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Memory Performance Optimization for the IBM System x3850 X5 x3690 X5 and BladeCenter HX5 Platforms Using Intel Xeon 7500 and 6500 Series Processors
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the architecture and performance of the Intel Xeon processor 7500 and 6500 Series. The analysis covers latency to main memory, memory bandwidth and application performance, and addresses performance issues related to memory speed and population of memory.
Posted: 20 Jan 2011 | Published: 20 Jan 2011

IBM

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
sponsored by Novell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Learn how SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and Xen virtualization technology enable your data center managers to treat all the hardware and software in the data center as a pool of interchangeable resource components.
Posted: 26 Feb 2007 | Published: 26 Feb 2007

Novell, Inc.

Video: Virtualization on IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter Servers
sponsored by IBM Software Group
WHITE PAPER: Learn how virtualization can make your infrastructure more efficient. See the different types of virtualization and how IBM technology can help you achieve a virtualized environment.
Posted: 28 Nov 2007 | Published: 28 Nov 2007

IBM Software Group

Oracle's Sun Fire X4170 M2 and Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server Architecture
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Oracle introduces the new Sun Fire X4170 M2, the most versatile IT infrastructure building block server and the Sun Fire X4270 M2 server, the ideal server for clustered database and virtualized workloads.
Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2010

Oracle Corporation

Optimizing Facility Operation in High Density Data Center Environments
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes issues of high processor and server density within existing data center infrastructures. It identifies methods to optimize the effectiveness of power and cooling resources in facilities that are deploying high-density equipment...
Posted: 11 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Extending the World's Most Popular Processor Architecture
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper will provide a brief background on instruction set architecture (ISA) and review new instructions, including SSE4 vectoring compiler and media accelerators, SSE4 efficient accelerated string and text processing, and Application T...
Posted: 26 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

Intel Corporation

Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers Systems and Resource Management
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are designed specifically as general-purpose application, database, data warehousing, and consolidation servers. They are especially suited to address the needs of enterprise datacenters, with a goal of increasing performance and flexibility while consolidating systems to reduce datacenter costs and complexity.
Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

Oracle Corporation

Case Studies with Intel vPro Processor Technology
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an analysis of early testing for Intel vPro processor technology in IT departments. See real-world examples of how Intel vPro technology improves security due to the hardware based capabilities not possible with software a...
Posted: 21 Nov 2007 | Published: 21 Nov 2007

Intel Corporation

Oracle Solaris Operating System: Optimized for Sun x86 Systems in the Enterprise
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a technical guide for developers and system administrators that want to understand the precise details of how Oracle® Solaris and Oracle’s Sun x86 systems using Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve your enterprise application solution environment.
Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2010

Oracle Corporation

The System x X5 Difference IBM Innovation on Industry Standard Servers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how IBM eX5 systems allow organizations to combine the full advantages of Intel’s Xeon processors with the latest and most advanced System x features - allowing companies to do more with fewer servers and achieve better system utilization and energy efficiency.
Posted: 19 Jan 2011 | Published: 19 Jan 2011

IBM