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Cisco is getting some (more) recognition with their UCS blade server product, as they recently achieved the top position for “8 Core Server” on VMware’s VMmark benchmark tool. VMmark is the industry’s first (and only credible) virtualization benchmark for x86-based computers. According to the VMmark website, the Cisco UCS B200 blade server [...]
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave in Eastern Europe, you know by now that the New Orleans Saints are headed to the Super Bowl. According to IBM, this is all due to the Saints having an IBM BladeCenter S running their business. Okay, well, I’m sure there’s other reasons, like having stellar tallent, but [...]
VMware ESXi v4.0 with VI4, 4CPU, Embedded, Trial, No Subsc, SD,NoMedia
In the wake of the Cisco, EMC and VMware announcement, HP today is formally announcing the HP Converged Infrastructure. You can take a look at the full details of this design on HP’s Website, but I wanted to try and simplify:
The HP Converged Infrastrcture is comprised of four core areas:
HP Infrastructure [...]
By now I’m sure you’ve read, heard or seen Tweeted the announcement that Cisco, EMC and VMware have come together and created the Virtual Computing Environment coalition . So what does this announcement really mean? Here are my thoughts:
Greater Cooperation and Compatibility
Since these 3 top IT giants are working [...]
According to IBM’s System x and BladeCenter x86 Server Blog, the IBM BladeCenter HS22 server has posted the best SPECweb2005 score ever from a blade server. With a SPECweb2005 supermetric score of 75,155, IBM has reached a benchmark seen by no other blade yet to-date. The SPECweb2005 [...]
Emulex and IBM announced today the availability of a new Emulex expansion card for blade servers that allows for up to 8 virtual nics to be assigned for each physical NIC. The “Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM BladeCenter (IBM part # 49Y4235)” is [...]
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