Blades Reports

Cisco's Unified Computing System vs. IBM Flex System: How Do They Compare?
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Check out this exclusive resource to find out how Cisco's Unified Computing System measures up against IBM's Flex System, both of which have blade environments.
Posted: 21 Jan 2014 | Published: 30 Nov 2012

IBM

HP Integrity Server Blades: Meeting Mission-Critical Requirements with a Bladed Form Factor
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the trends in the industry relating to blade server deployments, the challenges relating to systems management and power and cooling in that computing environment, and HP's approach to addressing those challenges.
Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2010

HP & Intel®

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.

Top Blade Server Considerations
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide from SearchDataCenter.com, the top blade server myths are debunked. Learn more about the benefits blades can deliver today and how to evaluate whether or not they’re a fit for your server architecture.
Posted: 06 Jul 2010 | Published: 06 Jul 2010

Hewlett Packard Company and 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

Why Scalable Blades: HP Integrity Server Blades (BL860c i2, BL870c i2, and BL890c i2)
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: If you are considering upgrading from a current bladed or non-bladed server design to a next generation server, this white paper is intended to highlight some of the capabilities of the HP Integrity server blades to aid in your evaluation.
Posted: 03 May 2010 | Published: 03 May 2010

HP & Intel®

Energy Logic: Reducing Data Center Energy Consumption by Creating Savings that Cascade Across Systems
sponsored by Emerson Network Power
WHITE PAPER: Energy Logic is a vendor-neutral roadmap for optimizing data center energy efficiency that starts with the IT equipment and progresses to the support infrastructure. This paper shows how it can deliver a 50 percent or greater reduction in data center energy consumption without compromising performance or availability.
Posted: 21 Jan 2010 | Published: 21 Jan 2010

Emerson Network Power

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

HP BladeSystem Leadership and Innovation for the Data Center
sponsored by HP and Intel® Xeon® processor
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper features a Gartner evaluation of other important blade server market trends, including an in-depth evaluation of some of today’s biggest vendors.
Posted: 21 Nov 2013 | Published: 21 Nov 2013

HP and Intel® Xeon® processor

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