Virtualization

IDC Virtualization (PDF)
Learn how virtualization can be used as a tool for consolidation as well as a means to reduce space and power requirements, and more recently, a way to bring business continuity to more of the organization's IT infrastructure.

Virtualization through Consolidation Solution Brief (PDF)

Proven Virtualization Scalability with the Sun Fire X4600 Server Solution Brief (PDF)

Proven Virtualization Scalability with the Sun Fire X4600 Server White Paper (PDF)

Lionbridge (Veritest) Sun Fire X4600 M2 and VMware VI3 Scaling Report (PDF)

Enable a Flexible, Efficient IT Infrastructure Virtualization with Logical Domains and Sun CoolThreads Servers (PDF)

Enterprise Consolidation On Sun Midrange Platforms (PDF)
Describes ways to consolidate messaging systems in customers' businesses, focusing on EOL of Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and alternatives including the Sun Java Enterprise System.

Consolidating Applications with Solaris 10 Containers (PDF)
Describes how Solaris Containers operate within a customer's infrastructure and what are some effective methods of how Containers should be used.

Workload Consolidation on Sun Fire UltraSPARC Servers Using Solaris Containers (PDF)
Demonstrates how Solaris Containers, deployed onto a midrange Sun Fire server platform, enable an organization to effectively consolidate applications onto a single system while maintaining predictable service levels and security isolation.

Virtualization Across the Enterprise (PDF)
Virtualization is shaping up to be one of the major trends that affect the Enterprise. The technology has already found a broad set of usages, ranging from improved hardware utilization, to Eco Innovation, to high availability and disaster recovery. IDC highlights Virtualization and consolidation's impacts on Eco Innovation.

System Virtualization: Sun Microsystems Enables Choice, Flexibility, and Management (PDF)
IDC White Paper discussing Sun's customer-centric approach to virtualization, with emphasis on how Sun is innovating, developing, partnering, and making technology available, so that virtualization can evolve rapidly and deliver more value to organizations.

Sun Solaris Container Technology vs. IBM LPARs and HP VPARs (PDF)
A report developed by the Edison Group detailing the advantages of Solaris Containers over competing technology from IBM and HP.

Forrester Research: Enterprise Consolidation TEI Study: Communications Group (PDF)
A Study focusing on the benefits experienced by an integrated communication provider offering broad band services. This study shows how, through Sun's Enterprise Consolidation methodology and products, communication companies can position themselves for significant growth to handle surges in demand for their services, regain control over the billing process, and gain significant performance improvements with the benefits of dynamic resource allocation.

Forrester Research: Enterprise Consolidation TEI Study: Global Law Firm (PDF)
Focuses on the benefits and costs experienced by a global law firm which deployed Sun's products using the enterprise Consolidation methodology. The 3 year NPV savings is over $4.8 million.

SWaP (Space, Watts and Performance) Metric
Calculate CoolThreads' potential for yourself using the SWaP metric for measuring system performance and efficiency.

Logical Domains (LDoms) (PDF)
Increase Agility, Increase Utilization

Reduce Costs and Increase Manageability with Sun's Enterprise Consolidation Solution Brochure (PDF)
Describes Sun's Consolidation offerings and how Sun experts can deliver a consolidated IT architecture that customers will find is easier to manage and provides maximum availability, scalability, security and performance.

Optimize the Web Tier: Consolidate to Get More Performance in Less Space and Lower Power Consumption (PDF)
Describes the challenges of high costs and capacity constraints that IT managers have encountered and how those IT managers have overcome those challenges by turning their focus to consolidating the Web tier and deploying more energy efficient servers in their IT infrastructure.

Consolidating the Sun Store onto Sun Fire T2000 Servers (PDF)

Web Consolidation on the Sun Fire T1000 Server using Solaris Containers (PDF)

Consolidating Legacy Application onto Sun x64 Servers—How to Move Microsoft Windows NT Application onto Sun x64 Servers using VMware ESX Server (PDF)

Consolidating Applications with Solaris 10 Containers (PDF)

Virtualization through Consolidation with Sun x64 Systems Brief (PDF)