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IBM set to release Linux-only Power server
News In an effort to vault its Power processors into more widespread use, IBM plans to announce Monday a new, inexpensive server line called OpenPower that can run just the Linux operating system, CNET News.com has learned.
[September 10, 2004, 13:55]
IBM set to release Linux-only Power server
Talkback What are the technical advantages of IBM's Linux-only Power server?
[September 12, 2004, 15:02]
IBM debuts Linux-only server
News IBM will announce a new low-end server on Wednesday, its first Power processor-based system that can run the Linux operating system without needing IBM's AIX as well. IBM is taking advantage of Linux's ability to run on numerous processors, moving...
[December 4, 2002, 11:04]
SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional review
Reviews If you want a server-oriented distribution of Linux, SuSE provides two: Standard and Enterprise Server. One addition to YaST2 with this release is an ACPI-compliant power management module. This means you can configure power saving options on PCs...
[May 18, 2004, 9:30]
HP debuts 'blade' servers
News The "ultradense" server era began dawning earlier this year as companies sought a way to cram more processing power into less floor space to keep up with Internet demands, chiefly serving up Web pages to legions of Internet surfers.
[December 4, 2001, 11:50]
Linksys One NSS4100 review
Reviews A single power supply is all you get as standard, but a redundant power supply can be plugged in, if available; it's also possible to integrate the NSS4100 into a larger Linksys One network, with facilities to virtualise storage across multiple...
[July 22, 2008, 14:37]
Start-up uses MIPS chip to crack Linux market
News MIPS chips can't run software for major server processors of the x86, Sparc, Power or Itanium ilk. A start-up called Movidis believes a 16-core chip originally designed for networking gear will be a ticket to success in the Linux server market.
[August 14, 2006, 10:10]
Integrity gets a kick in the Arches
News For example, HP-UX on Itanium is now more advanced than on PA-RISC, with the ability to carve out operating systems partitions that use only a fraction of one processor's power, said Nick Van der Zweep, the director of virtualisation and Integrity...
[March 20, 2006, 14:00]
MS, Sun, Linux vendors sell to power users
News I have run Linux as a firewall, router, Web server, FTP server, mail server, application server, print server, file server, fax server and reporting server. It's a pull-out-the-stops effort by OS vendors to convince the ultimate power customers to...
[June 22, 2000, 9:12]
OpenVZ virtualisation comes to Power chips
News SWsoft programmers have created a version of the OpenVZ Linux virtualisation software that works on Power processors, the company plans to announce on Friday. IBM, which is encouraging Linux programmers to bring their software to Power-based...
[October 13, 2006, 9:40]
SuSE goes 64-bit with IBM zSeries
News IBM boasts that 11 percent of the mainframe computing processing power sold in the fourth quarter of 2001 was for running Linux jobs. SuSE Linux has moved to tap into IBM's growing commitment to Linux with a 64-bit version of its Enterprise Server...
[March 15, 2002, 14:31]
Monolithic OS upgrades are so over
Blog Comment The power users have switched to a mix of XP, OS X, and Linux desktops. The only people who really feel the difference, in a negative way, are the power users. We have no plans to switch any of our servers over to new versions of Windows and are...
[September 28, 2007, 5:04]
Tech investments: Should you go for low cost or capability for growth?
Talkback Linux has steadily been making inroads into the server space, with even IBM mainframes running it. Nothing Microsoft offers is any kind of a match for the reliability, scalability and power of enterprise UNIX systems.
[July 14, 2006, 15:55]
MandrakeSoft eyes up AMD's Opteron
News The announcement is a boost for AMD's x86-64 architecture, which will power the Opteron server processor next year and a new Athlon desktop chip near the end of this year. MandrakeSoft will adapt its distribution of Linux to AMD's next-generation...
[June 28, 2002, 17:02]
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 review
Reviews Unfortunately, to get full SCSI support for Linux you need the additions pack and a Virtual Server SP1 update, which was still in beta at the time of testing. As you might expect, Windows needs to be installed on the host server and will need to be...
[June 7, 2006, 13:00]
IBM 'Squadron' ready for action
News For that reason, Eunice said he didn't think the Power Linux strategy was "terribly attractive" right now. Versions of IBM's WebSphere and DB2 for Linux on Power processors are in testing now at customer sites, Sanchez said.
[March 19, 2003, 8:04]
TurboLinux makes desktop debut
News However, although it holds some attraction for power users, compared with Windows and Mac OS the new release provides little incentive (other than cost) to establish Linux as a corporate platform for average users.
[September 9, 1999, 10:59]
IBM sets up Power portal
News Meanwhile, IBM will also provide tools for testing its middleware software for Power-based servers that run Linux. They range from IBM's Power family of high-end server chips to its PowerPC processors for computers, servers, handhelds and...
[May 17, 2004, 9:35]
Intel aims to cut Linux power usage
News Intel has launched a green Linux project — "LessWatts.org" — designed to reduce the power consumption of Linux servers and PCs. Utilising Intel's fixes can trim about 10 watts of power consumption off a modern dual-processor server, said Dirk...
[September 24, 2007, 12:10]
Red Hat simplifies platform for Linux supercomputing
News IBM, also a major player in the Top500 list, in July introduced the IBM HPC Open Software Stack, with initial support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and planned support for Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10, as well as various clustering and...
[October 3, 2008, 15:25]
