X86 Virtualization

WHITE PAPER: The Dell™ Management Plug-In for VMware® vCenter™ virtual appliance integrates with the VMware vCenter management platform to enable centralized management of Dell servers in virtualized environments from the VMware vSphere™ client.

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This guide discusses three advances that can improve database server performance and when administrators in small to midsize businesses (SMBs) should consider them.

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: In the on-going war between storage technologies, Fibre Channel and iSCSI continue to battle it out. Both have strong arguments to recommend them, and flaws to consider. How do you choose? Read this white paper to find out.

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 | Published: 10 Dec 2010

ANALYST REPORT: Virtualization technology is on a roll, driven by adoption of x86-based servers. While the software market ecosystem around virtualization is heating up, hardware vendors are leveraging that momentum and creating platforms that are optimized for virtualization.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

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: 19 Mar 2012 | Published: 19 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals key factors to consider when selecting a server and explains why more and more organizations are relying on x86 platforms. Access key findings from your peers concerning their spending on servers, power and cooling expenses, and more.

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes numerous shortcomings with Itanium-based platforms, and notes that the Itanium "ecosystem" is in danger of collapse. Forward-looking CIOs should consider x86, POWER and mainframe architectures.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012

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: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the security features in each layer of Oracle’s integrated end-to-end solution stack, including infrastructure, database, middleware and application security, as well as the economic benefits of deploying a defense-in-depth strategy.

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 | Published: 06 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper overviews the evolution of DR strategies for x86 computing, how VMware enables new strategies but also introduces new challenges, and how adopting the latest VMware vSphere platforms along with Veeam vPower allows you to proceed confidently on the journey to a legacy-free DR solution.

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Increased travel costs have led many companies to look into collaboration technology for their organizations. This white paper examines the key capabilities of these tools and discusses the server architecture required to support them.

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 | Published: 12 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reports on the rate of data growth worldwide and points out the limitations of many SQL-based decision support systems. Discover key purchasing criteria to consider when selecting servers and storage to support these critical systems.

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the server requirements of today's critical applications and reveals key metrics used to monitor decision support.

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012

CASE STUDY: This resource explores the top benefits of blade servers including reduced overhead costs and complexity levels, increased capacity and availability.

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 21 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Too often, organizations choose x86-based platforms over more cost-effective mainframe alternatives. This white paper reviews the key benefits of the mainframe and discusses the savings you can expect by using these systems to support heavy I/O applications in your Linux environment.

Posted: 03 May 2012 | Published: 03 May 2012

CASE STUDY: Access this case study to learn how you can replace your ageing rack mounted servers and storage systems with HP Blade server systems in order to reduce downtime, maintenance, increase staff productivity, improve power efficiency, and much more.

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 21 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource explains how the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform can maximize your organization’s performance while reducing total hardware and operating system licensing costs by 25 percent.

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 | Published: 29 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn how one organization was able to cut costs and improve application stability by moving from proprietary hardware to a mainstream operating system such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux for running mission-critical applications.

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 | Published: 29 Mar 2012

CASE STUDY: This case study explains how one retail giant improved business support services by rehosting its mainframe applications to HP integrity servers. Learn how they were able to overcome the integration difficulties connected to mainframe-based management, maximize use of open technologies, and much more.

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: In this e-guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com, gain expert insight on how to approach a virtualization project to ensure maximum success. Understand what challenges you can anticipate and pitfalls to avoid. Plus, find out how to evaluate costs associated with virtualization and which areas can deliver the best advantages.

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this essential white paper and discover ways to reduce data center complexity. Learn to take advantage of virtualization and cloud computing without overwhelming your data center.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and discover the benefits of running the HP DL980 on the Linux operating system. Chief among these is the lower cost inherent in a clustered Linux environment.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

ANALYST REPORT: If you're not saving as much money as you'd hoped from your virtualization and consolidation efforts, you can learn from the best practices of the companies that are realizing huge savings. These companies run at least five times more virtual machines per physical host than other companies and use streamlined IT processes.

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Inside, learn more about a larger x86 platform designed for Linux and enterprise applications that can help address many of your top IT challenges including high availability and scalability demands, the reliability to handle high-density virtualization, lower operating costs, and reduced server sprawl.

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 | Published: 28 Mar 2012

VIDEO: In the traditional IT approach, every new software application required a new server. This added costs to every project and deployment took days to weeks. This also drove server sprawl. Watch this demo for an animated explanation of how virtualization addresses common data center challenges.

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 01 Jun 2009

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: 16 Mar 2011