Server Hardware White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Small and medium businesses need to support growth while wringing every ounce of value out of the investments they’ve already made. This paper looks at the benefits of virtualizing SQL Server databases, as well as how to get the most out of your virtual infrastructure.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: To meet today’s unpredictable challenges, changing requirements and technical growth areas, a modular data center design and strategy can yield significant benefits that provide flexibility to match short-term capacity requirements with long-term growth, and do so in a cost-effective manner. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Maximizing performance while making efficient use of available power and space can be critical in data center environments. The new Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 rack server with the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform delivers four-processor performance in a compact, cost-effective 2U design. Access this white paper now to learn more.

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 | Published: 02 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Limited space, power, and cooling capacity have led many organizations to recognize that capital and operating expenses for datacenters have become an increasing part of their budgets. Read this paper to learn about the range of technologies that can help you drive more efficiency in your datacenter.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Introducing the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server. Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are highly reliable, easy-to-manage, vertically scalable systems with all the benefits of traditional mainframes—without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: As IT organizations support dynamically changing business priorities and cope with economic pressures, maintaining datacenter agility is critical. By consolidating systems onto the latest server technology and taking advantage of virtualization techniques, enterprises can optimize datacenter efficiency, gain flexibility, and reduce operating costs

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 22 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series-based servers offer extraordinary new value for virtualizing SAP solutions. They deliver near-native performance for applications running in virtual machines, while providing levels of reliability and scalability never before seen in industry-standard servers. Read this white paper to learn more!

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization on industry-standard servers has transformed IT service delivery, enabling companies to dramatically consolidate infrastructure, reduce costs, and much more. Read this paper to learn about the features and benefits of Vmware vSphere and the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series-based servers.

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010

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: In this paper we compare a typical Exchange 2003 configuration of 10,000 mailboxes on somewhat legacy hardware with two examples of an Exchange 2010 configuration to show the potential efficiencies attainable by migrating to Exchange 2010 on new server and storage hardware from Dell.

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 | Published: 01 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: IT organizations that find server deployment complex and inefficient are looking at new options, such as HP's BladeSystem Matrix. Using this converged infrastructure approach, organizations can reduce acquisition costs for servers, storage and network infrastructure, while reducing total cost of ownership.

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: The objective of this white paper is to identify the consolidation factor for an Oracle database running Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) workloads on legacy 9th Generation PowerEdge 2950 2U 2 socket to the new 11G PowerEdge R810 2U 4/2 socket servers.

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an examination of a new software development language and technology called SequenceL, as well as a description of how it works, why there is a need for it and how well it performs in parallel environments.

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 | Published: 26 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Dell ProConsult Services helped develop and implement a flexible, scalable, automated virtualized infrastructure for several companies, allowing them to take advantage of cloud computing and focus on their core business.

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: IT organisations are faced with service-level pressures that necessitate cost reductions and greater operational efficiency. This white paper highlights how customers can use innovative virtualisation and consolidation technologies from Oracle to create substantial savings on their investments in Sun servers from Oracle.

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximise the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility. This white paper highlights the advantages of using server virtualisation to capture business value through an efficient, nimble IT architecture built on Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains).

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Virtual desktop infrastructure carries the potential for significant savings. However, given the dynamic nature of desktop computing, virtualizing endpoints will raise significant challenges. The temptation will be to treat virtual desktops like datacenter servers when it comes to protection. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 | Published: 15 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for an informative guide to helping you consolidate your Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000 and SQL Server 2005 databases from multiple machines onto a single SQL Server 2008 server system.

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an exploration of how organizations can gain significant performance and cost benefits by upgrading legacy 2-socket servers to new Dell PowerEdge 11th generation 4/2-socket servers.

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 | Published: 23 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the market dynamics driving demand for value 4P servers, explains how the AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform satisfies that demand, and explores the practical implications of the value 4P server’s breakthrough combination of performance, scalability, and value.

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 | Published: 02 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Consolidating and/or virtualizing SQL Server databases can improve data center efficiency and enable you to tackle database sprawl, achieve high availability, and boost agility. Beginning with the value 4 processor (4P) capabilities of the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform, the AMD/Dell/Microsoft combination can help produce substantial savings.

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 | Published: 25 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 OS incorporates enhanced power management tools that can complement 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ server capabilities such as the Dell Active Power Controller feature to help control power consumption and increase energy efficiency in enterprise data centers.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This Gabriel Consulting report research report focuses on the survey results and discusses IBM’s Power Systems virtualization milestones and touches on the implications for the Unix server market.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Dell ProConsult Services helped develop and implement a flexible, scalable, automated virtualized infrastructure for several companies, allowing them to take advantage of cloud computing and focus on their core business.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximize the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility. This white paper highlights the advantages of using server virtualization to capture business value through an efficient, nimble IT architecture built on Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains).

Posted: 18 May 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010