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Getting Started With LDAP 2001-11-08 O'Reilly Media

LDAP was developed as a method of consolidating access, authentication, and authorization (AAA, or Triple-A) information. This paper explains how to replace the standard methods of maintaining Unix accounts with methods using LDAP. This paper also provides examples of web-based maintenance of our LDAP data and some applications, which might take further advantage of this newly centralized data.

Network Appliance and IBM DB2 on Linux Enable Factual Data to Shorten Response Times, Increase Database Availability 20041210030001 Network Appliance

Factual Data Corp., a subsidiary of global risk consulting company Kroll Inc., provides a wide range of customized information services. Factual Data was running its database on dedicated servers with direct-attached SCSI disk arrays - an arrangement the company found slow, hard to scale, and unreliable. Factual Data needed to improve the performance of its data management infrastructure by deploying a more easily scalable storage solution capable of accommodating growing data volumes while staying online and accessible. Factual Data selected a Network Appliance storage system. The combination of NetApp, DB2, and Linux creates the stable, highly available, high-performance solution that is critical to the success of Factual Data's business.

Deploying Oracle 10g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux V.3 20041207045414 Red Hat

This document examines how enterprise-class databases may be deployed in grid environments using Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3 and Oracle10g Database. An overview of the status of Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3 as a platform for Oracle products is provided. Current benchmarks demonstrating significant performance enhancements running Oracle Database 10g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3 are discussed. The document concludes with a tutorial outlining the steps required to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.3 and Oracle10g Database.

Sun Microsystems changes the game: Introducing Solaris 10 20041115142637 Sun Microsystems

Sun's quarterly Network Computing 04Q4 Web event will showcase the reliability and performance of the Solaris 10 OS. This webcast, hosted by Sun executives, unveils new products, technologies, and services from Sun Microsystems.

Raising the Standard on Industry Standards: AMD Opteron and x86 20041111093115 Sun Microsystems

Don't be deceived. There is very little that is 'standard' about Sun's new industry-standard servers and workstations. View this Sun Net Talk on Demand to discuss how Sun is blazing a path to take you from 32-bit to 64-bit computing.

Towards Virtual Networks for Virtual Machine Grid Computing 20041111055959 Northwestern University

Virtual machines can greatly simplify wide-area distributed computing by lowering the level of abstraction to the benefit of both resource providers and users. Networking, however, can be a challenge because remote sites are loath to provide connectivity to any machine attached to the site network by outsiders. This paper explains the development of a simple and efficient layer two virtual network tool that in effect connects the virtual machine to the home network of the user, making the connectivity problem identical to that faced by the user when connecting any new machine to his own network.

InfiniBand Fabric Topologies 2004-08-17 Hewlett-Packard

InfiniBand (IB) is a switched I/O fabric designed for low latency, high bandwidth, and with capabilities that enable very low CPU consumption. HP supports InfiniBand on HP-UX as a High Performance Computing clustering fabric specifically for MPI applications and, in the future, will also support InfiniBand as the clustering interconnect for Oracle RAC. This paper describes the results of testing various InfiniBand system and switch configurations with the intent to provide customers with the information needed to determine which switch topology meets their budget and performance goals.

Bank of Montreal Forges M-Commerce Initiatives on Sun Technologies and Services 20041111030001 Sun Microsystems

The Bank of Montreal is recognized as a leading innovator in e-business initiatives. One of the bank's key e-business initiatives is the further development of m-commerce banking and brokerage services. In the late 1990s, the Bank of Montreal began searching for the most expeditious means of deploying m-commerce banking and brokerage services. The bank believed that m-commerce initiatives would help expand its revenue and customer base and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty while concurrently providing a more cost-effective channel for handling customer inquiries and conducting transactions. Sun Enterprise 10000 and 250 servers, running on the Solaris Operating Environment power the infrastructure for the Bank of Montreal's Internet banking and brokerage systems.

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel IPP) for Windows: Building an Application Using Intel IPP 20041104063043 Intel

This paper talks about building IPP-based applications for Intel Pentium and Intel Itanium processor systems. Intel IPP comes with "merged" static library files that contain every processor version of each function. Some applications use only a few Intel IPP functions and require a small memory footprint. Using the e-merged libraries offers both the benefits of small footprint and optimization on multiple processors. This paper describes the procedure to be used while building the application.

