White Papers by Topic: Operating systems

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Consolidating Lotus Domino x86 Workloads on IBM Power Systems

Read the white paper to learn how moving up to Lotus Domino 8.5 and consolidating with IBM Power Servers can help you boost performance results and ROI.

A Comparison of PowerVM and VMware vSphere (4.1 & 5.0) Virtualization Performance

This technical white paper presents benchmark results showing greater VM consolidation ratios than demonstrated in previous benchmarks and demonstrating the extent of the performance lead that PowerVM virtualization technologies deliver over x86-based add-on virtualization products.

VMware View Optimization Guide for Windows 7

This document provides guidelines for configuring a standard Windows 7 image to be used within a VMware View™ environment, providing administrators with the information necessary to create a standard image of Windows 7 leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or by utilizing a script-based approach to optimize a traditionally installed Windows 7 virtual machine.

Windows Done Right: From Migration to Implementation

The recent IDC executive brief, "Doing Windows 7 Right: Efficiency from Migration to Implementation" offers a better understanding on how the migration to Windows 7 provides the opportunity to improve core elements of your IT infrastructure. You will learn that when migration is done the right way you can achieve a return on investment that will last a decade.

Lessons Learned from Windows 7 Early Adopters

According to Windows 7 early adopters, there are benefits to moving to Windows 7 sooner rather than later. But regardless of when you move, you can learn from those who've already successfully migrated. Download this paper of emerging best practices to help you overcome the most common migration challenges.

Planning for the Security Features of Windows 7

Windows 7 includes many new and extended security capabilities. Deciding which of these features to activate will impact the planning and testing of your Windows 7 migration.

Proven Scalability For SAS 9.2

Companies utilize analytics to drive revenue and cut costs. Discover how to do this faster and with less risk with the proven the linear scalability of SAS 9.2 running Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® on NEC’s newest Intel® Xeon® processor.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Your Solaris Alternative

With the improved price, performance, and reliability of industry standard x86_64 servers, buying SPARC hardware has become less compelling. Red Hat® Enterprise Linux has emerged as the OS of choice with its open, industry-standard architecture.

Vertical Scaling of Oracle 10g on Xeon Servers with RHEL 5

Are you considering migrating mission-critical applications from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux? This study demonstrates the excellent performance and vertical scaling of Oracle OLTP on RHEL 5 running on Intel Xeon based servers (up to 24 cores).

SAP on Solaris Migration to RHEL on Intel Xeon IBM Servers

Lower costs and improve performance migrating SAP to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This guide shows how to migrate the central instance of an SAP system from the Solaris OS for SPARC-based systems (64-bit) (Solaris 10) to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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