White papers
Feb. 13, 2007
Tuning the Performance of ANSYS FLUENT on IBM BladeCenter HS21 and HS21 extended memory (223.3KB)
Aug. 21, 2006
Performance of the AMD Opteron LS21 for IBM BladeCenter (519.9KB)
Apr. 28, 2006
Feb. 8, 2006
Using IBM BladeCenter with Microsoft .NET 2.0 Applications and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (144.2KB)
Jan. 24, 2006
Overview of the Installation of a Microsoft Exchange Server Cluster (67.5KB)
Nov. 10, 2005
This paper is a summary of the longer version published October 11.
Oct. 11, 2005
Very Many Database (VMDB) Clusters with IBM BladeCenter and Oracle10g (3.19MB)
Abstract
The datacenter trend towards server consolidation is occurring at a rapid pace. A recent IT industry survey reported that 89% of respondents are in the process of consolidating servers or are planning to do so. The motivating factors behind server consolidation include agility, availability, security and regulatory compliance. Moreover, TCO is improved by server consolidation since IT personnel can manage consolidated servers more easily and effectively than a large collection of dedicated-purpose systems. But risk avoidance is important since applications don’t always coexist. Choosing an architecture for consolidation that offers manageability, flexibility and application isolation is essential. IBM BladeCenter clustered systems running Linux with PolyServe Matrix Server is a powerful and effective architecture for consolidation. This paper presents a Proof of Concept that demonstrates the consolidation of 60 Oracle10g databases into a 14-node cluster focusing on manageability, performance and availability.
Jan. 12, 2005
This white paper, which describes a proof-of-concept that validates the architecture and technology of the Flexible Database Cluster, is an update to the one published in July 2004. Updates include measurements that show the performance gain achieved by using the IBM TotalStorage DS4500 for Oracle data loading and table scans; scalability measurements of 1, 2, 4 and 8 nodes for row insertion and table scan workloads; and measurements that show the impact of increased sort memory to improve query times.
May 18, 2004
Abstract
Modern clusters may rival the established UNIX® based server, but are they manageable? What are the ramifications of performance and availability at the application level? What is the impact on total cost of ownership (TCO)? Answering these questions is the focus of this white paper.
Oracle9i RAC is designed to help build flexible, high-performance, highly available, clustered database solutions on Linux. Connecting such clusters to a fault-resilient Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) lays the foundation for the computing infrastructure known as Flexible Database Clusters (FDC). The audience for this paper is customers who are interested in implementing an FDC infrastructure with the IBM® eServer® BladeCenter® and Oracle9i Real Application Cluster (RAC), PolyServe Matrix Server and the Linux operating system.
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