Breaking Through The Storage I/O Barrier For Cloud Computing
[ Source: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. ]
September 2011-
It's no secret that public and private cloud computing is experiencing exponential growth. IDC projects that by 2014, server sales will grow to $718M for public clouds and $11.8 billion for private clouds. IDC also projects public cloud services will grow at 30% per year, five times that of global IT spending in 2011. <br><br>
One of the biggest challenges in cloud computing is the storage I/O bottlenecks that come with large-scale virtual ...
Architecting Low Latency Cloud Networks
[ Source: Arista Networks ]
June 2009-
As data centers transition to next generation virtualized & elastic cloud architectures, high performance and resilient cloud networking has become a requirement for delivering always-on, always-available applications.
Over the last decade response time requirements have been rigorously tightened, toward fractions of a second, and both network and compute latencies need to be reduced in parallel. An architectural approach is needed so that response times are consistently and measurably enhanced across a wide set of ...
HP Blade Servers for Everyone
[ Source: HP ]
January 2008-
The move to blades can save companies over a third of the start-up costs of deploying standalone blades. These savings come via both acquisition costs and facilities costs and are enhanced when coupled with HP deployment and support services. Learn the cost advantages in midsize and enterprise markets of two different HP BladeSystems models. Download now.
Data Center Transitions: Unix to Linux
[ Source: Red Hat ]
August 2009-
Increasing needs and declining budgets demand rapid innovation. The forced upgrades, arcane licensing, routine price hikes, and reduced choice associated with proprietary software might be more than your agency can afford right now. Rapid innovation lets you do more with less-and it requires an open source strategy.
And every good open source strategy begins with Red Hat.
Read about Unix to Linux datacenter transitions and how migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...
The Importance of Network Time Synchronization
[ Source: Symmetricom ]
December 2010-
Your network is time stamping files, email, transactions, etc., while your server logs are recording the transactions in case you need that information. Fundamental to all of this is the belief that the time is correct. This paper describes why network time synchronization is critically important.
SAP Migration Guide: Moving ERP 6.0 From Solaris To Red Hat Linux
[ Source: Red Hat ]
May 2010-
The process of migrating SAP ERP 6.0 and IBM DB2 LUW version 9.1 from Solaris 10 Enterprise on Sun Fire T2000 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform for SAP applications on IBM System x3650 M2 with Intel Xeon processors is relatively straightforward. This guide will help you do the up-front planning and avoid potential problems. You can expect to perform a basic installation and migration in less than one day.
Forrester Research Puts UNIX Future to the Test
[ Source: HP ]
April 2011-
The continued migration of UNIX workloads to other operating systems has topped headlines, giving the impression that the market for UNIX technology is rapidly disappearing.<br><br>
Forrester Consulting tackled this from the other angle. They developed and tested the hypothesis that UNIX continues to deliver high value to current and future users who have requirements that place significant weight on the historical strengths of a RISC/UNIX environment, including reliability, ...
SAS/CONNECT to Mainframes and Servers
[ Source: SAS Institute ]
January 2008-
Enterprise Guide, the point & click interface to SAS is a powerful tool for beginners and power SAS users. SAS/CONNECT allows all available computer platforms to ""talk"" to each other, even the mainframe. This paper published by SAS Institute provides the capability to store data on any and all of the platforms, and to do the processing on any and all of the platforms - all from the one platform sitting on the desk. Even ...