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Storage Bin: Boring Is Good by Storage Magazine
told me, "You don't paint the house when it's on fire."

It's because of this phenomenon that technologies languish on the sidelines, even though it seems as if they'll provide obvious and immediate benefits. Storage resource management (SRM) is a classic example. What could possibly be bad about a tool that provides visibility and insight into the deep, dark recesses...
LINX™ Inter-Process Communications (IPC) Service for Distributed Systems by Enea
communications (IPC) service for distributed systems and is based on OSE's LINK Handler protocol, which has been a key message passing component in OSE. System complexity is increasing at an almost exponential rate--one estimate is that it is doubling every four months. A single discrete system is increasingly rare. Distributed and pervasive computing have...
Security Implications of the Virtualized DataCenter by F5 Networks
by VMware, implement transparent hypervisor systems. These systems can be thought of as proxies: the hypervisor will transparently proxy all communication between the guest & the host hardware, hiding its existence from the guest so the guest believes it's the only system running on that hardware.

Host-aware implementations differ in that the guest has...
Beyond System Center: Addressing Systems Management Needs across the Entire IT Infrastructure by Quest Software
174;, "Beyond System Center: Addressing Systems Management needs Across the Entire IT Infrastructure," learn how Quest can expand the power of Microsoft System Center for true end-to-end IT management. Topics include:

  • System Center limitations
  • Expanding System Center's scope
  • Implementing tools for success
  • IT management in a complex world

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System i (IBM iSeries) Management Best Practices -- an Executive Overview by Vision Solutions
System i provides a wealth of data to help analyze performance and storage usage; this information can be employed to liberate wasted space and tune the system. Companies buy System i because it is easy to manage and use. But it can't read minds. Nor can it optimize itself. Over the years, resource usage patterns change, possibly creating processing...
Enabling End-To-End IT Management with Microsoft System Center and Quest Software by Quest Software
In this white paper, Enterprise Management Associates discuss how Quest can expand the power of Microsoft System Center for true end-to-end IT management. One of the greatest challenges facing IT managers today is controlling complex IT infrastructures - and doing it within a tight budget. And a lack of centralized support for numerous...
The Best Modular Systems for Network and Storage Availability by Dell, Inc. and Intel
of network and storage resources. Modular systems have inherent capabilities for hot plugging of modules without the need to bring down an entire chassis, making them an ideal technique to solve resource availability issues associated with changes in system configurations. You will learn about an approach that has the following benefits:

  • The ability to
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up.time 5 - Powerful IT Systems Management that Deploys in Minutes by uptime software inc.
Powerful and Scalable IT Systems Management for Enterprises that Deploys in Minutes - up.time provides browser-based 'Single Pane of Glass' views across domains, Platforms, Environments (Physical & Virtual), Applications, and Databases. Product Type: IT Systems Management

Target User: System Admnistrator and IT Manager

IT Problem: up.time solves...
Transform Your Data Center Into An Energy-Efficient Operation by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
better utilization and more eco-efficient systems energy-efficient systems with virtualization technologies. Data center growth in number of users, applications, and data, have all led to sprawling server, storage, and supporting infrastructure. Simply increasing compute density isn't the solution to this sprawl--today's hot, power-hungry systems are fast...
The Total Economic Impact of Isilon's Clustered Storage System by Isilon Systems
which reveals that Isilon clustered storage systems deliver a risk-adjusted ROI of 125 percent and... "The Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) of Isilon's Clustered Storage System" is a Forrester Consulting Study commissioned by Isilon which examines the total economic impact and return on investment (ROI) that enterprises may realize by deploying clustered...
System i Security Guide: 6 Common Lapses, Current Issues, and Reporting Tools by Bsafe Information Systems
This security runbook guides you through all stages of securing your system. Discover the importance of a company-wide commitment to security. This security runbook guides you through all stages of securing your system. Discover the importance of a company-wide commitment to security. Read about current issues that AS/400 security officers need...
Solaris ZFS File System Features and Enhancements in the Solaris Operating System for Enterprise Users by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Solaris ZFS file system helps companies take advantage of open storage platforms, enhance data services, and ease administration, as evidenced by many Sun customers worldwide. As file-based data continues to grow and consume storage resources in the enterprise, datacenter managers are turning to the Solaris™ 10 Operating System...
Raging Wire & Critical Power Competency Center by Square D Critical Power Competency Center
44; uptime and an ultimate success. Power systems in today's data centers represent the highest level in optimization for reliability. This is a necessity, since the computer and IT equipment in these facilities and served by these power systems are extremely sensitive to even a momentary loss of power. When a data center has reached the highest level of...
System Grounding and Ground Fault Protection for Data Centers by Square D Critical Power Competency Center
and maintenance of bonding and grounding systems. This white paper guides you though the basics of designing a bonded and grounded system, including National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements and installation and common construction issues. You'll also receive tips on the following topics:

