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- Exploring the Performance of the Myrinet PC-Cluster on Linux
- Both the Infiniband and the Virtual Interface Architecture VIA aim at providing effective cluster communication. However, the specification of the former does not define APIs. It contains an abstract description of the protocol verbs. The dependence of an implementation on the various features of the hardware, firmware, and software are...
- Tags: Performance, Implementation, Specification, Virtual Interface Architecture, InfiniBand, Linux, Performance Management, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers
Additional Resources
- Concurrent Direct Network Access for Virtual Machine Monitors
- This paper presents hardware and software mechanisms to enable Concurrent Direct Network Access CDNA by operating systems running within a virtual machine monitor. In a conventional virtual machine monitor, each operating system running within a virtual machine must access the network through a software-virtualized network interface. These virtual network interfaces...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Access, Network, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Monitor, Concurrent Direct Network Access Architecture, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-14
- HP Virtual Connect Architecture and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
- This white paper provides a brief overview of the HP Virtual Connect architecture and discusses how Virtual Connect can help customers simplify datacenter management and operations. This paper focuses on the results of functionality testing performed using Virtual Connect in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment. The scenarios were designed...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-02-01
- A Technical Overview of VMT's Architecture: Virtual Infrastructure Management
- Virtual Infrastructure Management VIM is the technical architecture pioneered by VMT to address the IT operations needs of small and midsize businesses. The goal of VIM is to actively monitor a company's IT infrastructure to detect not only system failures, but detect problems before they occur. The objective is simple...
- Tags: Infrastructure Management, Information Technology, Architecture, Virtual Management Technologies, Virtual Infrastructure Management, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-09-12
- TechNet Webcast: Virtual Server 2005 R2 Technical Overview (Level 200)
- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 can help to address the many challenges faced when providing support for earlier applications and systems. The presenter of this webcast will explain about the new features, resource allocation, and architecture of Virtual Server 2005 R2, and show examples of some specific usage scenarios. In...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Webcast, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Virtual Machine, Microsoft TechNet, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager: Superior Architecture Drives Value
- Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager VSM delivers outstanding value though its superior architecture. Central control of StorageTek VSM enables efficient resource utilization and delivers advanced data protection and disaster recovery. Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager is the market leader in mainframe tape virtualization. This paper describes the architectural superiority that...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, StorageTek, Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Mainframes, Backups, Leadership, Data Management, Hardware, Servers, Management
- White papers 2006-12-01
- The Evolution of Managed Security Services: ISS Virtual-SOC Solution, Security the Way You Need It
- Even with increased security budgets, IT organizations still face the challenges of staffing skilled security experts, keeping up with rapid security technology advancements and developing successful security procedures. Internet Security Systems ISS has developed the Virtual Security Operations Center (Virtual-SOC) integrated services architecture to help IT organizations such as to...
- Tags: Internet Security Systems Inc., Internet Security Systems Virtual-SOC, Virtual-SOC Architecture, Security
- White papers 2006-04-01
- TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Technical Overview (Level 200)
- This webcast describes how Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 can help to address the many challenges to face when providing support for legacy applications and systems. The webcast explains about the new features, resource allocation, and architecture of Virtual Server 2005 R2, and see examples of some specific usage scenarios....
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Webcast, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Microsoft TechNet, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Digital Media, Servers, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Deskillusion (zip)
- Deskillusion little virtual desktop manager, which provide illusion of many different virtual desktops similar to desktops in XWindows. This program has simple interface, and give you possibility to create and use more than 100 desktops, between which you can switch by hotkey combination you can specify this combination manually. Version...
- Tags: Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-01-26
- Quality of Service Evaluation in Virtual Organizations Using SLAs
- Cooperating in Virtual organizations requires trust between the constituting organizations. SLA contracts are put in place in order to specify the quality of service of services offered. For these contracts to be effective they also need to be monitored effectively. In a Service Oriented Architecture this often means monitoring Web...
