tags: Data Center, University Of Massachusetts, Data Centers, Storage, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2008-01-28
Best Practices for Server Virtualization: Logical partitioning of the mainframe environment has existed for several years. Logical partitioning of the distributed environment using products such as VMWare's ESX Server or Microsoft's Virtual Server is gaining momentum as companies look to improve their return on investment with server consolidation projects. This paper reviews some of the...; Tags: Environment, Best Practice, Computer Measurement Group, Server Consolidation, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2008-01-22
Measuring Up for Server Virtualization: Virtualization is hot because there are very real and quantifiable dollar savings to be gained through proper server consolidation. That's not a misprint. Server virtualization is a technological method to consolidate servers. For those with a mainframe background, consider the business benefits of server consolidation mirroring the advantages of logically...; Tags: Computer Measurement Group, Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Mainframes, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2008-01-22
University Simplifies Administration With server consolidation, Management Tools: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is a research university in Germany with multiple disciplines and more than 35,000 students. The university community uses a variety of client software and has considerable freedom in implementing new solutions. To support this constantly changing environment, the central IT department at the university needs to...; Tags: Information Technology, Administration, University, Tool, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Server Consolidation, E-mail Servers, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management; Case studies 2008-01-01
server consolidation With SQL Server 2008: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 supports multiple options for server consolidation, which provides organizations with the flexibility to choose the consolidation approach that best meets their requirements to centralize data services management and reduce hardware and maintenance costs. By providing centralized management, auditing, and monitoring capabilities, SQL Server 2008 makes it...; Tags: Data Service, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Server Consolidation, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management; White papers 2008-01-01
Xen and server consolidation: Enterprises are witnessing a server sprawl as low cost x86 boxes make their way into datacenters. Application provisioning on dedicated servers and provisioning hardware capacity for peak loads have led to unprecedented server proliferation and abysmally low utilization. Virtualization technology has the potential to play a significant role in enabling...; Tags: Provisioning, Xen, Enterprise, Virtualization Technology, Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2007-12-20
Another call for guest bloggers - Virtualization thoughts, please: I have yet to receive any guest blogs specifically about educational technology since we opened up several of our columns to guest submissions. I thought it might bring some folks out of the woodwork, though, if I suggested a specific topic. Server virtualization is something with which I...; Tags: Server, Blogger, Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Blogging, Server Virtualization, Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Storage, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-12-18
Improving Packing Algorithms for server consolidation: Minimizing the number of servers and preparing sufficient resources are contradictory requirements in server consolidation. These requirements can be formalized as a variant of the bin packing problem, which is known to be NP-hard. The least-loaded, a load-balancing algorithm, is applied to the problem and compared to the classical First-Fit...; Tags: Algorithm, Load Balancing, Engineering, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2007-12-14
Momentum Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 3 of 3) - Reducing Hardware and Maintenance Costs With server consolidation (Level 100): The attendee of this webcast will learn about new features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 can help reduce hardware and maintenance costs by providing a flexible server consolidation solution. Organizations can centralize data services on fewer servers through server virtualization and support for multiple service instances on...; Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Server Consolidation, Servers, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts 2007-12-12
Installing and Operating HP PolyServe for Microsoft SQL Server for SAP Databases: HP PolyServe software consolidates servers and storage into manageable, available and scalable utilities for database and file serving. Introducing HP PolyServe's approach to virtualization for mission-critical applications like SAP extend the benefits of consolidation to this critical business application. Unlike conventional virtualization approaches, HP PolyServe's unique shared data technology can...; Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-12-01
Microsoft Webcast: Business Solutions With SQL Server 2008 (Level 100): The attendee of this webcast will learn more about how Microsoft SQL Server 2008 provides customers with a trusted, productive, and intelligent platform for business applications. It shows how SQL Server 2008 can be used to provide a reliable platform with lower cost for key business scenarios like business intelligence,...; Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Server Consolidation, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management; Webcasts 2007-11-14
Allocation Problems in LargeScale server consolidation: Today's data centers offer many different IT services mostly hosted on dedicated physical servers. Virtualization provides a new technical means for server consolidation allowing for higher utilization of server capacities. The term refers to the abstraction of computing resources across many aspects of computing and has been used to describe...; Tags: Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Allocation, Technischen Universitat Munchen, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2007-10-22
Euro-view on saving energy the IT way: There is growing awareness among British IT managers that energy costs are no longer negligible, and may never be again. A recent commentary from the CEO of Celona Technologies points out words still win out over action. Celona builds software for communications enterprises and it surveyed many of...; Tags: Information Technology, British Telecommunications, Celona, Server Consolidation, Data Centers, Strategy, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Management, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-03
Solution for Open Virtualization Helps Provide server consolidation: Using virtualization to decrease the number of servers required to support enterprise workloads presents cost savings opportunities. Organizations that want to take advantage of the latest virtualization technologies can face a complex task, in terms of both design and integration. Novell, IBM, and Intel are helping to reduce that complexity,...; Tags: Server Consolidation, Server, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2007-09-01
A guide to successful server consolidation: If you have countless servers sprawled across disparate locations, server consolidation may be just what the doctor ordered to reduce ever-increasing TCO. In this ZDNet Webcast, host Dan Farber, editor in chief of ZDNet, discusses practical tips for developing a solid strategy to get the most out...; Tags: Consolidation, Server, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware; Webcasts 2007-08-28