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BigAdmin - Sun FireTM X4540 Server as Backup Server for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software (Blueprints) — September, 2008
Labels: bigadmin, web, mysql, storage, archive, x64, new, other
Booting Over InfiniBand for Consolidation Savings (Blueprints) — November 2008
Labels: new, hpc, x64, blueprint
Sun's Reference Architecture for Video Surveillance (Blueprints) — April, 2008
Labels: x64, reference_architecture, storage, new, blueprint
Optimize MySQL Server on Sun x64 Servers and Storage (Blueprints) — February, 2008
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Fault Management on Sun's Xeon 5500-based Systems

by Scott Davenport

I'll focus on the fault management features of the Sun systems built around the Xeon 5500. The platforms covered include the X4170, X4270, X4275 and X2270 rackmount servers and the X6270 and X6275 blades.

Configuring and Optimizing Intel® Xeon Processor 5500 & 3500 Series (Nehalem) Systems Memory

by John Nerl

An integrated memory controller and multiple DDR3 memory channels help the Intel® Xeon® 5500 and Intel® Xeon® 3500 processors provide high bandwidth for memory-intensive applications. DDR3 memory components offer greater density and run at higher speeds, but at lower voltage than previous generation DDR2 memories.

Scaling Olio Web Tier on Sun Fire X2270 Nehalem-based servers

by Richard Smith

In our setup, an active user on average did one operation every 5 seconds, and an operation required on average 7 web transactions. Supporting 10000 users across two X2270 web servers therefore involved a transaction rate of about 7200 transactions per second per server. The web tier contained PHP application code that in turn accessed memcached, NFS-mounted filestore, and backend replicated MySQL database.

Olio on Nehalem

by Shanti

Today, we are showcasing the first major deployment of Olio on Sun's newest Intel Nehalem based systems - the SunFire X2270 and the SunFire X4270. We tested 10,000 concurrent users (with a database of 1 million users) using over 1TB of storage in the unstructured object store.

Sun Studio Trounces Intel Compiler on Intel Chip

by John Henning

Congratulations to my colleagues in the Sun Studio Compiler group - the fun thing about this result is that it beats Intel's own compiler on this Intel chip by 20%, due to the optimization technologies found in the Sun Studio 12 Update 1 compiler.

DOS Bootable USB flash drive - how I did it

by Perley Mears

There are two things you need in order to make an USB flash drive boot into DOS. The first is a boot sector, and the second are the DOS boot files. Read on for the steps Perley used to get these onto a USB flash drive, making it possible to boot into DOS from the USB flash drive.



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x64 Blueprints

Automating Initial Setup and Management of Sun Fire V20z and V40z Servers (Blueprints) — June, 2005
Labels: x64, sys_mgmt, blueprint
Patching Mirrored Systems with the Solaris Live Upgrade Software (Blueprints) — June, 2007
Labels: x86, x64, solaris, blueprint
Methods to Differentiate Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 from Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 (Blueprints) — November, 2006
Labels: x64, sys_mgmt, blueprint
Sun N1 Grid Engine Software and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Super Computer Grid (Blueprints) — June, 2007
Labels: n1, x64, hpc, blueprint
Sun Customer Ready HPC Cluster- Reference Configurations with Sun Fire X2200 M2 and X2100 M2 Servers (Blueprints) — April, 2007
Labels: hpc, cluster, x64, blueprint
Tokyo Tech Tsubame Grid Storage Implementation (Blueprints) — May, 2007
Labels: x64, hpc, storage, blueprint
The Tokyo Institute of Technology Supercomputer Grid- Architecture and Performance Overview (Blueprints) — February, 2007
Labels: hpc, x64, blueprint
Application and Database Server Consolidation on the Sun Fire X4600 Server using Solaris Containers (Blueprints) — October, 2006
Labels: database, containers, virtualization, x64, datacenter, blueprint
How to Move Microsoft Windows NT Applications onto Sun x64 Servers Using VMware ESX Server (Blueprints) — February, 2006
Labels: x64, microsoft, vmware, virtualization, blueprint
Booting Over InfiniBand for Consolidation Savings (Blueprints) — November 2008
Labels: new, hpc, x64, blueprint
Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Sun x64 Servers (Blueprints) — November, 2007
Labels: x64, microsoft, blueprint
GRUB and the Solaris Operating System on x86 Platforms - A Guide to Creating a Customized Boot DVD (Blueprints) — August, 2006
Labels: x64, solaris, blueprint
Sun's Reference Architecture for Video Surveillance (Blueprints) — April, 2008
Labels: x64, reference_architecture, storage, new, blueprint
Sun Customer Ready HPC Cluster- Reference Configurations with Sun Fire X4100, X4200, and X4600 Servers (Blueprints) — April, 2007
Labels: hpc, x64, cluster, blueprint
Creating a Customized Boot CD-DVD for the Solaris Operating System for x86 Platforms (Blueprints) — December, 2005
Labels: x64, sys_mgmt, blueprint
Configuring Multiboot Environments on Sun x64 Systems with AMD Opteron Processors (Blueprints) — September, 2005
Labels: x64, sys_mgmt, blueprint
Optimize MySQL Server on Sun x64 Servers and Storage (Blueprints) — February, 2008
Labels: x64, servers, storage, mysql, new, blueprint
Remote Monitoring of Sun x64 Systems Using ipmitool and ipmievd (Blueprints) — January, 2007
Labels: x64, blueprint
Updating BIOS and Firmware on Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Using Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Blueprints) — September, 2005
Labels: x64, sys_mgmt, blueprint
Slipstreaming Sun Fire x64 Servers Drivers in Windows 2003 Server Product CD (Blueprints) — May, 2007
Labels: x64, windows, microsoft, blueprint
Configuring JumpStart Servers to Provision Sun x86-64 Systems (Blueprints) — February, 2005
Labels: x64, sys_mgmt, solaris, blueprint

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BigAdmin - Sun FireTM X4540 Server as Backup Server for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software (Blueprints) — September, 2008
Labels: bigadmin, web, mysql, storage, archive, x64, new, other


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