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The Impact of Disk Fragmentation on Servers
Discover the surprising difference defragmentation makes in key areas of server operation such as time to copy a file, open a document, backup and AV scan. Absolutely vital data for all IT staff.
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XML--a hardware issue?
Hardware vendors are hoping that bloated XML data will force you to expand your server farms despite the tight economy. Bill O'Brien thinks sooner or later, XML servers will likely find a way into...
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IBM servers under siege?
Recently IBM proclaimed it had surpassed HP in high-end server sales. But Bill O'Brien thinks that regardless of revenue, IBM's lead in the server market may actually be slipping.
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Second thoughts on virtual servers
Bill O'Brien takes a looks at the buzz around server virtualization and warns that if something's virtual it only seems to be what it really is.
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Dell blades not so sharp
Bill O'Brien thinks Dell may have misjudged the needs of the server market with its Pentium III-powered 1655MC blades by not looking outside of its own customer base when designing it.
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Battle of the bits
Bill O'Brien examines two months in the life of AMD and finds the company still seems to keep coming up short.
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No onesy-twosy for NEC
NEC's 8-, 16-, and 32-way Itanium 2 servers are world-class burners. Bill O'Brien looks under the hood to see why.
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Intel's 3GHz P4 heats up CPU fray
Historically, Intel drops a technological grenade of sorts at the doorway as it exits its current processor area, to confuse and misdirect the competition. Bill O'Brien thinks this could be the...
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Dell servers--long live the ROI
The big names in servers are IBM, Sun, and HP. But if you're running an enterprise with huge mainframes, Bill O'Brien thinks you may be surprised at how Dell's lower-end servers can still help...
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Cutting corners with storage blades
SCSI drives can cost as much as three to four times more than IDE ATA drives. Bill O'Brien looks at a new storage blade from StorageTek that cuts costs by eschewing SCSI for IDE hard disks.
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Do vendors deserve your loyalty?
According to a recent study, companies remain loyal to vendors despite vendors' questionable ethics. Bill O'Brien thinks companies shouldn't resign themselves to accept mediocrity from IT vendors.
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IBM's hybrid CPU--do you need it?
Like AMD's Opteron, IBM's new PowerPC 970 CPU offers native support for both 32- and 64-bit apps. But Bill O'Brien thinks that most companies will leave 32-bit behind when migrating to a 64-bit...
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HP pushes Itanium 2
HP claims that its new Itanium 2 boxes will run 32 and 64-bit binaries transparently, but at this point, Bill O'Brien thinks it's probably unwise to set up a 64-bit server farm while running...
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AMD CPUs--onward and upward
AMD will market its latest and greatest CPUs, the Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+, to the consumer market. Considering Intel's clear dominance in the IT space, Bill O'Brien questions the wisdom of AMD's...
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Fujitsu beefs up its server line
Fujitsu's new line of PrimePower servers features partitioning, dynamic upgrades, and clustering at a competitive price. But Bill O'Brien thinks Fujitsu's 24/7 support makes the package an even...
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Is something fishy with Bluefin?
Bluefin--the up-and-coming storage management standard--can tackle hardware interoperability hurdles, but Bill O'Brien wonders if the new spec will ever fight its way out of committee.
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The case for CAS
Archived data isn't always just stored and ignored. Bill O'Brien explains how EMC's content-addressed-storage (CAS) data-archiving technology can help you save storage space, bolster data...
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Stratus servers--tolerant to a fault
If you're trying to avoid running Unix on your servers, Bill O'Brien thinks you should take a look at Stratus' new fault-tolerant, Xeon-powered Windows servers, which boast more than 99% uptime.
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A year of being right (mostly)
Looking back on a year's worth of columns, Bill O'Brien doesn't yield an inch to the likes of IBM, Sun, Apple, EMC, Intel, or Dell in his retrospective of his enterprise hardware coverage.
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IBM's new cluster server--Deja Vu?
Recently IBM announced its new eServer Cluster 1600--a product it also announced last November. Bill O'Brien examines the method in IBM's madness.
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Alpha preps for grand finale
Though AlphaServer is slated to disappear by 2007, HP is still working hard to satisfy Alpha users. transition plans for its Alpha customers may even attract new business.
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