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whitepaper Enabling Customer Choice: Sun Mainstreams Server VirtualisationEnabling Customer Choice: Sun Mainstreams Server Virtualisation2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  The rapid spread of software-based server virtualisation on x86 platforms over the past few years is making virtualisation an important solution for hardware resource sharing and server consolidation.

As virtualisation is being used more and more to increase utilisation within production workloads, server vendors are responding with platforms, management technologies, and solutions that incorporate and leverage the underlying virtualisation technologies.

This whitepaper shows how Sun Microsystems is taking a three-step approach to bringing more business benefits of deploying virtualisation to enterprises that use x86 servers. 		  
whitepaper The SunFire X4500: Addressing New Workloads with a New Blend of Server and Storage2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  This IDC report shows how the digital world has become more varied over time, and the types of data that must be stored as part of regulatory and compliance standards encompass more formats than ever before. Video images, medical images, document images, audio files, and large data sets generated by HPC workloads and database workloads all will need to be readily accessible by other devices on the network.

Sun has taken the initiative to combine the server and storage components of networked computing closer together. Its SunFire X4500 system has been optimised to support quick archiving for a range of data types . old and new .- and rapid access to that data once it has been stored. The approach that Sun has taken to bring high-speed data access and high-speed data storage to high-intensity computing workloads will likely have a speed-up effect on applications that are built around next-generation Web 2.0 computing tasks 		  
whitepaper THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  Nearly every Information Technology organisation is using consolidation, or is considering using consolidation, as a way to reduce both capital and operating costs. IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can run at higher utilisation levels and reduce overall space, power, and cooling requirements.

In this whitepaper, Sun explore how reducing the total number of servers can help to reduce both administration and hardware maintenance costs. As a side benefit, IT organisations saddled with legacy applications running on obsolete hardware and operating-system platforms can use consolidation to upgrade to new, more powerful servers. 		  
whitepaper SUN FIRE X4150 AND X4450 : SERVER ARCHITECTURE : Breakthrough Density Using Sun and Intel Technology2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  In recent years, emerging applications and expanding Web services have fuelled an escalating demand for mission-critical IT resources, with increasing numbers of collaborative business initiatives focused on information sharing and continuous data availability. As a result, IT data centres experienced rapid growth as the number of applications, the population of users, and the quantity of transactions multiplied. Today IT managers face the task of administering a complex storage and computing infrastructure - one that typically contains many small servers that were added over time to meet ongoing resource demands. Since administrative, energy, and real estate costs continue to skyrocket, sprawl in the data centre can severely strain IT budgets.

This Sun whitepapers looks at how many companies are turning to consolidation and virtualisation to improve resource utilisation and enhance business agility. 		  
whitepaper Server Consolidation Using Quad-Core Processors2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  This resource looks at how Intel IT used the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series to consolidate test workloads from eight physical machines into virtual machines (VMs) running on a single server.

The dual-socket server completed the workloads 66 percent faster than the original eight servers based on the Intel Pentium III processor, using 86 percent less power per workload. The quad-core processors were also 34 percent faster than the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5148 running the same consolidated workloads, with workload completion times remaining much more uniform and predictable as the number of workloads increased.

The results show the strong potential of the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series for high levels of consolidation and virtualisation, particularly with CPU intensive applications. 		  
whitepaper Proven Virtualisation Scalability With The Sun Fire X4600 Server2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  This white paper looks at how organisation can consolidate a number of applications from a number of under-utilised servers and ease the space, power, and cooling crunch. Consolidate from many to few servers to help reduce maintenance costs. As a side benefit, upgrade legacy applications to run on modern hardware without re-installing the operating-system or application software. Consolidation requires virtualisation, and specifically high-performance, scalable virtualisation platforms that can host multiple guest operating systems and applications on the same server.   
whitepaper Consolidation Through Virtualisation With Sun x64 Servers2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  IT organisations must complete an almost impossible juggling act. Delivering more services at less cost. Increasing performance, yet managing fewer systems. Buying the right server for the job, yet adapting to change at a moments notice.

As this Sun whitepaper explores, the Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade modular systems powered by AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors let businesses run the Solaris Operating System (OS), Linux or Windows today, and change direction tomorrow. But consolidate multiple applications and OS on the same server? It's straightforward with virtualisation technologies from Sun and its partners. 		  
whitepaper Accurately Measuring Datacenter Power Efficiency Timely and accurate measurements with SunSM Eco Services2008-05-13 Sun Microsystems
  Corporate attention spans can be short, and the best way to get attention and motivate efficiency improvements is to be able to generate accurate, up-to-date power statistics on a moment's notice.

Taking accurate measurements takes time, however, and a statistical model built from a set of baseline measurements provides a means of closely estimating efficiency improvements even while a datacenter is in a state of constant change.

This whitepaper discusses how Sun Eco Services can help you develop a statistical model for your datacenter, empowering you to generate timely and cost-effective datacenter power-efficiency measures.

   
whitepaper IBM Think Tank: Insights for Your Business2008-05-12 IBM
  Think Tank has been designed specifically for businesses like yours. We aim to give you simple, clear advice and information that gets to the point fast. Our insights could make a real difference to the way your business runs, and especially to your bottom line. Visit ibm.com/expressadvantage/uk/thinktank to learn more about IBM's IT optimisation solutions and other solutions.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Storage Management, Blades, Server Consolidation		   
whitepaper Why energy efficiency matters for midsized company growth2008-05-12 IBM
  This paper looks at what green means to your business and looks at the major operational concerns. Addresses what your company can do to be greener.

Tags: Data Center, Blades, Server Consolidation, Virtualization