Server Management White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This Intel paper analyzes the effects of various factors on the utilization of the primary server resources: compute, memory and I/O. The analysis shows that 4-socket servers, which provide greater headroom than 2-socket servers, may be preferable in a number of situations.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: The System x eX5 family provides not only the performance, but also the flexibility necessary to address businesses most pressing needs: Performance and cost savings, all in one package. This white paper shows how listening to customers priorities helped the IBM System x team achieve their goal.

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: By running SAP applications on IBM System x eX5 servers equipped with Intel Xeon processor 7500 series, companies can achieve outstanding SAP performance to address current needs while gaining the scalability needed to accommodate growth.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: VMware vSphere takes virtualization to the next level. VMware vSphere is a next-generation virtualization platform that enables businesses to deliver efficient, reliable, and flexible IT.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization plays a major role in driving improvements in SAP landscapes. IBM System x and BladeCenter servers with eX5 Technology offer customers benefits including higher utilization, reduced maintenance costs, easier administration and faster response to changing business needs.

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper highlights how IBM eX5 systems with MAX5 memory technology play a significant role in increasing the value of memory dense servers

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Obtaining the best possible backup performance is always a team effort in the sense that multiple technologies are brought together to provide optimal data protection performance. Read this white paper to learn why the components described in this document will help you to protect your valuable virtual machine environment.

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 | Published: 28 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Within any business, a number of applications exist that are critical to the success of the business. As a result, these applications and the systems they run on require a higher level of availability. The trade off with increasing application availability is an additional cost in terms of redundant hardware and complexity.

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 | Published: 27 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how The IBM® Smart Analytics System family combines hardware, software and services into systems that are integrated and optimized, can be installed in days instead of months, and can be quickly scaled out to support changing business needs. Read on to learn how to deliver business insights faster.

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 | Published: 23 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how Intel and IBM have been working for years to create systems that change the economics of x86 computing. One of the results of that collaboration is a platform for clustered, distributed systems that delivers unprecedented flexibility and scalability.

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 | Published: 23 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains that to accomplish the objectives of making more-efficient use of IT resources, lowering power consumption, and reducing operating expenses, many companies are turning to server consolidation and virtualization efforts—endeavors that increase server CPU utilization and reduce the number of discrete servers in a datacenter.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Learn about the intelligent software in the Oracle Exadata Storage Server that accelerates database query processing by offloading database query processing to the storage layer.

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 | Published: 16 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines both the potential successes of a virtualised environment as well as the challenges. Learn the tools and strategies to help you achieve comprehensive data migration and protection across your company's virtualised infrastructure.

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 | Published: 30 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises of all sizes are deploying or considering deploying blade systems as a way to consolidate resources and lower their total cost of ownership. Read this white paper to learn about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the Dell PowerEdge servers.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 19 Mar 2009

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: Read this paper for resources to help you determine how much powering and cooling the data center is costing your organization, and learn how the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 can help reduce these requirements.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Within any business, a number of applications exist that are critical to the success of the business. As a result, these applications and the systems they run on require a higher level of availability. The trade off with increasing application availability is an additional cost in terms of redundant hardware and complexity.

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 | Published: 15 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Because of the obvious total cost of ownership benefits of virtualization, virtual machines are assuming more business-critical roles in the data center. In a recent survey, more than 75% of all enterprise companies listed server virtualization as one of the top technologies they are adopting. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 | Published: 15 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: It’s a fact: Information–both its availability and accessibility–is critical for the success of any business in a 21st Century economy. Yet most IT organizations are not organized around information, but around infrastructure of servers, storage, and applications. We are entering perilous times for data. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 | Published: 15 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: IT organizations looking to improve service levels and drive down total costs for their most demanding workloads should take a closer look at the latest Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 | Published: 05 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses why virtualization and cloud initiatives are putting so much pressure on workload management and security requirements and describes how emerging intelligent workload management approaches can potentially streamline operations.

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 | Published: 21 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: For many organizations, up to seventy percent of the overall IT budget is dedicated merely to maintaining the operational status quo—leaving only thirty reserved for development. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 | Published: 21 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This high level overview of the IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance discusses current issues being faced in the information technology industry and how WebSphere CloudBurst addresses many of them.

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Feb 2010