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Managing CPU-Intensive Work on Uniprocessor LPARs 2006-12-18 IBM

Uniprocessor systems may exist as either an LPAR on a single-engine physical processor or as a "Small LPAR" on a larger n-way physical processor. For this discussion, a "Small LPAR" is one that is guaranteed less than 50% of an engine based on its assigned weight when the processor runs at capacity. Often, a minimum of two logical CPs will be assigned to these small LPARs because clients are concerned about uniprocessor systems. However, running a small LPAR as a 2-way can result in "Short engines" and cause performance problems. "Short engines" occur on busy processors when the number of logical CPs exceeds the number guaranteed to an LPAR based on its weight.

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Standardizing on AMD for the Company That Sets the Reseller Standard 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

Founded 24 years ago CDW is now a Fortune 500 company. As a leading provider of technology products and services for business, government and education, CDW is one of HP's biggest North American reseller partners. As the company has grown, its data center needs have expanded, too. The company decided to test out the HP ProLiant DL series servers with the AMD Opteron processors. The server sprawl had gotten enormous in the last few years and the company needed a way to help control it. The company was literally running out of power, running out of cooling, adding extra air conditioner units and adding extra power units to the data center. The company decided to switch to HP ProLiant AMD-based servers.

HP Helps Pechanga Win With Customers 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

Pechanga Resort & Casino showcases the pinnacle of hotel luxury, fine dining, gaming excitement, musical entertainment, and meeting facilities. The resort sought to connect with its employee team and thousands of customers while improving server management during unprecedented company growth. HP supplied two HP Integrity rx8640 Servers with Intel Itanium 2 processors running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Pechanga uses the platform in several ways: to execute its server consolidation strategy, to implement a data warehouse using SQL Server 2005, and to run its business intelligence and development environment.

HP Helps Ameren Keep the Lights On 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

After HP announced its plan to transition from the AlphaServers to industry standards based platforms, AREVA T&D chose to focus on Intel platforms including Itanium running Windows or Linux. As a result, Ameren selected a new Integrity server hardware platform that would meet its high standards for reliability. The company chose HP Integrity servers and Intel Itanium 2 processors with built-in redundancy and flexible capacity running Microsoft Windows, along with server management software.

Northwest Hospital Helps Mobile Staff Stay Connected With Unified Messaging Solution 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

Seattle's Northwest Hospital & Medical Center operates one main hospital, runs multiple satellite clinics, and works with area physician practices. Increasingly, the hospital's top managers are away from their offices, visiting Northwest facilities, interacting with affiliated physicians, or attending health care seminars and conferences. The hospital wanted to give highly mobile hospital managers access to unified messaging services anytime, anywhere, including access to e-mail, voice mail, and files. They decided to Migrate to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 running on HP ProLiant AMD Opteron-based DL385 servers.

APA Engineers Better Messaging Platform With HP and Microsoft 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

The charter of APA ? The Engineered Wood Association is to strengthen and develop the market for engineered wood products throughout the world. The company wanted to better serve the critical messaging needs of staff and association members with a strong new unified messaging infrastructure built on a robust 64-bit server platform. APA began its beta tests by running the new Exchange version on a legacy 32-bit server in a test environment. However, the full release version of Exchange Server 2007 requires the power of a 64-bit architecture to realize its full potential. To meet this need, APA ordered a new HP ProLiant DL385 server equipped with 64-bit AMD Opteron processors.

High School Students Create Films Using HP Technology 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

When students at Carson High School wanted to create videos warning classmates about the deadly combination of drug use and unsafe driving, the last thing they needed was underpowered computers getting in the way of their story telling. Unfortunately, that's just what they got. Crashing PCs and footage lost in editing frustrated some otherwise very motivated students in instructor Brian Reedy's video production class. Looking to furnish his classroom with new, robust equipment, Reedy turned to HP for a solution. After learning about the performance and reliability of HP workstations, the school opted to go with HP's recommendation. High school acquired dual-processor HP xw4300 Workstations.