- Tags: SLA, QoS, Organization, Evaluator, Service Level Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2006-01-15
- THINC: A Virtual Display Architecture for Thin-Client Computing
- Rapid improvements in network bandwidth, cost, and ubiquity combined with the security hazards and high total cost of ownership of personal computers have created a growing market for thin-client computing. The paper introduces THINC, a virtual display architecture for high-performance thin-client computing in both LAN and WAN environments. THINC virtualizes...
- Tags: Thin Client, Computing, THINC, Thin Clients, Hardware
- White papers 2005-10-26
- VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK
- The VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK is a programmatic interface allowing corporate developers and ISVs to manage and control virtual infrastructure from their own independent programs and from existing frameworks such as IBM Director. The SDK consists of the VirtualCenter Web Service interface along with a development kit containing a WSDL...
- Tags: SDK, VMware Inc., VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK
- Webcasts
- Distributed e-Business Architecture for SME Communities - Requirements and Solutions for Request Based Virtual Organisations
- This paper explores the challenges of constructing a distributed e-business architecture based on the concept of the Request Based Virtual Organisation RBVO, a B2B value network which is dynamically formed upon demand to meet identified business opportunities. This approach offers significant advantages over the traditional B2B marketplace approach where an...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, B2B, Smb/Sme, Internet
- White papers 2005-02-14
- Virtual Appliances: Improve Manageability & Automate Provisioning
- Virtual appliances have recently been gaining notoriety with IT organizations. These pre-packaged ready to deploy instances of an application created in a virtual machine or environment can provide significant management savings. While they can be a powerful IT tool, not all virtual appliances are created equally. To...
- Tags: Appliance, Virtualization, Parallels Inc., Virtual Machine, Provisioning, Hardware
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Managing a Virtual Computing Environment: How TeamQuest Supports VMware's Virtual Machines
- It took virtualization to truly fulfill the promise of a server-based architecture. But any IT breakthrough is only truly useful if it can be integrated and managed as part of the overall infrastructure. In particular, monitoring, managing and conducting capacity planning for virtual resources presents a unique series of challenges....
- Tags: Environment, TeamQuest Corp., VMware Inc., Computing, Virtual Machine, It Management, It service Management
- White papers 2005-11-02
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: Pragmatic Architecture (Level 200)
- Building an application is not the straightforward exercise it used to be. Decisions regarding which languages to use; whether to go n-tier, service-oriented, or client/server; which user interface approaches to take; even how to communicate between processes. It is enough to drive the most dedicated application developer nuts. This webcast...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Architecture, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Virtual Connect: Eliminating Barriers to Change
- The presenter of this webcast shows how the HP Virtual Connect architecture revolutionizes deployment.
- Tags: Barrier, Hewlett-Packard Co., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2007-01-01
- HP Virtual Connect Technology Implementation for the HP BladeSystem c-Class
- As datacenter density and complexity increase, so do demands for IT efficiency and responsiveness. As a result, simplifying system interconnections becomes significantly more important. HP has developed a new interconnect solution, the HP Virtual Connect architecture, to boost the efficiency and productivity of data center server, storage, and network administrators....
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Support Dynamic Network Architecture for Large-Scale Collaborative Virtual Environment
- Collaborative Virtual Environments CVEs is a promising technology which provides shared virtual world to the geographically dispersed people to interact with each others. However, the scalability of existing CVE systems is limited due to the constraints in processing power and network speed of each participating host. In this paper, a...
- Tags: Network, Agent, Nanyang Technological University, Virtual Environment, Network Architecture, Collaborative Virtual Environment, Real Estate, Networking, Network Administration, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-03-13
- Don't Go Half Way: Blade Server or Virtual Server = Virtual Storage
- Every CEO and company owner asks two things of their people and vendors: How are you going to save me money and how are you going to make me money? Responding to those two business requirements is the current wave of server architecture changing from rack-based servers to blade...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Blade Server, Blade, Server Architecture, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-05-08
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