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Less Is More: Server Consolidation Maximizes IT Optimization
White Papers The solution was to implement VMware ESX Server on Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers running Microsoft Windows-based applications; migrate applications from stand-alone servers to virtual machines in three phases; deploy virtual machines in pairs on...
[November 12, 2008, 0:21]
Server Consolidation and Migration With the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Migration Toolkit
White Papers The Microsoft Virtual Server Migration Toolkit is designed to help solve problems associated with migrating to Virtual Server 2005 by creating a reliable and repeatable process for migrating an operating system and installed applications from a...
[June 8, 2005, 3:00]
Harness the Power of Virtualization for Server Consolidation: Xen-Based Virtualization With SUSE Linux Enterprise on AMD Processors With AMD Virtualization
White Papers Virtualization lets one to reduce the total number of servers by giving a person the ability to migrate multiple environments on different physical machines to individual virtual machines hosted on a single server.
[April 4, 2007, 1:00]
Best Practices for Application Server Consolidation - Level 200
White Papers Virtual machine (VM) technology enables customers to run multiple operating systems concurrently on a single physical server. We will provide an overview of Microsoft Virtual Server 2004. This session will provide guidance and examples of when to...
[June 24, 2009, 9:20]
VMware 10:1 Server Consolidation Enables Increased Business for Italian Office Supplier Errebian S.p.A.
White Papers Instead of using 10 physical servers, the company has been able to create 10 secure transportable virtual machine servers, each with its own isolated operating systems and applications, within one physical server.
[July 22, 2008, 1:18]
UMB Financial Corporation Values VMware Virtual Infrastructure for Server Management and Consolidation
White Papers The 18 physical servers were migrated to virtual machines with VMware P2V Assistant. The bank moved the teller application onto ESX Server - retiring the old hardware, eliminating third-party maintenance costs and increasing the availability of the...
[August 26, 2006, 0:00]
Deploying a Worldwide Site Consolidation Solution for Exchange Server 2003 at Microsoft
White Papers The focus of this white paper is on the Microsoft Information and Technology group's experience in consolidating a large number of Exchange Server 2003 physical sites into a much small number of RDCs.
[July 20, 2004, 3:00]
Server Consolidation: Definitions
White Papers This whitepaper tries to make users understand what is server consolidation in today's Information Technology (IT) environment, by breaking it down into three different approaches: logical, physical, and workload.
[January 19, 2004, 3:31]
Approaches to Server Consolidation
White Papers This broad definition has evolved, however, to encompass other approaches to consolidation, which can be divided into four categories: logical, physical, workload, and application. This paper explains different approaches of server consolidation.
[May 27, 2004, 1:03]
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. As a result, server consolidation should help to delay the purchase of new LAN and SAN adapters and switching kit.
[May 7, 2009, 15:26]
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.
[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]
Server Consolidation and Grid Computing: Performance Implications
White Papers The server consolidation process focuses on reducing the physical number of computers and moving the workloads/applications running on them to a smaller set of computers. Server consolidation and grid computing are two very different, almost...
[November 17, 2004, 2:00]
Leveraging Virtualization for Backup and Recovery
White Papers Today, virtualization goes far beyond traditional server consolidation. Being able to rapidly transition to and from physical and virtual environments (P2V/V2P) now enables a broad range of backup and recovery options, from rapid system disaster...
[June 26, 2008, 1:01]
Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best of VMworld" Approach
White Papers And a growing number of IT executives are looking beyond server consolidation to use virtualization for simpler, more efficient disaster recovery and application availability. By enabling IT managers to move virtual machines (and the applications...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Product Overview
White Papers Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 is the most cost-effective virtual machine solution designed for Windows Server 2003 to improve operational efficiency in software test and development, legacy line-of-business application migration, and server...
[July 16, 2004, 3:00]
The Role of Memory in VMware ESX Server 3
White Papers For many workloads, memory is the limiting factor, and effective memory management enables more virtual machines to share a single server, increasing ROI for consolidation. The memory management capabilities of VMware ESX Server 3.0 provide a...
[December 7, 2006, 0:00]
Large Midwestern Utility Cuts Capital and Operational Test and Development Costs
White Papers In addition to achieving a server consolidation ratio in the lab of at least 4:1, Exelon attained a 50 percent reduction in server provisioning time and a more consistent test environment. The company was able to provision multiple virtual machines...
[March 15, 2007, 0:00]
Beyond Cost Reduction to Higher Business Value: How Consolidating Servers can Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership for the IT Infrastructure and Drive Overall Return on Investment
White Papers This paper helps readers to find out if their company is a candidate for server consolidation. The effort should go beyond simply reducing the number of physical servers but should focus on designing an efficient environment that fully utilizes...
[April 28, 2004, 22:57]
Realize Energy Efficiency with Unified Fabrics - Cisco Whitepaper
White Papers UFTs use Data Center Ethernet technologies at 10 Gbps, providing wire-speed lossless fabric and enabling server I/O consolidation and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Additionally, UFTs allow you to increase the bandwidth to the server and...
[March 20, 2009, 7:37]
