Server Consolidation White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This white paper seeks to help application owners, operations managers and data center managers ensure their virtualization initiatives effectively support applications and end users.

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines-an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award.

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 | Published: 08 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the flexibility that WPARs offer IT professionals in their virtualized UNIX server environments and review how WPARs are different from other partitioning technologies.

Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: A misunderstanding of the problem within your network can lead to unneeded and costly IT investments, not to mention downtime, data loss, and resource waste. This paper examines five common WAN misperceptions and how to better address them.

Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: This third issue of the Virtual Data Center e-zine sifts through the maze of products and technologies that make up VMware's virtualization ecosystem. It then takes a comprehensive look at the new world of virtual desktop delivery and management

Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper captures the experiences of six large companies running SAP applications using IBM® System p™ virtualization.

Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: With IBM, you can scale right with a specially tailored strategy that provides the greatest IT ROI for your company.

Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: The white paper also describes areas of savings and provides advice on sustaining your new environment.

Posted: 16 May 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2006

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, IBM® reveals the next generation data center: scalable, modular data centers (SMDC).

Posted: 08 May 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: This excerpt of the Focus Landscape Research Series covers the drivers, trends, technical approaches and available solutions involved in evaluating and implementing desktop and application virtualization and delivery alternatives.

Posted: 18 Apr 2008 | Published: 30 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: Examining your IT infrastructure often reveals that systems may not be performing up to expectations.

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 05 Dec 2007

WHITE PAPER: Find out how IBM can help you optimize power consumption and cooling capacity to improve efficiency and save you money.

Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 May 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: Learn how a virtual infrastructure empowers small and medium-sized businesses with the ability to transform, manage and optimize their IT infrastructure.

Posted: 15 Nov 2007 | Published: 15 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: Organizations considering green computing initiatives start in the data center but the truth is that in many organizations more power and heat waste is generated outside of the data center. This white paper discusses seven actions that address the prob...

Posted: 28 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: Enterprise users and their data have never been further apart. Business pressures that keep employees out of headquarters and close to customers and partners have met head-on with other drivers that are bringing far flung servers back to the datacenter.

Posted: 20 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: With the introduction of 64-bit hardware and software for Windows, organizations can deploy new applications or migrate existing ones to faster, more efficient technologies. Read this white paper to learn best practices for database migrati...

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2005

WHITE PAPER: Open source software has developed dramatically over the past few years. View this white paper to learn how open source is essential for a successful IT department.

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in IT. This white paper provides an introduction to virtualization and explores the relationship between virtualization and open source and its effect on user control and efficiency.

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 May 2007

WHITE PAPER: Greater equipment densities and power demands are driving the need for 3-phase power in the equipment cabinet. This white paper explains 3-phase power, its advantages and the cost savings associated with using it in the data center.

Posted: 04 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: As data centers adopt virtualization, fault-tolerance becomes more important. Download this white paper to learn about fault tolerance in a virtual world and how it can reduce overall cost of downtime.

Posted: 22 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

WHITE PAPER: The latest switch technology allows you to cut down on the amount of physical assets, reduce problem resolution times and ensure information security and regulatory compliance in the data center.

Posted: 29 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: Learn the problems of server sprawl and underutilization and how deploying Virtual Server 2005 R2 with Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise provides your organization with a secure, reliable platform that can help you manage demand for server resources.

Posted: 10 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007

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