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whitepaper Server Blades Go Mainstream2005-08-04 03:00:01 Advanced Micro Devices
  Server blades are moving from the "early adopter" stage to a mainstream position in the IT infrastructure. According to IDC, this transition is progressing far more rapidly than the industry's earlier shift from tower configurations to rack-optimized 1U, 2U and 3U arrangements. After just three years of product shipments, blades account for seven percent of all servers sold; IDC estimates blades will make up thirty percent of all server shipments by 2008. In this white paper, AMD examines the issues that are driving the move to blades.   
whitepaper Cooling Strategies for Ultra-High Density Racks and Blade Servers2005-04-01 American Power Conversion (APC)
  Rack power of 10kW per rack or more can result from the deployment of high-density information technology equipment such as blade servers. This creates difficult cooling challenges in a data center environment where the industry average rack power consumption is under 2kW. Five strategies to cope with ultra-high power racks are described in this paper, covering practical solutions for both new and existing data centers.   
whitepaper IBM eServer BladeCenter and Topspin InfiniBand Switch Technology2005-09-27 03:00:03 IBM
  To set the stage for the Topspin InfiniBand solution, this paper discusses the technology of InfiniBand, BladeCenter, and IBM TotalStorage. Then it covers in depth the Topspin InfiniBand architecture, switch module, and host channel adapter card, and the use of Element Manager and Chassis Manager. This paper provides details of several configurations of the IBM eServer BladeCenter with the Topspin InfiniBand solution components. This white paper provides a basis for clients to build more specific BladeCenter InfiniBand solutions for either HPC or large enterprise environments.   
whitepaper Scalability and Performance of HP ProLiant BL25p Server Blades With AMD Opteron Model 252 (2.6 GHz/1 MB) Processors in an HP SBC Environment2005-11-09 01:00:02 Hewlett-Packard
  Engineered for enterprise performance and scalability while sharing the same infrastructure components as all other HP ProLiant p-Class server blades, the new HP ProLiant BL25p server blade features AMD Opteron 200 Series processors, SAN storage capability, and four gigabit NICs standard. A two-way HP ProLiant BL25p server blade with 2.6 GHz/1 MB processors can provide optimal support for up to 124 users in an HP SBC environment. This paper is intended for IT professionals needing guidelines for the performance and scalability of the HP ProLiant BL25p server blade.   
whitepaper Plan for a Scalable Server Infrastructure2005-04-05 03:00:02
  Today's modern small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) need more processing and server capability than ever before. This How-To Guide covers the steps you need to follow to create a scalable server architecture that can meet your current demands and accommodate large-scale growth if necessary.   
whitepaper How to cut IT costs by 40% while increasing security - Nellis Air Force Base2005-05-17 16:33:45 ClearCube Technology
  A 14,000-acre base with a work force of over 9,500, Nellis AFB provides training for every type of aircraft in the U.S. arsenal. ClearCube helped the 99th Information Systems Flight increase security and reliability while cutting IT costs by 40 percent. Download this case study to read about their success.   
whitepaper HP Virtualization Solutions: IT Supply Meets Business Demand2005-12-01 01:00:02
  This white paper presents a discussion of virtualization, a cornerstone of HP's approach to helping an organization become an Adaptive Enterprise, where business and IT are synchronized to capitalize on change. Virtualization is an approach to IT that pools and shares resources so utilization is optimized and supply automatically meets demand. Traditional IT environments are often silos where both technology and human resources are aligned around an application or business function. HP views virtualization at three distinct levels: element virtualization, integrated virtualization and the complete IT utility, with the potential benefits that organizations can realize increasing dramatically across this range.   
whitepaper Addressing Power and Thermal Challenges in the Datacenter2005-09-29 03:00:02
  Growing computing requirements and high utility rates are creating new power and thermal challenges for datacenter managers. Today's high-density rack and blade servers bring these issues into sharp focus. More scalable, adaptable, and manageable than traditional platforms, they deliver much needed relief in complex, crowded datacenters. Yet they also introduce increased power and thermal loads. In some cases, they may even push the cooling infrastructures of older facilities beyond their design limits. This paper offers practical information that can help IT managers address these issues more effectively.   
whitepaper Improving Economics of Blades With VMware2005-09-13 03:00:03 EMC
  Today IT efficiency is critical for competitive viability. However, IT organizations face many challenges, including, growing capacity while conserving or reducing operations cost, improving service availability and change request response time and increasing consistency and predictability. VMware ESX Server with VirtualCenter deployed on blade servers is an effective solution to these challenges. The combination of VMware unique manageability benefits, maximum possible density, server, storage, and networking virtualization technologies enables IT infrastructure that is highly optimized, cost-effective, and consistent.   
whitepaper Adapting to Change: Blade Systems Move into the Mainstream2005-06-01 11:53:23
  Blade server technology has begun to attract the attention of the mainstream customers in the server market. Blade server technology consolidates servers and certain network resources, a first step toward more automated and virtualized IT resources. As the technology matures, smart, forward-thinking customers choose blade systems for their ease of use, serviceability, manageability, and cost savings. Blade servers provide an efficient means to decrease operating expenses, while increasing the reliability and agility of IT resources. HP, a leader in the blade server systems market, has taken a leadership role in the development of blade systems as well as their surrounding ecology. This IDC white paper provides an analysis of blade server technology, and helps the reader to understand the potential value proposition of deploying blade server technology to address the needs of IT organizations.