Archive for May, 2007

“blade hardware” - Sun Microsystems announces fastest Blade Server on the planet

Sun Microsystems announces fastest Blade Server on the planetAME Info - Posting three new performance world records, the Sun Blade X8420 server module set a new standard for 4-socket servers, especially when combined with the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), the most advanced operating system on the planet. “Datacenters

“blade news” - WildPackets Announces OmniAnalysis 5

WildPackets Announces OmniAnalysis 5TMCnet - A new Omni Virtual Network Service enables data center engineers to see the “invisible traffic” inherent in virtual architectures and blade-server deployments. The lightweight service runs on Windows-based virtual servers and enables network traffic

“blade hardware” - Sun to do Xeon and Niagara blade thing next month

Sun to do Xeon and Niagara blade thing next monthThe Register - We’re guessing that Sun will sell a two-socket blade as well and that the new products will be called the Sun Blade X6000 and X6220, respectively. We’re also guessing that Sun’s UltraSPARC T1-based blade will be called the T6300, which was meant to [...]

“blade news” - IBM Moves to Make Data Centers More Energy-Efficient

IBM Moves to Make Data Centers More Energy-EfficientBaseline - It also includes an IBM blade server, processor and WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance that allow businesses to reduce the need for additional hardware and power consumption. The Management step gives businesses software that monitors power

“blade news” - PlayStations prove useful in sophisticated medical research

PlayStations prove useful in sophisticated medical researchPalm Beach Interactive - Using an IBM Cell Blade server and the clinic’s software, researchers greatly accelerated the processing of 3-D medical images, such as those from X-rays or magnetic resonance imaging. That, in turn, speeds up the complex comparison of 3-D scans taken

“blade news” - IBM’s Launches Super Fast P6

IBM’s Launches Super Fast P6InternetNews.com - Over the next year IBM plans to ship both higher and lower end servers based on Power6 as well as a blade server. As for competitive advantage, IBM said its new 2- to 16-core server offers three times the performance per core of the HP (

“blade news” - Intel: Teraflops industry standard chip on way

Intel: Teraflops industry standard chip on wayZDNet Australia - This will support up to four sockets, putting 16 cores into a blade. Intel also announced two system-on-a-chip (SOAC) devices; a network processor code-named Tolapai and the CE 2110 Media Processor. Tolapai combines an IA architecture core with packet