Blades Reports

RAS features of the Mission-Critical Converged Infrastructure
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper and discover the reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features of  HP Integrity Systems: Superdome 2, BL8x0c, and rx2800 i2.
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

HP & Intel®

E-Guide: Tips for rackmount server purchasing and consolidation best practices
sponsored by Colfax International
EGUIDE: This expert e-guide provides a comparison of blade and rack servers. Find out what key factors you should consider in your hardware decision and learn how to prevent sprawl through effective server consolidation.
Posted: 05 May 2011 | Published: 05 May 2011

Colfax International

IBM's System x eX5 Servers Attack Customers' Most Challenging IT Problems with Efficiency and Flexibility
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The System x eX5 family provides not only the performance, but also the flexibility necessary to address businesses most pressing needs: Performance and cost savings, all in one package. This white paper shows how listening to customers priorities helped the IBM System x team achieve their goal.
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

IBM

Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 31: How to Make the Transition from Physical to Virtual and Back
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
EZINE: “Workloads in transition” is one way to characterize virtualization, which ranges from physical-to-virtual to virtual-to-virtual and virtual-to-physical. Although each type of migration has its advantages, it has its challenges too. Find out where potential problems lurk, and keep them from dragging down your process.
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

VMware, Inc.

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 Blade Server Chassis Power Modes
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The Cisco UCS power configuration approach enables users to meet their redundancy and power density needs. The approach is simple yet flexible enough to adapt to the varying needs for different applications within the data center. Continue reading to learn more.
Posted: 14 Feb 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Presentation Transcript: iSCSI Over 10 GB Ethernet: Benefits Beyond Performance
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: The combination of iSCSI and 10 Gigabit Ethernet is uniquely attractive - find out how by checking out this presentation transcript. Also learn how 10 GbE can simplify connectivity for physical, blade, virtual servers and network storage.
Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 08 Jul 2010

DellEMC and Intel®

Doubling the Value of Virtualization with HP ProLiant G6 Servers and HP StorageWorks
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
CASE STUDY: When Opus Interactive needed to provide customers with a cost-efficient, highly available pay-as-you-grow server and storage model, they turned to HP ProLiant server blades, the HP LeftHand P4000 SAN, and VMware. As a result there was 75% reduction in customer cost per server and higher availability.
Posted: 03 Mar 2010 | Published: 03 Mar 2010

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

APCON INTELLAFLEX-36 Port 10G Time Stamping and Packet Slicing Blade
sponsored by APCON, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the challenges that data centers face when it comes to network monitoring. It also explains the performance capabilities and benefits of blade servers from APCON.
Posted: 07 May 2014 | Published: 28 Feb 2014

APCON, Inc.

When blade servers meet virtualization: Cost concerns
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: Customers interested in purchasing blade servers must carefully assess the costs of implementing and maintaining these platforms. This expert e-guide presents a cost/benefit analysis of blade servers and explains why virtualization should be factored into investment decisions.
Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

IBM