UNIX Servers White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Learn how Dell IT made the transition from proprietary Unix-based servers to running mission critical supply chain management applications on standards-based servers to avoid significant expenditures, increase server uptime, and improve scalability.

Posted: 09 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper identifies the three major players in the UNIX landscape and points out the strengths and limitations of each.

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 | Published: 10 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Explore this informative resource to learn about a server hardware and operating system paring from Oracle that can provide you the instant benefits of improved application performance, availability, increased eco-efficiency, and more.

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 | Published: 10 Jun 2014

WHITE PAPER: IBM continues to provide the scale-up UNIX data center with a plan, and a predictable drumbeat, for the future. To learn more about IBM’s forthcoming POWER7 and AIX7, please read on.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 21 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are designed specifically as general-purpose application, database, data warehousing, and consolidation servers. They are especially suited to address the needs of enterprise datacenters, with a goal of increasing performance and flexibility while consolidating systems to reduce datacenter costs and complexity.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: CIOs are increasingly aware that the Linux® platform offers a low-risk, robust, and value-for-money alternative to traditional UNIX® platforms. This whitepaper will list and describe a simple, six-step process for migrating from UNIX to Linux.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® is a standards-based UNIX®-like operating system that provides a development environment similar to SunTM SolarisTM. This paper looks to highlight some of the major differences between Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to help application developers port their code.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how one server consolidates your current infrastructure and simplifies management and maintenance. Read on to learn how these servers handle your growing workloads and meet application delivery requirements.

Posted: 29 Jan 2015 | Published: 06 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about the economic value of flash compared to hard disks and decide for yourself if flash is worth the investment.

Posted: 17 Mar 2015 | Published: 28 Feb 2015

WHITE PAPER: This Gabriel Consulting report research report focuses on the survey results and discusses IBM’s Power Systems virtualization milestones and touches on the implications for the Unix server market.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the flexibility that WPARs offer IT professionals in their virtualized UNIX server environments and review how WPARs are different from other partitioning technologies.

Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the advantages of an integrated, UNIX-based server virtualization platform. Compare the TCO and workload capabilities of this architecture with its popular x86 counterparts to determine a best-suited virtualization approach for your organization.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 | Published: 11 Apr 2013

ASSESSMENT TOOL: This assessment tool compares the projected costs of growing and maintaining a current Unix based server environment with the costs of migrating to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server environment.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 09 Jun 2011

ANALYST REPORT: In this analyst report, examine how many IT operations running on Unix servers and storage migrted to Oracle to consolidate infrastructure. Discover how migrating away from your outdated infrastructure will reduce latency and downtime as well as lower CAPEX and OPEX in your data center.

Posted: 28 Jan 2015 | Published: 11 Jul 2012

EGUIDE: This essential guide from SearchEnterpriseLinux.com covers everything you need to know about a Linux migration.

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

DATA SHEET: This data sheet provides expert instructions on how to simplify UNIX operations with the HP-UX 11i.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

CASE STUDY: Explore this brief case study to learn how a large home shopping firm in Korea was able to reduce costs and increase their data center performance by refreshing their existing UNIX-based server infrastructure with Intel Xeon processor-based servers. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 | Published: 31 Dec 2013

CASE STUDY: In October 2003, DaimlerChrysler South Africa decided that significant cost savings could be achieved by migrating its mission critical systems onto a contemporary low cost platform and in the process remove the mainframe. This case study presents the challenges the company faced as well as the solution and benefits achieved.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

EGUIDE: Access this essential e-guide from our editors to discover how migrating from Unix to Linux platform can increase flexibility while reducing overall licensing costs. Also, get implementation tips for porting, upgrading and testing applications for optimal stability and performance.

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 Jun 2011

EBOOK: In this 12-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at Microsoft's latest Windows release, the state of play in the battlebetween Linux and Unix, and the future of the server operating system.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 20 Dec 2016

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide from SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, discover what makes migrating from Unix to Linux attractive, including increased platform flexibility. And learn why it is essential to have a testing environment for gauging stability and performance of your applications.

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 | Published: 08 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover real-world examples of top businesses that have benefitted from Linux migration. Learn more about this ever-growing migration trend.

Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 04 May 2012

EGUIDE: Get a step-by-step approach for data center managers that covers everything from making the business case to getting the best training. Sections in this IT Handbook include training staff to manage linux environments and much more.

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 | Published: 29 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides high-level guidelines for assessing cost and complexity of a Linux migration and provides tips for planning a smooth, successful and strategic transition. Discover how your organization can add value to its IT infrastructure with the use of open source software.

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript learn why moving to Unix can help address concerns of uptime, flexibility and improved service levels when managing mission critical systems.

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide from SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, discover what makes migrating from Unix to Linux attractive, including increased platform flexibility. And learn why it is essential to have a testing environment for gauging stability and performance of your applications.

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 | Published: 15 Feb 2011

CASE STUDY: Peerless Clothing deployed its SAP* environment on SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, saving at least $700,000 compared to the cost of a UNIX-based solution. Learn how.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This expert paper explains how migrating from UNIX-based systems to Linux standard-based servers can simplify the virtualization of your critical applications, enabling improved performance, reliability and agility.

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 | Published: 18 Apr 2013

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Unix remains an important platform for critical enterprise applications. This resource explores the staying power of this venerable operating system and details many of the emerging factors that are affecting its use in the data center.

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 | Published: 20 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This report by industry analyst International Technology Group evaluates how organisations can reduce IT costs by employing IBM Power Systems and PowerVM verses competitive offerings from HP and Sun Microsystems. Cost savings range from 43 to 65% and are based on client data.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Apr 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: If you are considering a migration from Sun Solaris to Linux-based systems, we would like to help you understand how a migration would impact your environment.  In six steps, Ryan Hagen, Solutions Architect for Mainline Information Systems™, will show you how a successful migration is achieved.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a system, designed to revolutionize data center consolidation, enabling enterprises to bring together disparate, mission-critical workloads with maximum reliability and security. Learn how this system, consisting of software, firmware and hardware, can reduce application implementation costs and more.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

ANALYST REPORT: Dell has teamed-up with Intel and Red Hat and developed a migration strategy to simplify the consolidation of the enterprise data center from an outdated, proprietary architecture to an easily managed open systems platforms. To learn about how easy it is to migrate from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Dell PowerEdge servers, please read on.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009