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Grid Computing With Oracle Database 11g 2008-03-01 IDG (International Data Group)

This paper discusses the evolution of the datacenter toward the adoption of grid computing and details the benefits derived from this development. It considers the implications for database systems and details the requirements of a database for successful deployment in a grid computing context. It then reviews the features of Oracle Database 11g and shows how that product meets those requirements.

Enabling Virtualized Grids With Oracle and NetApp 2008-03-01 NetApplications.com

Oracle Grid architectures are absorbing new technologies and are continuing to evolve. The recent introduction of Oracle VM for advanced server virtualization, in combination with storage virtualization features of NetApp such as FlexVol, FlexClone, and FAS deduplication, make it possible to significantly increase server and storage utilization on Oracle Grids for improved efficiency and reduced operating costs. This white paper provides an overview of these technologies and highlights a case study of their adoption.

Tags: Virtualization

Server Consolidation and the Combinatorial Effects of Multi-Core Processing, Virtualization, and Grid Technologies 2008-02-01 eXludus

Information Technology (IT) is a fast moving target, constantly pushing the limits of human creativity in developing innovative solutions to meet user demands. But never has IT faced as radical an evolution as the one underway. Through the combined use of Grid, Virtualization and Multi-core technologies everyone is witnessing unprecedented levels of scalability, flexibility, price-performance and manageability. These three technologies form that are define in this paper as a 'Three tier consolidation platform'. That is, each technology is view as a consolidation mechanism operating on a distinct level. Furthermore, the usefulness of each consolidation tier taken independently is limited, while combining all tiers at once holds huge potential. The sum can be greater than the parts!

Tags: Server Consolidation, Virtualization

Using Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Job Scheduler 2008-02-01 Microsoft

Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Compute Cluster Server (WCCS), includes a new Job Scheduler that provides greater scalability and supports advanced policies. The new Job Scheduler supports a new Service Oriented Architecture mode that provides access to interactive applications through the Windows Communication Framework. The graphical interface for the Job Scheduler is now fully integrated into the Administration Console, and the command-line interface now uses Windows PowerShell for all Job Scheduler functions, while maintaining compatibility with the command-line interface commands in WCCS. This paper explains the new Job Scheduler functionality.

Tags: Server Consolidation

MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Programming for High-Performance Computing Environments With Darius Parysz (Level 200) 2007-10-24 Microsoft

The presenter of this webcast shares his knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology. The attendee of this webcast will learn about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. The presenter of this webcast enlightens about developing for High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.

Reducing the Complexity of HPC for Simulations - Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Powers Multi-Field Product Simulation With LSTC's LS-Dyna 2007-10-05 Microsoft

Calculating computationally intensive problems on a single CPU can take hours, days, or even weeks. Performing the same calculations in parallel by using cluster technology increases processing speed dramatically, and can save a project valuable turnaround time. Join us for an informative discussion on how the LS-DYNA suite and Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 accelerate calculation speed and reduce time to insight for a wide range of industries and applications. Learn how CCS provides a powerful platform for HPC, while LS-DYNA provides a flexible simulation solution for finite element analysis. Find out how to receive a simple to use, cost-effective, and robust parallel processing solution for the simulation of product testing and design that would otherwise require large system and IT resources.

Tags: Application Servers,

TRIOLE Organic Computing Architecture 2007-10-01 Fujitsu

Autonomous mechanisms are expected to serve as foundations for stable, adaptable, and cost-efficient managed IT systems that can support social and economic activities. This paper describes an autonomous mechanism developed by Fujitsu called the TRIOLE organic computing architecture that integrates human activities and IT processes. Next, it describes a unified description scheme that defines a series of management processes for integrating human activities and IT processes and outlines a method for easily creating reliable processes by using policies and templates. Lastly, it describes a configuration management database that is based on system knowledge about this architecture.

HPC in Financial Services - The Power of Platform Symphony, Windows Compute Cluster Server and Excel 2007 Trio 2007-08-28 Microsoft

As business velocity increases, low latency is becoming a major competitive advantage. This is particularly true in algorithmic trading, options pricing, and risk calculations where staying a tick ahead of the competition can make the difference between a winning or a losing trade. This webcast demonstrates how Platform Symphony, one of the leading performing grid technologies in the market, can provide real time performance in options calculations working in conjunction with Windows Server Compute Cluster Edition and Microsoft Office Excel 2007. This webcast discusses on the upcoming Microsoft Office 2007 Excel Services, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Windows Compute Cluster Server and Platform Symphony integration.

Tags: Server Consolidation, Spreadsheets

A Practical Application for Grid Computing 2007-06-01 Enterprise Management Associates

Grids today appear mostly in High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, where hundreds of inexpensive compute nodes link together to solve parallel processing problems that previously could only have been addressed by using supercomputers. Storage grids were developed to supply the enormous amounts of data that such processing power was capable of producing and consuming. Properly managed, storage and throughput scale linearly with computing power. Grids are a proven technology when it comes to HPC, but such sites are typically seen as a special case of computing, where computational performance is often the only criterion that really matters.

