Microprocessors White Papers

WHITE PAPER: The Intel® Xeon® processor family provides a reliable, available, and serviceable infrastructure which works seamlessly with Windows Server 2008 R2. By leveraging the power of Intel technology, businesses can enhance their private cloud infrastructure to help IT administrators and end-users receive an efficient, secure, and simplified experience.

Posted: 16 May 2011 | Published: 29 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: As part of an effort to address security concerns, Intel IT evaluated Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT), a new security technology in Intel® processors. Intel TXT is a foundation technology that can be applied to enhance security in multiple usage models. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 02 May 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This reference architecture explains a secure cloud infrastructure deployment and operation. It describes a cloud built with VMware, vSphere*, Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series-based server platforms, and a HyTrust Appliance* designed to enforce cloud security policies, including those based on platform trust attestation provided by Intel® TXT.

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: To support the execution of multiple workloads without starving applications of vital compute resources, a virtualization platform needs to offer high compute performance, a large memory footprint, and superior I/O expansion capabilities. Read on to learn how Oracle’s Sun Fire X4470 server is an ideal mission-critical virtualization platform.

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Oracle introduces the new Sun Fire X4170 M2, the most versatile IT infrastructure building block server and the Sun Fire X4270 M2 server, the ideal server for clustered database and virtualized workloads.

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a technical guide for developers and system administrators that want to understand the precise details of how Oracle® Solaris and Oracle’s Sun x86 systems using Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve your enterprise application solution environment.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are designed specifically as general-purpose application, database, data warehousing, and consolidation servers. They are especially suited to address the needs of enterprise datacenters, with a goal of increasing performance and flexibility while consolidating systems to reduce datacenter costs and complexity.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the architecture and performance of the Intel Xeon processor 7500 and 6500 Series. The analysis covers latency to main memory, memory bandwidth and application performance, and addresses performance issues related to memory speed and population of memory.

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 | Published: 20 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Whether you plan to integrate new SAP products into your infrastructure or are preparing for an upgrade, the IBM Systems solution with SAP Discovery system can help you thoroughly evaluate SAP applications - and validate their benefits.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how IBM eX5 systems allow organizations to combine the full advantages of Intel’s Xeon processors with the latest and most advanced System x features - allowing companies to do more with fewer servers and achieve better system utilization and energy efficiency.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many IT organizations are interested in virtualizing their business-critical applications but want to be absolutely certain they can deliver the same or better performance, scalability and availability in a virtualized environment. In the vast majority of cases they can. Read this paper to learn about VMware and Intel solutions.

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 | Published: 28 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: The all new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family is designed to keep downtime and desk-side visits to a minimum.

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 | Published: 28 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for tips on selecting the best support approach for your IT shop's Linux platform. You'll learn about various options and the essential components of a successful support system.

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes issues of high processor and server density within existing data center infrastructures. It identifies methods to optimize the effectiveness of power and cooling resources in facilities that are deploying high-density equipment...

Posted: 11 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

WHITE PAPER: This performance white paper illustrates the efficiencies of deploying SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing technologies on Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage arrays

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse technologies on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage.

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: Learn how Dell has partnered with Microsoft to create three validated partner reference configurations for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. This white paper discusses BI and DW applications for SQL Server 2005.

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

WHITE PAPER: Learn how virtualization can make your infrastructure more efficient. See the different types of virtualization and how IBM technology can help you achieve a virtualized environment.

Posted: 28 Nov 2007 | Published: 28 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an analysis of early testing for Intel vPro processor technology in IT departments. See real-world examples of how Intel vPro technology improves security due to the hardware based capabilities not possible with software a...

Posted: 21 Nov 2007 | Published: 21 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: In order to successfully base server consolidation on VMware Infrastructure 3, it is important to have appropriately sized physical memory. Learn how to determine the right amount of memory for a VI3 deployment and the consequences of sub-optim...

Posted: 19 Oct 2007 | Published: 19 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: Learn how the Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 processor 9000 from the Dual-core Intel® Itanium® 2 Processor 9000 Series can deliver new levels of performance, flexibility and value for your data-intensive business and te...

Posted: 10 Jul 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

WHITE PAPER: This paper will provide a brief background on instruction set architecture (ISA) and review new instructions, including SSE4 vectoring compiler and media accelerators, SSE4 efficient accelerated string and text processing, and Application T...

Posted: 26 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

WHITE PAPER: Learn how SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and Xen virtualization technology enable your data center managers to treat all the hardware and software in the data center as a pool of interchangeable resource components.

Posted: 26 Feb 2007 | Published: 26 Feb 2007

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover a comprehensive portfolio of servers which deliver flexibility to respond quickly and effectively to changes, with the availability, scalability and cost features that are most appropriate for your business continuity needs.

Posted: 19 Jul 2006 | Published: 01 Jul 2006