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whitepaper Workloads for Niagara: Customer Deployments of Sun Niagara CMT Systems One Year On2007-05-01 Sun Microsystems
  This paper explores customer adoption of the Niagara processor since its market introduction in December 2005, focusing on the range of workloads that are running today on this Chip MultiThreaded (CMT) platform. In addition, IDC has interviewed customers who have adopted Niagara to learn about the IT requirements that Niagara addresses - and the deployment patterns found in those sites. Sun Microsystems has innovated in the area of multicore processor technology, introducing its Niagara processors in December 2005. Each processor contains eight cores, and each of those cores supports four threads, or streams, of jobs. This means hat any single Niagara processor can support up to 32 independent threads of processing, making it an efficient engine to host parallelized, multithreaded workloads.   
whitepaper Power and Cooling in the Datacenter2007-03-29 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
  Today's datacenter is more than a room built to house rack upon rack of servers - it is a complex system. In fact, datacenters have become so complex - with so many interactions among processors, rack systems, power and cooling systems, storage arrays, networks, and communications channels - that they can be regarded as ecosystems, requiring only the input of energy to become a world in themselves, while supporting virtually all critical business and scientific computing needs both inside and outside an enterprise. The escalating speed, capacity, and power density of datacenter components have increased the degree of interdependence typically required for maximum performance and cost-effectiveness. Processor power, chip density, and the resulting power consumption and heat can have a profound effect on datacenter operational costs.

Tags: Data Center		   
whitepaper Multi-Core and Linux Kernel2007-03-27 Intel
  Semiconductor technological advances in the recent years have led to the inclusion of multiple CPU execution cores in a single processor package. This processor architecture is known as Multi-Core (MC) or Chip Multi Processing (CMP). Any application which is well optimized and scales with SMP will take immediate benefit of the multiple execution cores, provided by the Multi-core architecture. Even if the application is single-threaded, multi-tasking environment will take advantage of these multiple execution cores. 2.6 Linux kernels take instant advantage of the MC architecture. MC also brings in performance optimization opportunities which will further enhance the performance. This paper captures the recent enhancements to the 2.6 Linux Kernel which better support and enhance the performance of Multi-core capable platforms.

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whitepaper IBM System i5 520 With POWER5 Performance in a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Mixed Workload Environment2007-03-15 IBM
  IBM recently announced a new family of high-speed IBM System i servers with POWER5 technology. Customers with older hardware are asking if they can expect comparable performance on these new systems with similar CPW ratings. The answer is yes. The IBM Oracle International Competency Center (IOICC) and the IBM Rochester development team conducted a series of mixed-workload performance tests on both an older four-way IBM System i 820 and a new IBM System i5 520 uni-processor system. The tests ran both JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ERP 8.0 Web users and multiple streams of batch workloads singly and concurrently.

Tags: Application Servers, ERP		   
whitepaper HP White Paper: Multi-Processor Workstation Productivity in DCC Environments2007-03-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  This white paper describes multi-core, multi-processor computing and the performance advantages of multi-core, multi-processor workstations. Dual-processor equipped xw6400 and xw8400 workstations provide better performance in typical Digital Content Creation (DCC) environments than the single-processor xw4400. For typical DCC application scenarios, tests have shown performance gains of up to 65%.Digital content creators in animation, video game development, and post-production know well the challenge of delivering cutting-edge, lifelike graphics, and special effects to increasingly sophisticated audiences. Under pressure to deliver ever more astonishing results, artists and designers look to technology to improve their productivity and the quality of their work.

Tags: Workstations		   
whitepaper Maximizing the Performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time for Financial Services Applications on AMD64 Technology2007-02-21 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
  In the financial services industry, literally millions of dollars can be earned or lost in a few milliseconds. Trades and transactions must execute immediately, accurately, and predictably every time, or opportunities can be missed in the competitive world of financial services. One proven solution is SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time from Novell, optimized for the new HP BladeSystem solutions running on Second-Generation AMD Opteron processors. SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time is comprised of two core technologies: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and Concurrent Real Time Extensions (CRTE). SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 is a Linux OS offering robust flexibility for enterprise applications.

Tags: Application Servers, Linux Server OS		   
whitepaper Parallel Multiprocessor Computing Model Using Independent Active OPUs2007-02-17 PRODATA
  In the recent times people are facing a new shift in computing philosophy, caused by advance of new hardware architecture and even better performance. Multi-core architecture will become prevailing in near future. What can be done in order to take advantage of this? This paper is about the one of possible solutions people can have. The author proposed computing model also provides some answers to questions raised in a paper published in Berkeley.

Tags: Parallel Processing, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Bringing Open Source Virtualization to the Financial Services Market2007-02-05 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
  No industry puts a higher premium on the speed, security, and reliability of IT infrastructures than financial services. And the keys to improving performance in each of those categories lie in the data center. Open source operating systems such as the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system are letting companies add business-specific features to their applications for a real competitive advantage. Server virtualization technologies from XenSource are optimizing the utilization of every server. And Second-Generation AMD Opteron processors with AMD Virtualization technology (AMD-V) are providing the hardware platform for both, helping companies squeeze the maximum performance and efficiency out of each server in the data center.

Tags: Linux - Open Source, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Boosting Server Virtualization Performance2007-02-01 Intel
  Using a performance-driven methodology to compare the operating costs of server virtualization platforms, Intel IT demonstrated an average 1.6x performance improvement and up to a 30 percent cost reduction with the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor X5355 running at 2.66 GHz as compared to its predecessor, the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160 running at 3.0 GHz. The paper approximated the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of each platform by measuring workload performance, platform performance, and power consumption.

Tags: ROI - TCO, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Avaya S8300 and Avaya S8500 Media Server Local Survivable Processor: Issue 4.02007-01-21 Avaya
  This paper presents a discussion about the Avaya S8300 and S8500 Media Server configured as a Local Survivable Processor (LSP). This discussion is intended to describe how the LSP provides the added layer of survivability and how to design a network to take full advantage of the LSP's capabilities. Communication is the life-blood of any company, and ensuring that communications will be available at any time is critical. This is increasingly difficult to provide in today's changing environment from pure voice networks to converged data and voice networks. Avaya offers a strong line of products to assist in creating the most robust network possible. This portfolio of solutions includes the Avaya S87xx Media Server, Avaya S8500 Media Server and the Avaya S8300 Media Server.

Tags: Network Design