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Oracle's largest internal database: 101TB-> 0

Submitted by BDPrime on Wednesday October 05 2011, @01:33AM

BDPrime writes "Oracle's largest internal database is 101 terabytes large, and it runs Oracle's own email and collaboration software called Beehive. It handles more than 140,000 users and 3.5 million emails per day. Oh, and it runs on nine Oracle Exadatas, the company's big integrated database servers."
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New x86 chips could create VMware licensing issues-> 0

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."
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VMware memory management on Intel Nehalems-> 0

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."
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NSA to build $1.6 billion data center in Utah-> 0

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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."
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Google on data center energy: Don't make excuses 0

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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."

Windows on a mainframe: nested hypervisors-> 0

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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."
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Data center air conditioner fans: Why they matter 0

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."

Should Amazon EC2 follow Moore's Law? 0

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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?"

Old fogey mainframers go for a jog 0

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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."

Aging mainframers go for a jog 0

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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."