Step-by-Step Guide to Installing, Configuring, and Tuning a High-Performance Compute Cluster 2007-06-01 Microsoft

This paper is a step-by-step guide based on the highly successful cluster deployment at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. The cluster was built as a joint effort between NCSA and Microsoft, using commonly available hardware and Microsoft software. The cluster was composed of 450 x64 servers, achieving 4.1 teraflops (TFLOPs) on 896 processors using the widely accepted LINPACK benchmark.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Grid Computing With Oracle Database 11g	2008-03-01	IDG (International Data Group)
This paper discusses the evolution of the datacenter toward the adoption of grid computing and details the benefits derived from this development. It considers the implications for database systems and details the requirements of a database for successful deployment in a grid computing context. It then reviews the features of Oracle Database 11g and shows how that product meets those requirements.
Enabling Virtualized Grids With Oracle and NetApp	2008-03-01	NetApplications.com
Oracle Grid architectures are absorbing new technologies and are continuing to evolve. The recent introduction of Oracle VM for advanced server virtualization, in combination with storage virtualization features of NetApp such as FlexVol, FlexClone, and FAS deduplication, make it possible to significantly increase server and storage utilization on Oracle Grids for improved efficiency and reduced operating costs. This white paper provides an overview of these technologies and highlights a case study of their adoption. Tags: Virtualization
Server Consolidation and the Combinatorial Effects of Multi-Core Processing, Virtualization, and Grid Technologies	2008-02-01	eXludus
Information Technology (IT) is a fast moving target, constantly pushing the limits of human creativity in developing innovative solutions to meet user demands. But never has IT faced as radical an evolution as the one underway. Through the combined use of Grid, Virtualization and Multi-core technologies everyone is witnessing unprecedented levels of scalability, flexibility, price-performance and manageability. These three technologies form that are define in this paper as a 'Three tier consolidation platform'. That is, each technology is view as a consolidation mechanism operating on a distinct level. Furthermore, the usefulness of each consolidation tier taken independently is limited, while combining all tiers at once holds huge potential. The sum can be greater than the parts! Tags: Server Consolidation, Virtualization
Using Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Job Scheduler	2008-02-01	Microsoft
Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Compute Cluster Server (WCCS), includes a new Job Scheduler that provides greater scalability and supports advanced policies. The new Job Scheduler supports a new Service Oriented Architecture mode that provides access to interactive applications through the Windows Communication Framework. The graphical interface for the Job Scheduler is now fully integrated into the Administration Console, and the command-line interface now uses Windows PowerShell for all Job Scheduler functions, while maintaining compatibility with the command-line interface commands in WCCS. This paper explains the new Job Scheduler functionality. Tags: Server Consolidation
MSDN Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Programming for High-Performance Computing Environments With Darius Parysz (Level 200)	2007-10-24	Microsoft
The presenter of this webcast shares his knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology. The attendee of this webcast will learn about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. The presenter of this webcast enlightens about developing for High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.
Reducing the Complexity of HPC for Simulations - Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Powers Multi-Field Product Simulation With LSTC's LS-Dyna	2007-10-05	Microsoft
Calculating computationally intensive problems on a single CPU can take hours, days, or even weeks. Performing the same calculations in parallel by using cluster technology increases processing speed dramatically, and can save a project valuable turnaround time. Join us for an informative discussion on how the LS-DYNA suite and Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 accelerate calculation speed and reduce time to insight for a wide range of industries and applications. Learn how CCS provides a powerful platform for HPC, while LS-DYNA provides a flexible simulation solution for finite element analysis. Find out how to receive a simple to use, cost-effective, and robust parallel processing solution for the simulation of product testing and design that would otherwise require large system and IT resources. Tags: Application Servers,
TRIOLE Organic Computing Architecture	2007-10-01	Fujitsu
Autonomous mechanisms are expected to serve as foundations for stable, adaptable, and cost-efficient managed IT systems that can support social and economic activities. This paper describes an autonomous mechanism developed by Fujitsu called the TRIOLE organic computing architecture that integrates human activities and IT processes. Next, it describes a unified description scheme that defines a series of management processes for integrating human activities and IT processes and outlines a method for easily creating reliable processes by using policies and templates. Lastly, it describes a configuration management database that is based on system knowledge about this architecture.
HPC in Financial Services - The Power of Platform Symphony, Windows Compute Cluster Server and Excel 2007 Trio	2007-08-28	Microsoft
As business velocity increases, low latency is becoming a major competitive advantage. This is particularly true in algorithmic trading, options pricing, and risk calculations where staying a tick ahead of the competition can make the difference between a winning or a losing trade. This webcast demonstrates how Platform Symphony, one of the leading performing grid technologies in the market, can provide real time performance in options calculations working in conjunction with Windows Server Compute Cluster Edition and Microsoft Office Excel 2007. This webcast discusses on the upcoming Microsoft Office 2007 Excel Services, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Windows Compute Cluster Server and Platform Symphony integration. Tags: Server Consolidation, Spreadsheets
A Practical Application for Grid Computing	2007-06-01	Enterprise Management Associates
Grids today appear mostly in High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, where hundreds of inexpensive compute nodes link together to solve parallel processing problems that previously could only have been addressed by using supercomputers. Storage grids were developed to supply the enormous amounts of data that such processing power was capable of producing and consuming. Properly managed, storage and throughput scale linearly with computing power. Grids are a proven technology when it comes to HPC, but such sites are typically seen as a special case of computing, where computational performance is often the only criterion that really matters.
Step-by-Step Guide to Installing, Configuring, and Tuning a High-Performance Compute Cluster	2007-06-01	Microsoft
This paper is a step-by-step guide based on the highly successful cluster deployment at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. The cluster was built as a joint effort between NCSA and Microsoft, using commonly available hardware and Microsoft software. The cluster was composed of 450 x64 servers, achieving 4.1 teraflops (TFLOPs) on 896 processors using the widely accepted LINPACK benchmark.