Blade Servers White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper provides an overview of the networking architecture for VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge blade servers. It provides best practices for deploying and configuring your network in the VMware environment.

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: Check Point IPS Software Blade gives breakthrough performance and protection at a breakthrough price. For more details, check out this paper, which highlights the numerous benefits of Check Point intrusion prevention protection solutions.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 12 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell's world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses.

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Organizations can benefit from the advantages of 10GbE, consolidation on Dell PowerEdge blade servers, and virtualization with VMware. By implementing 10GbE solutions, organizations can enjoy the economies they hoped to obtain by consolidating and virtualizing their server environment, along with increased performance, reliability, and security.

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 | Published: 09 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space.

Posted: 19 May 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: There are many ways that blade enclosures can be attached to a Dell EqualLogic SAN. This paper reviews three ways, but depending on the blade enclosure design features there may be other options. Each of the three architecture strategies presented here provides different trade-offs in cost, complexity and scalability.

Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 30 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: One approach being used to reduce complexity and TCO in the data center is the implementation of new management software for blade servers, increasing business value and trimming expenses that vex IT budgets and divert important resources for transformational projects.

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Download a complimentary copy of the IBM BladeCenter e-kit which contains white papers, videos and case studies featuring real-life success stories.

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 | Published: 16 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document provides sizing information for running Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 mailbox servers on HP ProLiant servers with large mailbox storage constraints.

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 | Published: 14 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: Bladed environments have proven their ability to reduce complexity and costs, while also delivering an impressive level of flexibility to help organizations of all types and sizes quickly adapt to evolving requirements and realities.

Posted: 20 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware.

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008

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: 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: HP Virtual Connect works with other virtualization products and technologies to provide virtual connections for your virtual machines, a complete solution and a roadmap to future solutions.

Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the hardware and software required to connect HP BladeSystem c--Class server blades to Storage Area Networks1 (SANs) using Fibre Channel (FC) interconnect technology.

Posted: 15 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how Energy Logic can deliver a 50 percent or greater reduction in data center energy consumption without compromising performance or availability.

Posted: 20 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 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: 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: 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: 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: High-density equipment has created significant benefits for organizations. However, there are challenges with high-density that could negatively impact organizations. Download this paper for a look at challenges and key issues facing organizations.

Posted: 16 May 2007 | Published: 01 May 2007

WHITE PAPER: Managing desktop virtualization environments has been extremely challenging as the industry lacks a standard method of measuring performance. Read this white paper to read the results of a recent study that attempts to evaluate virtualization performance.

Posted: 08 May 2007 | Published: 01 May 2007

WHITE PAPER: The virtual desktop infrastructure model (VDI) is covered in this white paper along with how to benefit from utilizing desktops, complete hardware independence, remote access, quick desktop recovery and efficient provisioning.

Posted: 29 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2006

WHITE PAPER: Improve RAID performance, lower the likelihood of critical drive failure and rebuild faster. Read this white paper and learn how to develop a truly Automated Tiered Storage Solution.

Posted: 01 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2006