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Customizing the Matrix Self Service Portal

I was playing around with the BladeSystem Matrix creating some new demo videos, and I thought why not dig into the portal skinning features to create a custom look for my system. The skinning feature is intended to let companies personalize the portal...

Published 03-06-2010 7:05 PM by nigel.cook@hp.com

Filed under: BladeSystem, cloud computing, blade infrastructure, blade servers, virtualization, virtualization blade, adaptive infrastructure, virtual infrastructure, Management software, data center, orchestration, virtulization, IaaS
Integrating BladeSystem Matrix into a Chargeback or Billing system

I got a call last week enquiring how the IaaS APIs of BladeSystem Matrix (Matrix) could be used to integrate with a chargeback or billing system at a customer site. its a snowy day in Boulder and being a fair weather skier I thought I would spend a few...

Published 02-21-2010 8:05 PM by nigel.cook@hp.com

Filed under: BladeSystem, blade infrastructure, blade servers, virtualization, datacenter, blade hacks, CLI, cookbook, adaptive infrastructure, insight software, virtual infrastructure, next generation data center, Insight Control, BladeSystem Matrix, blades, data center, chargeback, orchestration, Datacenter futures, IaaS
"If something doesn't exist, we'll make it"

Over the holidays, I took my daughter to see a movie about a Cajun frog . I admit to a pang of jealousy as I passed crowds lined up for screenings of " Avatar ". However, given my situation -- namely a 5-year-old clamoring for popcorn and a...

Published 01-06-2010 10:02 PM by Daniel Bowers

Filed under: blade infrastructure, density, top500, data center, extreme scale, performance, BL2x220c, New Zealand, Avatar, Weta
PODs and Hovercraft

Outside of my window, they're pouring the cement on the bays where future HP PODs will be tested. Here are some pics. A POD (Performance-Optimized Data center) is a 40-foot container filled with servers, storage, and other IT gear. HP can build &...

Published 08-26-2009 9:49 PM by Daniel Bowers

Filed under: datacenter, data center, POD, construction
From #HPTF: Pondering the HP POD

I found the HP POD to be one of the most compelling demo areas at this weeks' HP Technology Forum. Being able to emerse yourself in the POD and touch and feel what it takes to deploy and support 3000 or more systems is amazing. Every detail has to...

Published 06-17-2009 7:51 PM by newtonja

Filed under: data center, HPTF, POD, economics
Applications Matter - What Affects Server Power Consumption: Part 2

How does the application you are using and what it is doing affect the power consumption of system. The first thing that everyone looks at when talking about power consumption is CPU utilization. Unfortunately CPU utilization is not a good proxy for power...

Published 06-10-2009 10:21 PM by Tony Harvey

Filed under: BladeSystem, power, energy efficiency, green IT, datacenter, power management, myths, Power Supplies, data center
Is this UCS confusion...or dandruff?

On Wednesday, Soni Jiandani announced an expansion of Cisco’s UCS family , adding rack servers to their hardware roadmap. I’m really scratching my head at this move. Soni says that her goal with these products – 1U and 2U servers each...

Published 06-05-2009 4:04 PM by Daniel Bowers

Filed under: networking, Cisco, strategic vendor, data center, servers
Datacenter Power Allocation

I was going to add some more details to Chuck's post on how a blade server powers on, but I got sidetracked by a brilliant post from Mike Manos of Digital Realty on the real basics of what is going with power in your datacenter. What Mike is explaining...

Published 06-03-2009 1:24 AM by Tony Harvey

Filed under: energy efficiency, power management, Dynamic Power Capping, Power Supplies, data center
Configuration Matters - What Affects Server Power Consumption: Part 1

Following on from my first post I'll take a look at the affect hardware configuration will have on the power consumption of the enclosure. To do this I went into the Blade Power Sizer and configured up two equivalent systems. I kept the enclosure...

Published 05-27-2009 4:06 PM by Tony Harvey

Filed under: cooling, power, datacenter, Power Supplies, blades, data center
Chargeback Glitch

Here’s a story about unexpected behavior prompted by some chargeback rules at Pfizer . (By 'chargeback' I mean the budgeting scheme where IT resources are metered, then costs are attributed to the business units that consume them.) Larry Cannell...

Published 05-15-2009 4:25 PM by Daniel Bowers

Filed under: BladeSystem, capacity planning, blade infrastructure, blade servers, power management, Management software, data center, chargeback
OMG - that's a lot of blade servers

One of our specialists passed this cool picture along of a massive row of blades. I'd tell you what customer it was from but they would hang me. green PS: you know you're a nerd when you think lots of blinking green lights are cool. (guilty)

Published 05-08-2009 9:55 AM by newtonja

Filed under: blade servers, row, data center

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