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Packaging and Plastics Materials Manufacturer Menasha Corporation Saves Money by Migrating From Proprietary UNIX Systems to Linux-Based Dell Servers Powered By Intel Processors

Overview Menasha Corporation traces its roots to the mid-19th century when the company manufactured wooden pails. Today, it is one of the oldest privately held companies in the United States. The challenge for Menasha was to decrease total cost of ownership (TCO) by migrating the mission-critical SAP application from the UNIX operating system running on proprietary systems to the Linux operating system running on standardized Intel processor-based hardware. The solution for Menasha lies in the Red Hat Linux operating system running on Dell PowerEdge servers that use Intel processors and a storage area network (SAN) featuring a Dell PowerVault storage device. This enabled easier deployment, simplified systems management, and lower TCO.

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Publisher	Dell Computer	File Format	HTML & PDF
Date Published	May 2004
Format	Case Studies
Topics	x86-standard Servers

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