Advanced Messaging Promises Better Return for IT Outsourcer Data Return 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

Founded in 1996, Data Return is celebrating a decade of providing a higher standard of managed services to clients around the world. To maintain leadership as a provider of managed services for midsize to enterprise businesses, Data Return needed a powerful 64-bit server platform to support Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. This would enable Data Return to provide a robust messaging system - including unified messaging features to support customers and internal business user needs. As a Technology Adoption Program partner with Microsoft, Data Return received pre-beta versions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and chose HP ProLiant 64-bit AMD Opteron-based servers to roll out an advanced messaging solution.

The Charlotte Observer Looks to Make Headlines With Intel Multi-Core Processors and Virtual Iron 2006-12-12 Intel

The Charlotte Observer, North Carolina's largest daily circulation newspaper, needed to reduce data center costs while improving the overall responsiveness of mission-critical applications. Legacy systems running on expensive, proprietary hardware were no longer meeting their needs in terms of cost and performance. The Charlotte Observer put both Intel and Virtual Iron to the test by conducting a series of system trials that produced dramatic performance gains. Industry-standard servers running Linux on Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors 5300 series with Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) and Virtual Iron virtualization and management software dramatically outperformed proprietary platforms in terms of price and performance. Application performance improved greatly in the test of Intel multi-core servers with Intel VT and Virtual Iron.

Tags: Virtualization

An IT Infrastructure Based on Dell Platforms Keeps the Kenton County School District at the Head of the Class 2006-12-01 Dell

The Kenton County School District in Kentucky is an award-winning district at the forefront of educational IT. To comply with federal regulations and improve administrative and teacher access to student records, the district needed to revamp its data warehouse strategy. Kenton County School District standardized on dual-core Intel Xeon processor - based Dell PowerEdge servers running the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and AssessMart data warehousing software; deploy 3,500 Dell OptiPlex desktops and 500 Dell Latitude notebooks.

Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Laptops

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Title	Date Added	Company
Managing CPU-Intensive Work on Uniprocessor LPARs	2006-12-18	IBM
Uniprocessor systems may exist as either an LPAR on a single-engine physical processor or as a "Small LPAR" on a larger n-way physical processor. For this discussion, a "Small LPAR" is one that is guaranteed less than 50% of an engine based on its assigned weight when the processor runs at capacity. Often, a minimum of two logical CPs will be assigned to these small LPARs because clients are concerned about uniprocessor systems. However, running a small LPAR as a 2-way can result in "Short engines" and cause performance problems. "Short engines" occur on busy processors when the number of logical CPs exceeds the number guaranteed to an LPAR based on its weight. Tags:
Standardizing on AMD for the Company That Sets the Reseller Standard	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
Founded 24 years ago CDW is now a Fortune 500 company. As a leading provider of technology products and services for business, government and education, CDW is one of HP's biggest North American reseller partners. As the company has grown, its data center needs have expanded, too. The company decided to test out the HP ProLiant DL series servers with the AMD Opteron processors. The server sprawl had gotten enormous in the last few years and the company needed a way to help control it. The company was literally running out of power, running out of cooling, adding extra air conditioner units and adding extra power units to the data center. The company decided to switch to HP ProLiant AMD-based servers.
HP Helps Pechanga Win With Customers	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
Pechanga Resort & Casino showcases the pinnacle of hotel luxury, fine dining, gaming excitement, musical entertainment, and meeting facilities. The resort sought to connect with its employee team and thousands of customers while improving server management during unprecedented company growth. HP supplied two HP Integrity rx8640 Servers with Intel Itanium 2 processors running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Pechanga uses the platform in several ways: to execute its server consolidation strategy, to implement a data warehouse using SQL Server 2005, and to run its business intelligence and development environment.
HP Helps Ameren Keep the Lights On	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
After HP announced its plan to transition from the AlphaServers to industry standards based platforms, AREVA T&D chose to focus on Intel platforms including Itanium running Windows or Linux. As a result, Ameren selected a new Integrity server hardware platform that would meet its high standards for reliability. The company chose HP Integrity servers and Intel Itanium 2 processors with built-in redundancy and flexible capacity running Microsoft Windows, along with server management software.
Northwest Hospital Helps Mobile Staff Stay Connected With Unified Messaging Solution	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
Seattle's Northwest Hospital & Medical Center operates one main hospital, runs multiple satellite clinics, and works with area physician practices. Increasingly, the hospital's top managers are away from their offices, visiting Northwest facilities, interacting with affiliated physicians, or attending health care seminars and conferences. The hospital wanted to give highly mobile hospital managers access to unified messaging services anytime, anywhere, including access to e-mail, voice mail, and files. They decided to Migrate to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 running on HP ProLiant AMD Opteron-based DL385 servers.
APA Engineers Better Messaging Platform With HP and Microsoft	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
The charter of APA ? The Engineered Wood Association is to strengthen and develop the market for engineered wood products throughout the world. The company wanted to better serve the critical messaging needs of staff and association members with a strong new unified messaging infrastructure built on a robust 64-bit server platform. APA began its beta tests by running the new Exchange version on a legacy 32-bit server in a test environment. However, the full release version of Exchange Server 2007 requires the power of a 64-bit architecture to realize its full potential. To meet this need, APA ordered a new HP ProLiant DL385 server equipped with 64-bit AMD Opteron processors.
High School Students Create Films Using HP Technology	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
When students at Carson High School wanted to create videos warning classmates about the deadly combination of drug use and unsafe driving, the last thing they needed was underpowered computers getting in the way of their story telling. Unfortunately, that's just what they got. Crashing PCs and footage lost in editing frustrated some otherwise very motivated students in instructor Brian Reedy's video production class. Looking to furnish his classroom with new, robust equipment, Reedy turned to HP for a solution. After learning about the performance and reliability of HP workstations, the school opted to go with HP's recommendation. High school acquired dual-processor HP xw4300 Workstations.
Advanced Messaging Promises Better Return for IT Outsourcer Data Return	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
Founded in 1996, Data Return is celebrating a decade of providing a higher standard of managed services to clients around the world. To maintain leadership as a provider of managed services for midsize to enterprise businesses, Data Return needed a powerful 64-bit server platform to support Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. This would enable Data Return to provide a robust messaging system - including unified messaging features to support customers and internal business user needs. As a Technology Adoption Program partner with Microsoft, Data Return received pre-beta versions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and chose HP ProLiant 64-bit AMD Opteron-based servers to roll out an advanced messaging solution.
The Charlotte Observer Looks to Make Headlines With Intel Multi-Core Processors and Virtual Iron	2006-12-12	Intel
The Charlotte Observer, North Carolina's largest daily circulation newspaper, needed to reduce data center costs while improving the overall responsiveness of mission-critical applications. Legacy systems running on expensive, proprietary hardware were no longer meeting their needs in terms of cost and performance. The Charlotte Observer put both Intel and Virtual Iron to the test by conducting a series of system trials that produced dramatic performance gains. Industry-standard servers running Linux on Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors 5300 series with Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) and Virtual Iron virtualization and management software dramatically outperformed proprietary platforms in terms of price and performance. Application performance improved greatly in the test of Intel multi-core servers with Intel VT and Virtual Iron. Tags: Virtualization
An IT Infrastructure Based on Dell Platforms Keeps the Kenton County School District at the Head of the Class	2006-12-01	Dell
The Kenton County School District in Kentucky is an award-winning district at the forefront of educational IT. To comply with federal regulations and improve administrative and teacher access to student records, the district needed to revamp its data warehouse strategy. Kenton County School District standardized on dual-core Intel Xeon processor - based Dell PowerEdge servers running the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and AssessMart data warehousing software; deploy 3,500 Dell OptiPlex desktops and 500 Dell Latitude notebooks. Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Laptops