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whitepaper Solarflare Solarstorm 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller2008-04-01 Broadband-Testing
  It's not long ago since one is asking - does one need Gigabit Ethernet. Now one is asking: does one need 10 Gigabit Ethernet? Well, there's a very obvious answer to that question. If one now has lots of gigabit connections to the desktops and laptops alike on the network, then simple arithmetic dictates that, in order to accommodate all of these gigabit connections, one needs something larger than a gigabit core backbone and server connections. Hence the 10 Gigabit arguments and the emergence of products such as Solarflare's Solarstorm 10 GbE controller that one is testing here.

Tags: Ethernet, 		  
whitepaper HP-UX 11i v3 Delivers Superior Capabilities for Virtualized Data Centers2008-03-01 IDEAS International
  This paper presents a technical comparison of HP-UX 11i v3, AIX 6.1, and Solaris 10 UNIX operating systems, focusing on their functional capabilities in terms of scalability, virtualization, reliability, security, and manageability. In each of these areas, the paper identifies some critical technical requirements, describes the significance of these requirements in current customer environments, and then shows how well HP-UX 11i v3 meets these requirements compared to the other UNIX systems.

Tags: AIX, HP-UX		   
whitepaper VDCF - Virtual Datacenter Control Framework for the Solaris Operating System2008-01-01 JomaSoft
  Virtualization is an approach to IT that pools and shares resources so that utilization is optimized and supply automatically meets demand. The case for Virtualization is compelling: industry analysts estimate that the average utilization rate of IT data-center resources is 15 to 20 percent. With Virtualization, IT resources dynamically and automatically flow toward business demand, driving up utilization rates and aligning IT closely with business needs. Pooling and sharing are at the heart of Virtualization The logical functions of server, storage, network and software resources are separated from their physical constraints to create pooled resources. Business processes can share the same physical infrastructure.

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Mentor Graphics Software and the Solaris Operating System: A True Enterprise-Class EDA Solution for x86/x64 Systems2007-12-01 Sun Microsystems
  Electronic design teams need powerful Electronic Design Automation (EDA) environments and tools in order to successfully launch high-quality products ahead of the competition. Sun and Mentor Graphics have joined forces to deliver exceptional and robust EDA solutions. Technology leading Mentor Graphics products aid engineers in overcoming some of the most complex board and chip design challenges. Sun's innovative x64 systems and the Solaris OS help organizations create a robust and agile EDA infrastructure. Low cost Sun Fire x64 systems stand out from the pack of competing systems, providing enterprises with outstanding performance, scalability, power efficiency, and manageability benefits.

Tags: x86-standard Servers		   
whitepaper Major Media Company Saves Power Costs and Space While Improving Performance With Sun Fire T1000 Servers2007-12-01 Sun Microsystems
  PlanetOut Inc. is the leading global media and entertainment company exclusively serving the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender (LGBT) community. The company wanted refresh and consolidate application infrastructure to provide scalability strategy for growing enterprise. The company's challenge was to improve application performance and reduce server downtime. PlanetOut consolidated its Web and application tiers using Sun Fire T1000 servers running the Solaris 10 Operating System. The Containers feature of the Solaris 10 Operating System enables each server to handle the workload of up to 10 older machines.

Tags: Server Consolidation		   
whitepaper Energy Efficiency Strategies: Sun Server Virtualization Technology2007-08-01 Sun Microsystems
  Virtualization technology is a key to transforming an IT organization's server, storage, and network devices into a shared, global pool of resources. This can help reduce space, power, and cooling requirements while simultaneously helping make datacenters more flexible and agile. The two server virtualization technologies discussed in this paper - Solaris Containers and Logical Domains - are of particular importance because of the low overhead they impose on the host server platform. Solaris Containers abstracts a single Solaris OS instance into multiple containers, giving the appearance of a dedicated OS instance to each container. Solaris Containers is an excellent virtualization technology when a number of applications can run on the same OS instance.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper Sun Datapath Policies for Disks and Disk Arrays2007-08-01 Sun Microsystems
  This paper contains policies for disk and disk array implementations. This paper is limited to datapath interfaces and does not address policies related to physical interfaces or management interfaces independent from the datapath. The software considered includes drivers for the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) version 9 and later, and management applications that issue SCSI, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI commands. Although disks and arrays implement many standard interfaces, there are still numerous problems with lack of interoperability. These areas of non-interoperability stem from gaps in standards, standards that have changed over time, overlapping standards, standards that do not meet the needs of the industry, and differing interpretations of the standards.

Tags: Hard Drives, Application Development		   
whitepaper Solaris ZFS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux ext3: File System Performance2007-06-01 Sun Microsystems
  The Solaris 10 06/06 Operating System (OS) introduces a major new data management technology - the Solaris ZFS file system. Replacing the traditionally separate file system and volume manager functionality found in most operating environments, Solaris ZFS provides immense capacity and performance coupled with a proven data integrity model and simplified administrative interface. Lately, file systems aim to provide efficient access to data storage and information. While traditional UNIX file systems and Solaris ZFS alike can benefit from additional performance enhancements, the performance profile and characteristics of Solaris ZFS are qualitatively different from file systems such as the ext3 file system used in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Enterprise Server environment and similar architectures.

Tags: Linux Server OS		   
whitepaper Low Latency: Eliminating Application Jitter With Solaris2007-05-01 Sun Microsystems
  Sun is working closely with leading application partners to address the latency and performance issues across the end-to-end trade process. A key focus is the market data space. The annual doubling in market data volume over past years will likely be eclipsed in 2007 due to Reg NMS andMiFID2, penny quoting of options, proliferation of venues on which instruments trade and of dark pools of liquidity and the unprecedented growth of algorithmic trading. Large sell-side institutions are further exacerbating the issue by adding their own internally generated realtime data to their market data systems. Older market data systems are unlikely to keep up (as evidenced by a publicized hiccup at a major exchange), and trading firms are moving quickly to upgrade these systems.   
whitepaper Create a More Effective Enterprise: Adopt the Solaris 10 Operating System2007-05-01 Sun Microsystems
  The IT infrastructure continues to gain importance as a means to improve business operations and expand revenue opportunities. With increasing frequency, creative use of technology underlies dramatic business improvements. Recognizing this trend, IT executives and corporate strategists are raising expectations for the role of IT departments in the enterprise plan. In order to answer the call, IT organizations must take a proactive approach to adopting and applying innovative technology to help differentiate the business and support organizational priorities and goals. In addition to finding new ways to apply technology to advance business initiatives, continuous improvement of datacenter operations remains a high priority for IT organizations.   

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