  • Widespread causes of deterioration
  • Testing and maintenance
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    IBM System x Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise Data Center by IBM and Intel
    and consolidation on IBM System x™ and Intel systems can provide you with 27% better performance and 15% lower power consumption than the competition. By consolidating and virtualizing on IBM System x enterprise servers, you can increase the utilization of your hardware and decrease the number of your physical assets. This means fewer servers required to run...
    Technology Audit CA Unicenter Network & System Management r11.1 by CA
    CA's Unicenter Network and Systems Management r11.1 is an enterprise-class service and systems management solution, aimed at maximizing service availability. CA's Unicenter Network and Systems Management r11.1 is an enterprise-class service and systems management solution, aimed at maximizing service availability. It can...
    Case Study: Hitachi Breathes New Life into Critical Applications at UHC by Hitachi Data Systems
    Consortium partnered with Hitachi Data Systems to deploy a virtualized, tiered storage environment. Learn how UHC achieved such dramatic results by reading this end user case study. The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) is an alliance of academic medical centers and affiliated hospitals representing approximately 90 percent of the nation's non...
    Blade Server Performance and Power Consumption Comparisons by Dell, Inc. and Intel
    blade server. Read this white paper to learn how systems from Dell, HP, and IBM stack, using an industry standard benchmark. When selecting a dual-socket blade server, performance per watt is an essential metric to measure performance. This white paper reviews results from a study that tested systems by running a variety of different blade configurations on...
    Improving the Out-of-Box Experience of Blade Servers by Dell, Inc. and Intel
    of blade servers varies drastically-some systems take hours to unpack and assemble; others just 15 minutes. This independent study compares systems from Dell, HP, and IBM. The out-of-box experience of blade servers varies drastically, depending on the system. Some take hours to unpack and assemble, straining already-busy IT professionals, and...
    The Right Way to Test Storage System Performance by Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company
    will be introduced to the elements of storage systems that affect their performance, including storage controllers, caching, bandwidth, protocols, disk drives, backend interconnects and storage services. You'll also learn about different types of storage performance tools, and where they fit in the storage benchmark spectrum. Tools to be...
    Interview: Bill Jiminez, Systems Architect at the University of the Pacific by Information Security Magazine
    to learn more about Bill Jiminez, systems architect at the University of the Pacific, and how he has to balance security with the desire of faculty and students for openness. Like his counterparts at many universities, Bill Jiminez, systems architect at the University of the Pacific, has to balance security with the desire of faculty and students for...
    Virtualization Defined - Eight Different Ways by F5 Networks
    has been around since the first mainframe systems. But recently, the term "virtualization" has become ubiquitous, representing any type of process obfuscation where a process is somehow removed from its physical operating environment. Because of this ambiguity, virtualization can almost be applied to any and all parts of an IT infrastructure. For...
    ESG LAB VALIDATION REPORT Exanet ExaStore Clustered NAS Performance by Exanet
    how scale-out ExaStore clustered NAS systems deliver SAN levels of performance with the ease of management and the lower cost of NAS. Typically, customers have implemented storage area networks (SAN) to meet the performance and high availability requirements of their mission critical applications. Recent technology advances with Network Attached...
    An Introduction to System i (IBM iSeries) High Availability - Get to Know the Core Components of HA Solutions and Important Installation Considerations by Vision Solutions
    on the size and complexity of your information systems, there are many other factors to consider besides the installation of a high availability solution when trying to reduce your vulnerability to planned and unplanned downtime. High availability clearly is a significant component in an overall data recovery/system availability strategy, but it often...
    IT Briefing: Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization: Extending the Power of System Center Operations Manager by Quest Software
    identify a single solution for their systems management issues including managing the physical and virtual IT environments across data centers, desktops, and devices. Dealing with complexity in today's dynamic IT infrastructure is the single greatest challenge faced by IT Managers and support personal. This IT Briefing will help IT...
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    Top disaster recovery budget wasters by Richard Jones, VP and Service Director for Data Center Strategies, Burton Group
    of system criticality. As a result, they protect systems at high costs that require much less aggressive protection at much lower costs (e.g., simple weekly tape backup stored off-site).

    A detailed business analysis of each system can avoid such mistakes. Let's look at a slightly different example that can illustrate this point. I talked to the CIO of a... More...

    Mainframe serviceability using SMP/E by Robert Crawford, Contributor
    data to prevent bad maintenance from getting onto our systems.

    There are two tricks to this: making sure the hold data is up to date; and being aware of any potential landmines. This column will show how to keep current hold data and an SMP/E report that flags the fixes you have to worry about.

    Keeping hold data current
    A few years ago we only received hold data... More...

    HP UNIX performance monitoring fundamentals by Swayam Prakash, Contributor
    direct influence on the performance of the system.

    The systems you monitor might fall into one of two categories: The system is having some performance problems and you are interested in improving its performance; The system is perfectly all right as far as performance is concerned and you want to maintain its performance at that acceptable level.

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    After Transitive acquisition, will IBM shed translation software beneficial to competition? by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
    said an IBM spokesperson, "which is based on Transitive technology and allows Power Systems servers to run Linux x86 binary applications unmodified without recompilation. IBM is evaluating Transitive's other products as part of its overall Systems product strategy."

    Whatever the case, acquiring Transitive makes sense for IBM, because shifts in the... More...

    Running Linux and z/OS on a single mainframe poses no problem by Mark Fontecchio, Nes Writer
    instead of two [or more]," Kernochan said. "You don't have to communicate between two systems or walk between them, so administrative costs can be lower."

    But what about sharing resources on the same box? Is there concern that Linux apps could hog mainframe resources from z/OS, or vice versa? Not anymore.

    "If you asked me that 10 years ago, I might give you a different... More...

    AMD releases 45-nm Shanghai Opteron processor on schedule by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
    says that Shanghai is now the only x86 processor that supports two- to eight-socket systems while maintaining its socket and thermal compatibility with previous-generation AMD processors. Because Shanghai is drop-in compatible with the 65-nm Barcelona, OEMs don't have to redesign their motherboard to upgrade, Banda said.

    Shanghai also includes the new... More...