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Computerworld Servers & Data Center Roundup
September 24, 2008
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In this issue:
* Microsoft visits cash-strapped Wall Street to roll out HPC Server 2008
* Google's floating data center plan
* Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud
* VMware shows off cloud computing initiative
* No virtual bridge from Xeon to AMD, Intel says
* Supercomputer race: It's a tricky task to boost (and measure) system speed
* Saudi Arabia unveils grand supercomputer ambitions
* Cisco delivers new data center 3.0 technology for SAN
* Oracle's 'X'-file: It's not 11g R2, not solid-state disks
* Opinion: VMware's virtual data center OS pitch not credible
* Virtualization's less-than-sexy side
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* A Coke moment in virtualization
* More organizations relocating virtual objects for secure operations
* We will not ignore errors, we will not ignore...
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Microsoft visits cash-strapped Wall Street to roll out HPC Server 2008
The financial services industry may be in the midst of a meltdown. But that didn't stop Microsoft from rolling out Windows HPC Server 2008 at a Wall Street IT conference.
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Google's floating data center plan
The patent application also details on-ship and on-shore data centers, various cooling mechanisms, backup systems, and even temporary housing and helicopter pads to support IT maintenance staffers.
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Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud
Rob Kelly, Microsoft's corporate vice president of infrastructure server marketing, discusses the adoption rate of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft's plans for cloud-based services and the recent declaration by Paul Maritz, an ex-Microsoft executive and current president and CEO of VMware, that the traditional server operating system "has all but disappeared."
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3664708/80502015/140850/2/
VMware shows off cloud computing initiative
As VMware unveiled its cloud computing initiative at VMworld, CEO Paul Maritz told his keynote audience that as the importance of operating systems declines, the ability to deliver applications as a service grows.
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No virtual bridge from Xeon to AMD, Intel says
Intel is allowing customers using VMware's vMotion technology to move virtual machines between two servers even when they are based on different families of Intel chips.
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Supercomputer race: It's a tricky task to boost (and measure) system speed
Now that supercomputing's petaflops barrier has been broken, the next goal is obvious. Unless, that is, the Top500 list is getting ahead of reality.
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Saudi Arabia unveils grand supercomputer ambitions
Saudi Arabia is building a supercomputer that could rank among the 10 most powerful systems in the world. And the country isn't stopping there.
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Cisco delivers new data center 3.0 technology for SAN
The new Cisco SAN technology includes three Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8Gbit/sec. Fibre Channel switching modules and new capabilities in Cisco's SAN operating system, which has been rebranded NX-OS.
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Oracle's 'X'-file: It's not 11g R2, not solid-state disks
In a keynote speech titled 'Extreme. Performance,' Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is expected to resolve the speculation over the mysterious 'X' that has been promoted throughout the OpenWorld conference.
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Opinion: VMware's virtual data center OS pitch not credible
Don't expect this observer to believe VMware's uber-data center promise when the company won't even allow its software to manage competitive Hyper-V machines.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3664708/80502015/140858/2/
Virtualization's less-than-sexy side
Although virtualization offers potential savings and efficiencies for companies, for systems administrators, it doesn't always mean an end to the retinue of problems they have to deal with.
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A Coke moment in virtualization
Getting business leaders and end users to share virtualized server capacity is a bit like convincing a group of people to share the same can of Coke.
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More organizations relocating virtual objects for secure operations
It makes sense to relocate virtual storage structures (e.g. data, applications, VMs) and to occasionally move virtual applications as a best practice to keep centralized data centers as up to date as possible.
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We will not ignore errors, we will not ignore...
It's mid-February, and the server that contains all the year-end processing data and reports for this company goes down -- irretrievably.
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