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Submission + - New x86 chips could create VMware licensing issues (techtarget.com)

Submitted by BDPrime on Thursday April 01, 2010 @11:40AM

BDPrime writes: New 8- and 12-core x86 processors from Intel and AMD could cause big VMware licensing cost jumps. According to VMware's multicore licensing policy, certain versions of vSphere require an upgrade to pricier versions if the servers are running on chips with more than 6 processing cores.

Submission + - VMware memory management on Intel Nehalems (techtarget.com)

Submitted by BDPrime on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @02:37PM

BDPrime writes: IT pros say the new memory management features and virtualization capabilities in the latest x86 processors are welcome, but the complexity involved can be challenging. One of them is dealing with VMware's memory management when running on Intel's Nehalem and AMD's Opteron chips, where features become confusing and perceptions can become a problem.

Submission + - NSA to build $1.6 billion data center in Utah (techtarget.com)

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BDPrime

on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @09:23PM

BDPrime writes: "President Barack Obama has authorized Congressional spending of $1.6 billion over the next four years for a massive National Security Agency data center in Utah.

The data center will have 65 megawatts of potential load, enough to power all the homes in Salt Lake City. It will be located at Camp Williams, a military base just south of Salt Lake City. Initial spending for the facility, to be located on a 200-acre site, is $169.5 million. Officials hope to begin construction in September and finish next May."

Submission + - Google on data center energy: Don't make excuses

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BDPrime

on Monday April 13, 2009 @05:56PM

BDPrime writes: "Google's energy czar Bill Weihl told a bunch of data center operators in New York City that they need to stop making excuses for not making their data centers more energy efficient."

Submission + - Windows on a mainframe: nested hypervisors (searchdatacenter.com)

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bdprime

on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @02:14PM

bdprime writes: "As a follow-up to "Microsoft Windows, on a mainframe": Mantissa's z/VOS software will actually be a hypervisor that will sit on top of z/VM, the mainframe's hypervisor-based virtualization operating system. But end users are worried about a host of issues, including performance of Windows when in nested hypervisors and potential legal and licensing issues that could come with the product."

Submission + - Data center air conditioner fans: Why they matter

Submitted by BDPrime on Thursday January 22, 2009 @11:42AM

BDPrime writes: When people think about energy savings, data center air-conditioning fans don't necessarily leap to mind. But choosing the right fan design can save up to $50,000 per fan over a 15-year lifespan.

Up to 37% of a data center's energy costs can be attributed to cooling infrastructure, according to EYP Mission Critical Facilities. A central part of cooling data centers is moving the air, and a big part of air movement is the cooling unit's fans. Incremental changes in the type of fan, airflow direction and fan speed offer opportunities for energy efficiency in the data center.

Submission + - Should Amazon EC2 follow Moore's Law?

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BDPrime

on Thursday December 04, 2008 @11:41AM

BDPrime writes: "Amazon charges 10 cents an hour for one "compute unit" on its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) cloud computing Web service. A compute unit in 2006 provided the same amount of processing power that it does today. Shouldn't Amazon EC2 pricing change to reflect the economic portion of Moore's Law?"

Submission + - Old fogey mainframers go for a jog

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BDPrime

on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @10:09AM

BDPrime writes: "Have you ever seen a group of aging mainframers go running to the theme song from "Chariot's Fire"? In this video, you get your chance."

Submission + - Aging mainframers go for a jog

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BDPrime

on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @01:45AM

BDPrime writes: "SearchDataCenter.com has a humorous video of some aging mainframers going for a jog early in the morning at a mainframe user group conference. With a supposed lack of new blood coming to the platform, these old fogeys have to stay as healthy as they possibly can."

Submission + - Video of Microsoft's "containerized" data (techtarget.com)

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BDPrime

on Thursday May 01, 2008 @03:23PM

BDPrime writes: "Michael Manos, Microsoft's director of data center services, shows a 3-D rendering of the company's upcoming containerized data center, which is like a facility full of shipping containers. He also demos Scry, Microsoft's internal data center analytics tool that lets the company monitor the data center's energy use, carbon footprint and power bill.

There are a few companies out there that are now touting the data center in a shipping container. Sun was one of the first with its Blackbox, now called the Sun MD, while others include Rackable Systems' ICE Cube and Verari's FOREST."

Submission + - IBM leaks details on new mainframe (techtarget.com)

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Mark

on Friday February 22, 2008 @02:58PM

Mark writes: "Big Blue inadvertently revealed details about its new z10 Enterprise Class mainframe set to launch on Feb. 26, as well as details on z/OS v1.10, a new version of the mainframe OS due out in September."

Submission + - EPA releases Energy Star for servers

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Mark

on Friday February 15, 2008 @01:58PM

Mark writes: "The EPA has released a draft Energy Star specification for servers. It's been thinking about doing this for almost two years now. At first it looked like it might just be for 1U and 2U servers, but the draft indicates that it could encompass larger machines as well."

Submission + - University holds jazz funeral for its mainframe

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BDPrime

on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @10:50AM

BDPrime writes: "Server Specs has a story about The University of Manitoba holding a New Orleans-style jazz funeral for its mainframe. The funeral included a full procession route on campus, "Amazing Grace" being played on the trumpet, and employees smashing a pinata made to look like a cartoon-y mainframe. Is the mainframe dead? Maybe not everywhere, but at The University of Manitoba it certainly is."

Submission + - Linux only on Antarctica?

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BDPrime

on Wednesday December 05, 2007 @08:59AM

BDPrime writes: "SearchDataCenter.com produced a Google map listing the pros and cons of planting your data center in various locations around the world. The map goes with a story about international data centers. Click on the bubble above Antarctica in the map for an amusing pro and con."

Submission + - Demonstration of OpenSolaris on the mainframe 1

Submitted by BDPrime on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @11:33AM

BDPrime writes: Sine Nomine Associates, the company working on porting OpenSolaris to the mainframe, is demonstrating the technology at the Gartner Data Center conference this week. David Boyes, the president, is giving the demos at the IBM booth with the support of Sun Microsystems. He said it will be ready for mainframe users "soon," but wouldn't divulge more than that.

It's a five-part video series on YouTube that could take up some time, but the demo, which is mostly in the last video, is pretty cool.

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