Blade Server Hardware White Papers

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Virtual Desktop Sizing Guide: VMware View 4.0 and VMware vSphere 4.0 Update 1
sponsored by Mainline Information Systems
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the virtualization of a given user workload, and provides a useful sizing guide for enterprise deployments of VMware View™ 4, the VMware software platform for building a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment.
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 | Published: 22 Sep 2010

Mainline Information Systems

Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER: Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

Dell and VMware

Migrating from IBM POWER Server Silos to HP BladeSystem and Converged Infrastructure
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the options IT managers have for hosting enterprise applications when replacing end-of-life POWER 4 or 5 servers. It compares an HP Converged Infrastructure, based on HP Integrity and Proliant server blades, to approaches based on IBM POWER. It also addresses customer options for business-critical application migration.
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

HP & Intel®

Sizing Server Platforms To Meet ERP Requirements
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This Intel paper analyzes the effects of various factors on the utilization of the primary server resources: compute, memory and I/O. The analysis shows that 4-socket servers, which provide greater headroom than 2-socket servers, may be preferable in a number of situations.
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

IBM

Cisco Unified Computing System for SAP Landscapes
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to discover a next-generation data center platform that provides the compute, network, and storage access components, deployed as a single cohesive system, to complement the SAP NetWeaver architecture.
Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Data Center Management: The Key Ingredient for Reducing Server Power While Increasing Data Center Capacity
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The pressure to improve data center efficiency is nothing new. In fact, this demand has been growing for over a decade. This resource describes the key elements of effective IT management and compares the offerings of two key players in the market.
Posted: 14 Jan 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Case Study: Building Materials Company Virtualizes SAP Applications [Unified Computing]
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: When it came time to replace its blade servers, Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc. sought a new platform that would support growth. Read this case study to learn how Pacific Coast implemented a platform that simplified provisioning and management of their SAP applications in a virtualized environment.
Posted: 21 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Improving Data Center Infrastructure with Oracle's x86 Systems
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn how your organization can fight the complexity that usually comes with virtualization and cloud computing. This white paper presents a vendor that can offer a complete hardware and software stack for virtualized x86 infrastructures which allows enhanced reliability, optimized performance and cost savings.
Posted: 27 Jun 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

Oracle Corporation

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers with Intelligent Intel Xeon Processors for Microsoft Exchange Server
sponsored by Insight
WHITE PAPER: This solution brief details the features and benefits of an innovative rack server series and discusses the benefits of running Exchange on this architecture. Read on to determine if this is an optimal hardware for your messaging and collaboration environment.
Posted: 25 Apr 2013 | Published: 25 Apr 2013

Insight

PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Check out this concise white paper to find out the key features of this blade chassis that will help you construct your IT infrastructure, as well as a complete list of its technical specifications.
Posted: 19 Feb 2014 | Published: 31 Dec 2013

Dell, Inc. and Intel®