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8 Solutions Designed to Optimize the Data Center: The Power of OS Portability

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Overview Sub-optimal server utilization negatively affects service levels and increases the costs of running the data center. Complex and heterogeneous infrastructures are hard to manage and require the continual attention of hands-on specialists. As more servers are introduced, complexity grows as does the number of people required to manage it. This causes a dramatic increase in the probability of human error and the subsequent risk to the business services that the data center supports. This paper gives 8 ways to optimize the x86 infrastructure in the data center using PlateSpin products combined with the existing technologies such as blade servers, virtualization infrastructures, and image or backup archives.

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Publisher	PlateSpin	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2006
Format	White Papers
Topics	Data Center, x86-standard Servers

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