Guidelines for Reducing the Number of Master Images for Servers With Different Mass Storage Controllers 20041104062653 Dell

The purpose of this paper is to provide general guidelines to help reduce the number of master images required for installing a Windows server image on computers with different mass storage controllers. This paper provides information on how sysprep works with mass storage controllers and how to build a [SysprepMassStorage] section in the sysprep.inf file for different Dell mass storage controllers. This paper also outlines the use of the OemPnPDriversPath key in preparation of the master image that can be deployed on different servers.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Getting Started With LDAP	2001-11-08	O'Reilly Media
LDAP was developed as a method of consolidating access, authentication, and authorization (AAA, or Triple-A) information. This paper explains how to replace the standard methods of maintaining Unix accounts with methods using LDAP. This paper also provides examples of web-based maintenance of our LDAP data and some applications, which might take further advantage of this newly centralized data.
Network Appliance and IBM DB2 on Linux Enable Factual Data to Shorten Response Times, Increase Database Availability	20041210030001	Network Appliance
Factual Data Corp., a subsidiary of global risk consulting company Kroll Inc., provides a wide range of customized information services. Factual Data was running its database on dedicated servers with direct-attached SCSI disk arrays - an arrangement the company found slow, hard to scale, and unreliable. Factual Data needed to improve the performance of its data management infrastructure by deploying a more easily scalable storage solution capable of accommodating growing data volumes while staying online and accessible. Factual Data selected a Network Appliance storage system. The combination of NetApp, DB2, and Linux creates the stable, highly available, high-performance solution that is critical to the success of Factual Data's business.
Deploying Oracle 10g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux V.3	20041207045414	Red Hat
This document examines how enterprise-class databases may be deployed in grid environments using Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3 and Oracle10g Database. An overview of the status of Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3 as a platform for Oracle products is provided. Current benchmarks demonstrating significant performance enhancements running Oracle Database 10g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3 are discussed. The document concludes with a tutorial outlining the steps required to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.3 and Oracle10g Database.
Sun Microsystems changes the game: Introducing Solaris 10	20041115142637	Sun Microsystems
Sun's quarterly Network Computing 04Q4 Web event will showcase the reliability and performance of the Solaris 10 OS. This webcast, hosted by Sun executives, unveils new products, technologies, and services from Sun Microsystems.
Raising the Standard on Industry Standards: AMD Opteron and x86	20041111093115	Sun Microsystems
Don't be deceived. There is very little that is 'standard' about Sun's new industry-standard servers and workstations. View this Sun Net Talk on Demand to discuss how Sun is blazing a path to take you from 32-bit to 64-bit computing.
Towards Virtual Networks for Virtual Machine Grid Computing	20041111055959	Northwestern University
Virtual machines can greatly simplify wide-area distributed computing by lowering the level of abstraction to the benefit of both resource providers and users. Networking, however, can be a challenge because remote sites are loath to provide connectivity to any machine attached to the site network by outsiders. This paper explains the development of a simple and efficient layer two virtual network tool that in effect connects the virtual machine to the home network of the user, making the connectivity problem identical to that faced by the user when connecting any new machine to his own network.
InfiniBand Fabric Topologies	2004-08-17	Hewlett-Packard
InfiniBand (IB) is a switched I/O fabric designed for low latency, high bandwidth, and with capabilities that enable very low CPU consumption. HP supports InfiniBand on HP-UX as a High Performance Computing clustering fabric specifically for MPI applications and, in the future, will also support InfiniBand as the clustering interconnect for Oracle RAC. This paper describes the results of testing various InfiniBand system and switch configurations with the intent to provide customers with the information needed to determine which switch topology meets their budget and performance goals.
Bank of Montreal Forges M-Commerce Initiatives on Sun Technologies and Services	20041111030001	Sun Microsystems
The Bank of Montreal is recognized as a leading innovator in e-business initiatives. One of the bank's key e-business initiatives is the further development of m-commerce banking and brokerage services. In the late 1990s, the Bank of Montreal began searching for the most expeditious means of deploying m-commerce banking and brokerage services. The bank believed that m-commerce initiatives would help expand its revenue and customer base and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty while concurrently providing a more cost-effective channel for handling customer inquiries and conducting transactions. Sun Enterprise 10000 and 250 servers, running on the Solaris Operating Environment power the infrastructure for the Bank of Montreal's Internet banking and brokerage systems.
Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel IPP) for Windows: Building an Application Using Intel IPP	20041104063043	Intel
This paper talks about building IPP-based applications for Intel Pentium and Intel Itanium processor systems. Intel IPP comes with "merged" static library files that contain every processor version of each function. Some applications use only a few Intel IPP functions and require a small memory footprint. Using the e-merged libraries offers both the benefits of small footprint and optimization on multiple processors. This paper describes the procedure to be used while building the application.
Guidelines for Reducing the Number of Master Images for Servers With Different Mass Storage Controllers	20041104062653	Dell
The purpose of this paper is to provide general guidelines to help reduce the number of master images required for installing a Windows server image on computers with different mass storage controllers. This paper provides information on how sysprep works with mass storage controllers and how to build a [SysprepMassStorage] section in the sysprep.inf file for different Dell mass storage controllers. This paper also outlines the use of the OemPnPDriversPath key in preparation of the master image that can be deployed on different servers.