| How to Buy a Server | | Tue Mar 11 21:14 |
PC World Canada has article titled How to Buy a Server . It's aimed at small companies that have never purchased a server before. PC World Canada - How to Buy a Server |
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| Top 10 improvements in Windows Server 2008 | | Mon Mar 10 19:21 |
InfoWorld has a writeup on the top ten improvements in Microsoft's Windows Server 2008. InfoWorld - Top 10 improvements in Windows Server 2008 |
| 50% of servers to be virtualized by 2012 | | Tue Mar 4 17:22 |
Lehman Brothers analyst Tim Luke believes that server sales will slow as virtualization picks up speed. He predicts that it will be used on nearly half of all x86 servers by 2012. CNNMoney.com - Sector Snap: Virtualization Technology |
| VistaPrint goes virtual | | Mon Mar 3 21:20 |
VistaPrint successfully migrated over 100 blade servers to 8 ProLiants running 110 virtual servers resulting in big savings in power and air conditioning. ComputerWorld - A second try at virtualization nets big ROI |
| Use blades for virtual servers | | Sun Mar 2 08:14 |
Rick Vanover argues that the latest blade servers offer performance comparable to traditional configurations and are an adequate virtualization platform with a smaller footprint. Server Virtualization Blog - Buying servers for virtual machines? Think blades |
| Vendors shipping servers with vitualization built in. | | Tue Feb 26 19:09 |
Fujitsu-Siemens, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM are beginning to ship servers embedded with VMWare virtualization. InfoWorld - Embedded virtualization set to lure SMBs |
| Mini Print Servers | | Mon Feb 25 21:09 |
Mini print servers by Netgear, Linksys and D-link allow older printers with USB or parallel interfaces to act as network printers.
PC World - Mini Print Servers Wring Extra Life From Old Printers |
| The Gartner 2007 server report | | Mon Feb 25 06:34 |
Gartner released their latest server report. Among the findings-
8.8 million servers shipped in 2007. Up 7.4% from 2006.
HP led the market in terms of shipments with a 30% share, but IBM led with 31% of the revenue. IBM and Sun had declines in shipments.
Shipments of RISC-Itanium Unix servers fell by... more |
| How to backup a bunch of virtual servers | | Fri Feb 22 06:55 |
ComputerWorld has an article about different ways to backup servers which are in turn hosting many virtual servers. Virtualization shakes up backup strategy |
| Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 | | Thu Feb 21 11:13 |
Microsoft announced details regarding the upcoming Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008. In addition to virtualization ,
Windows SBS will integrate with and includes one-year trial subscriptions to Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server Small Business Edition and the new Windows Live OneCare for ... more |
| Google's new data center in Oregon | | Mon Feb 18 20:08 |
Harper's Magazine published the blueprint for Google's upcoming data center in Oregon and commented on it's heavy power requirements. Google's addiction to cheap electricity |
| Ghost Servers | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
According to Gartner , 8-10% of servers in large enterprises serve no purpose. Information Technology & World News - The horror: 'Ghost servers' that haunt your bottom line This story reminded me of the Netware server that went missing for 4 years at UNC. It had been sealed up behind a wall. |
| Microsoft Beta Testing Windows Server 2008 | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
Microsoft is beta testing Windows Server 2008 . The PowerShell and Server Core may make this OS seem more UNIX-like, but the built-in virtualization will even let it run a Linux server. It is scheduled to be released on February 27, 2008. |
| Virtualization Special Report | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
InfoWorld has a special report on virtualization including accounts of five large organizations that have migrated to virtual servers and a review of virtual desktops by Symnatec, Thinstall, and Microsoft. InfoWorld - Virtualization on the front lines |
| Use Web Servers with Application Servers | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
You'll get better performance out of your Java application server (Tomcat, JBoss, etc) if you use a specialized web server like Apache rather than the built-in web server. Heluna Weblog - Java Scalability 101: Volume 1, Web Servers |
| Current State of Mainframes | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
A couple of articles have been published recently commenting on how mainframes fit in current enterprises. eWeek.com - Mainframes Make Way Back to Data Centers Data Center Central - The Proper Role for the Mainframe |
| Overly Long Racks | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
A manager points out that manufacturers' zeal in adding more hardware to 1U racks is defeating their original purpose. SearchDataCenter.com - A Myth Busted: 1U servers do not provide greater density |
| VMworld Conference Recap | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
eWeek.com has a recap of this year's VMworld conference . eWeek.com - A Virtual Stage for Virtualization |
| Sun to sell Windows servers | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
Sun Microsystems has announced that they will sell servers with Microsoft Windows Server OS installed. Ars Technica has a good overview. Ars Technica - Sun to sell Windows Server boxes |
| Embedded Hypervisors Coming | | Wed Nov 7 13:24 |
XenSource and VMWare are negotiating with hardware vendors to have their hypervisors embedded into servers' firmware while Microsoft will add virtualization to Windows Server 2008. InformationWeek - Coming Soon: Servers With Embedded Virtualization |
