ALSO CALLED: Datacenter Management and Machine Room Management DEFINITION: Sun Microsystems' Modular Datacenter (known as "Project Blackbox" in the prototype phase) is a mobile and virtualized data center packaged in a standard 20-foot shipping container. The Modular Datacenter (MD) was designed for rapid deployment, energy efficiency and computing density.
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WHITE PAPER: Posted: 02 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Green computing has been a hot topic for businesses recently. This IT Briefing provides an overview on green computing and how green computing solutions not only address environmental concerns, but also add real business value by reducing costs and...
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Server virtualization is being added to IT shops at a booming rate because IT has seen the benefits: improved utilization rates, reduced CapEx and improvements in flexibility. In this report, The Taneja Group explains that F5 Network's ac...
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2007
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This paper addresses the increased performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by combining a F5 WANJet application acceleration solution ...
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007
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This paper addresses the performance needs of a disaster recovery plan, and the common barriers to achieving success. It also addresses the performance gains that can be achieved by combining the F5 WANJet application acceleration solution with the...
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007
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One approach to improving overall system performance is the use of a class of Traffic Management Device commonly referred to as a WAN Accelerator. This paper details the results of using one such solution - the F5 Networks® BIG-IP...
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Virtualization is not a new concept. But recently, virtualization has become ubiquitous, representing any type of process obfuscation where a process is somehow removed from its physical operating environment. This paper focuses on virtuali...
WHITE PAPER: Posted: 25 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007
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To take full advantage of server virtualization, and create a true virtual data center, IT departments need a holistic storage solution that allows fully shared resources, easy and automated storage classification.
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This paper addresses the greatest environmental threats to the functionality of small to medium computer rooms and presents the time and cost savings associated with the integration of a remote monitoring system.
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Trying to plan data center optimization projects without an accurate picture of the very assets you are trying to optimize is an exercise in futility. The results of this approach are well known...
DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): It can be shipped to anywhere in the world and set up anywhere that has water and power sources, an Internet connection and an external chiller. The target market is overcrowded datacenter owners and those in need of massive mobile computing power, such as emergency relief organizations, the military, Web 2.0 providers, government, physics labs, financial institutions and disaster recovery providers.
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