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Server Consolidation Security - Firewall and VPN Solutions for IBM eServers
White Papers The conversion to server consolidation, although very beneficial to the on-demand organization, is not without concerns. Whether an organization uses IBM eServer iSeries model 800s or the IBM eServer zSeries z990, consolidation of servers is now...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Server Consolidation: Business Considerations for a Successful Outcome
White Papers Corporations are increasingly turning to server consolidation - an approach to the efficient use of computer server resources in order to reduce the total number of servers or server locations - as a means of minimizing future expenditures for...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Server consolidation: a tech guide review
Reviews Server consolidation is a high priority for many IT managers, and there are several ways to do it. Although space creation and power consumption are often the driving force behind server consolidation projects, once a consolidated infrastructure is...
[May 7, 2009, 15:26]
Server Consolidation Using Quad-Core Processors
White Papers The results show the strong potential of the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series for high levels of consolidation and virtualisation, particularly with CPU intensive applications. This resource looks at how Intel IT used the Quad-Core Intel...
[May 14, 2008, 1:01]
Server Consolidation With VMware ESX Server
White Papers This IBM paper discusses server consolidation options and considerations using VMware ESX Server on IBM eServer BladeCenter and IBM eServer xSeries 445 hardware. In addition, systems management options using VMware VirtualCenter, VMotion, VMware...
[September 27, 2005, 3:00]
Server Consolidation With Microsoft SQL Server on HP Integrity Servers: A Financial Examination of Total Cost of Ownership
White Papers Although server consolidation enables organizations to improve resource utilization, much of the true value comes from increasing IT efficiency, improving service levels and enhancing flexibility. In addition, the highly reliable and more powerful...
[July 1, 2009, 1:19]
TechNet Webcast: Server Consolidation With SQL Server (Level 300)
White Papers Microsoft SQL Server supports multiple options for server consolidation, providing organizations with the flexibility to choose the consolidation approach that best meets their requirements in order to centralize data services management and...
[August 31, 2007, 1:00]
Server Consolidation With Intel Xeon Processors and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
White Papers Server consolidation with Intel Xeon processors and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V can dramatically improve server density, and allow businesses to provide drastically more services using the same power, cooling, and data center facilities.
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Virtual Hierarchies to Support Server Consolidation
White Papers Server consolidation is becoming an increasingly popular technique to manage and utilize systems. This paper develops CMP memory systems for server consolidation where most sharing occurs within Virtual Machines (VMs).
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Microsoft SQL Server Consolidation: A Business Case
White Papers The purpose of this white paper is to prepare IT professionals for a successful IT consolidation initiative, with an emphasis on the need to consolidate server environments. This paper addresses the major steps required for a successful...
[March 10, 2006, 0:01]
Maintain Fewer Servers - Overview: Nine Steps to Server Consolidation
White Papers Infrastructure optimization and server consolidation can help organizations to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and achieve greater availability, scalability, and value. This paper provides nine steps for Server Consolidation.
[May 20, 2004, 0:00]
IBM System p5: Lower TCO Through Server Consolidation
White Papers This paper examines the economic justification for server consolidation on the latest IBM System p5 servers through the analysis of a detailed case study. This paper is based on the infrastructure and operational costs for a representative...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Workload and Server Consolidation
White Papers One might be considering an exercise in server consolidation for a variety of reasons. On the face of it, the meaning of the term 'Server consolidation' seems pretty straightforward. Indeed saving costs may be only one of the drivers that form part...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Xen and Server Consolidation
White Papers Virtualization technology has the potential to play a significant role in enabling logical server consolidation. Xen an ideal solution for server consolidation based on para-virtualization is gaining currency.
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
SQL Server Consolidation Strategies
White Papers Microsoft SQL Server 2008 supports multiple options for server consolidation, providing organizations with the flexibility to choose the consolidation approach that best meets their requirements for centralizing data services management.
[April 2, 2009, 1:22]
VHV Gains Premium Performance With Server Consolidation
White Papers The challenge faced by VHV were construction of an integrated system base for the secure and efficient operation of complex insurance applications and future e-business services; reduction of administrative effort and increase in performance and...
[April 24, 2007, 1:00]
IT Infrastructure and Hosting Leader Cuts Costs With Server Consolidation
White Papers The company expects server consolidation and greater administrator productivity to cut IT infrastructure and hosting costs. To meet that goal more effectively, TELUS will offer hosted environments using virtual machines running on Microsoft Virtual...
[March 17, 2007, 0:00]
Improving Packing Algorithms for Server Consolidation
White Papers Minimizing the number of servers and preparing sufficient resources are contradictory requirements in server consolidation. These requirements can be formalized as a variant of the bin packing problem, which is known to be NP-hard.
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Server Consolidation
White Papers This paper discusses strategies for server consolidation using Exchange 2003. One option is to build a messaging strategy based on advanced technologies available in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
[October 13, 2006, 1:00]
Allocation Problems in LargeScale Server Consolidation
White Papers Virtualization provides a new technical means for server consolidation allowing for higher utilization of server capacities. Server consolidation describes the process of combining the workloads of several different servers on a set of target servers.
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