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Scale-up vs. scale-out: What's the future?
1.  What is the future of the data center, scale-up or scale-out?
  Scale-up, the use of fewer, more powerful servers such as mainframes and other enterprise machines.
  Scale-out, the use of more, not-as-powerful servers such as 1-way and 2-way machines.
  Both. Some workloads in the data center will always require mainframes and Unix servers, while others will be handled by smaller Wintel machines.
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13 Oct 2008
    Sun, Fujitsu stuff 32 cores into 4U Sparc server
The T5440 Sun/Fujitsu server packs up to four eight-core UltraSparc T2 processors in four units of rack space, ideal for data centers where space is at a premium.
    Lights-out data centers have downsides, cautions Data Center World presenter
At AFCOM's Data Center World, Mike Hagan of Lee Technologies discussed the drawbacks of lights-out data centers but also counseled data center operators on how to prepare for the e...
10 Oct 2008
    On the path to ubiquitous Intel, Unisys refreshes ClearPath mainframes
Unisys has introduced three new mainframe servers for highly variable performance workload. Two of the new servers use Intel Xeon processors, which signals an effort to make all Cl...
08 Oct 2008
    IBM revs Power Systems servers, software
The newly released IBM Power Systems platforms feature faster processors, more cores and new management features. IBM touts the new offerings' ability to scale, process more worklo...
07 Oct 2008
    Netuitive manages performance of mission-critical app at LandAmerica
After an application consolidation, LandAmerica enlisted Netuitive's performance monitoring tool and quickly identified problems no other software had detected.
06 Oct 2008
    AFCOM keynote: Will data center budgets survive economic woes?
At Data Center World, keynote panelists discussed the impact of the economic downturn on data centers, the importance of making the business case for IT budget and the possibility ...
    ASHRAE TC9.9 data center committee: What's on tap
The new chairman for ASHRAE's data center Technical Committee 9.9 discusses TC9.9's's work on data center power and cooling best practices.
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