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White Box Market Changing but Growing [February 20, 2008]The white box server sector may have changed, but it's big, it's thriving and it has a powerful friend in the business Intel.
Get Ready for RAID-6 [January 25, 2008]RAID-6 is becoming a common way to get the most out of SATA drives. If you're considering using RAID-6, be sure your RAID controller is up to the task.
Virtually Speaking: Surveying the Landscape [November 6, 2007]Vendor-sponsored research is typically viewed by the press with skepticism, but a recent report produced for Symantec sheds light on virtualization and data center consolidation.
Intel and AMD Face Off in Quad-Core Arena [October 18, 2007]Intel may have been first to market with its quad-core processor, but AMD claims it has truer quad-core technology. Does either vendor hold an edge in the battle for server dominance.
Virtually Speaking: Virtual Iron Forges Ahead [September 5, 2007]Virtual Iron strikes while the virtual iron is hot, releasing a new version of its software -- and grabbing the spotlight before VMware's VMworld trade show overshadows all other news.
Greening Your Data Center You May Have No Choice [August 22, 2007]Limited IT budgets and skyrocketing electricity costs combined with the possibility of more government intervention may force enterprises to create environmentally friendly data centers.
Virtually Speaking: Forecast Calls for Rapid Growth [August 21, 2007]System integrators look to be the big winners as IDC predicts the virtualization services market will more than double its current annual level of $5.5 billion by 2011.
Virtually Speaking: Turn Up the Heat [August 14, 2007]As VMware holds its long-awaited IPO and XenEnterprise v4 prepares to ship, it's hard to tell if the temperature is hotter on the beach or in the virtual ecosystem.
Virtually Speaking: Taking a Bite of the Apple [August 7, 2007]VMware Fusion goes gold, giving Mac users another virtual outlet, while the green revolution makes virtualization more attractive.
Virtually Speaking: Intel Puts Money on VMware [July 10, 2007]The virtualization market's bellwether company got boosts this week from Intel Capital's $218.5 million investment and the release of VMware Lab Manager 2.5.
Virtually Speaking: Misplaced Priorities [June 19, 2007]When enterprises plan to deploy a virtualized infrastructure, security often takes a back seat to ROI and TCO concerns. According to one Gartner analyst, this is a big mistake.
Server Density Makes Your UPS More Critical Than Ever [June 13, 2007]As blade servers and multi-core processors become more prevalent in the server room, the role of uninterruptible power supplies is changing and becoming even more important.
Virtually Speaking: Egenera Slices Thinner [May 4, 2007]The new vBlade software from Egenera makes it a breeze to cut, manage and configure virtual machines on a BladeFrame system.
The Apache Software Foundation, Under the Hood [February 21, 2007]Mention "Apache" to a sys admin and most likely 'Web server' springs to mind. While the Apache HTTP Web server may be synonymous with the Apache Software Foundation, it is but one project in an ecosystem that includes a database server, content management tools and much more.
The State of Enterprise Unix [December 13, 2006]Enterprise Unix is riddled with contradictions. In terms of revenue generated, it's large; in terms of growth, it's negative. Unix remains the back bone of many enterprise server rooms, but the choices are diminishing.
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By Internet standards, the Web server space is pretty much as ho-hum as it gets these days. That is until lighttpd began taking the Web 2.0 world by storm. What is it, and will its rise be at the expense of Apache?
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Futureproofing/scalability .Net compliant 64-bit port Cluster support IPv6 support J2EE 1.4 certified J2EE 1.4 compliant
Other Features Multiple logs Supports Microsoft ISAPI Virtual servers Web-based user interface
Programming/Scripting Includes source Own API Own scripting/batch language Supports external scripting/batch language
Security ActiveDirectory authentication Antispam features Antivirus features Built-in firewall capabilities Built-in proxy capabilities Internal user access scheme LDAP authentication Other/system authentication SSL (hardware) SSL (software)
Support Commercial support available Forum support Free telephone support GSA scheduled Mailing list support Service-level agreement offerings available
News Dell Makes Virtual Moves [May 8, 2008]
The OEM is taking steps to offer more products, clever storage and advice.
Tutorials Tip of the Trade: Siproxd [May 5, 2008]
Escort SIP traffic through NAT with open source Siproxd.
Reviews PostPath Provides MS Exchange Pain Relief [April 18, 2008]
Planning a move away from Exchange can be almost as painful and expensive as staying with it. With PostPath, it's possible to avoid both pain points.