Looking for more detailed information on Linux and IBM? You've come to the right place.
We've collected reports from some of the top analysts in the industry, whitepapers from technical leaders in the Linux Technology Center, and detailed information on products and services from IBM.
Industry Perspectives
These whitepapers from respected industry analysts provide deeper insights into Linux on IBM Systems, as well as competitive comparisons.
- Virtualization & TCO: Linux vs. Microsoft (PDF, 730KB)
- Linux in the Mainstream: Growing Deployment of Business-Critical Workloads.
- Linux on the Desktop: Lessons from Mainstream Business Adoption. (PDF, 425KB)
- Linux and Solaris: An analysis of two strategies for enterprise operating systems. (PDF, 229KB)
- Has IBM Kept Their Linux Promise?: Dan Olds of Gabriel Consulting Group asks whether IBM has kept the commitments they made in 1999. (PDF, 456KB)
- Why Consolidate Linux on IBM System P?: Brad Day of Forrester outlines the primary reasons for consolidating Linux workloads on IBM Power Systems (PDF, 89KB)
Technical Perspectives
The Linux Technology Center is IBM's center of technical competency for Linux and open source. An extensive collection of technical whitepapers are available on the following topics:
Why IBM?
- Installing and configuring Xen
- Protecting your data at rest with Linux
- Installing Linux distributions on multipathed devices
- Installing the IBM System x and System p Blade iSCSI software initiator
- Installing and using real time Linux
- Implementing the IBM HPC Open Software Stack on IBM Power servers
- Monitoring and controlling power consumption using Linux
- Installing Linux distributions on a Multipathed Device using the RDAC Driver
- Installing and using SystemTap
- Installing and configuring eCryptfs with a trusted platform module (TPM) key
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