Lower TCO for Enterprise Virtualization. Recent advances in virtualization and consolidation using open system computing solutions are demonstrating major cost advantages for large businesses—as much as an 80 percent reduction in three-year TCO for some software implementations.1 At the same time, many organizations are reporting improved service levels by deploying live migration functionality to control systems and workloads more effectively.

Near-native virtualized performance combines with improvements in reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) to foster new opportunities for mission-critical deployments.

The proof-of-concept paper, "Virtualizing Enterprise SAPA® Software Deployments" reveals important test results and best practices for IT and data center managers looking to achieve maximum cost-effectiveness for their SAP software environments.

Virtualizing Enterprise SAP™ Software Developments

A Proof of Concept by HP, Intel, SAP, SUSE, and VMware

Executive Summary
Recent advances in the ability of open system computing solutions to handle virtualized enterprise workloads offer major cost advantages for large businesses. Some businesses have reduced three-year total cost of ownership (TCO) for their SAP® software implementations by as much as 80 percent1 through virtualization and consolidation on industry-standard servers. They have also improved service levels by taking advantage of live migration functionality to control systems and workloads more effectively.

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Taming the Complexities of Cluster Computing, Node by Node

A new tool suite gives developers the means to harness the scalability and compute capacity of high-performance computing (HPC) cluster systems. The recently released Intel® Cluster Studio XE 2012 provides capable message passing interface (MPI) libraries, high-performance compilers that tune and optimize for maximum scalability, and performance libraries to boost performance of cluster systems. To maximize software engineering efforts and future-proof code development, this comprehensive suite of tools creates applications that detect and scale for the number of systems per cluster and the number of processor cores in each system.

Equipped with industry-leading profilers, node-level analyzers, and support for hybrid programming models, this suite gives developers a distinct edge when building software solutions for the supercomputers that exist today and those that are on product roadmaps for the near future. In his Intel blog, James Reinders noted, "Cluster Studio XE is a combination of almost every HPC software development tool that Intel makes. This is because the largest scale machines, and the applications that go with them, exercise every method possible to keep up this 'pacing at twice the rate of Moore's Law.'"

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As parallel programming models evolve to accommodate larger numbers of cores, memory and threading correctness become increasingly important. The Intel Cluster Studio XE 2012 development suite includes Intel® Inspector XE for checking memory and threading at the node level. Intel® Trace Analyzer and Collector offer tuning capabilities and also check the correctness of MPI routines. Now enabled for node-level operations, Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE performs thread profiling and tuning to improve performance and reliability. Together, this collection of tools offers a clear path for developers to extend their expertise into the hybrid programming space and incorporate internode-level parallelism into their applications, building software optimized for the latest supercomputing platforms.

Intel® Cluster Studio XE 2012

includes Intel® C, C++, and Fortran compilers, Intel® MPI Library, OpenMP* 3.1, Intel® Cilk™ Plus (C/C++extension for parallelism), and more to simplify and strengthen the build process. Intel® Inspector XE, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector, and Intel Cluster Studio XE confirm code correctness and security. Intel VTune Amplifier XE and Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector help tune and optimize applications for HPC. Deploy optimized applications to a range of fabrics with threaded nodes, including TCP/IP, Myrinet*, InfiniBand*, iWARP, and future networks.

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Cloud Computing

As data centers move to the cloud, Intel and its ecosystem partners are helping organizations implement secure, optimized cloud computing solutions. The Intel Cloud 2015 Vision offers strategies built around the latest cloud computing technology. The Intel® Cloud Builders program will introduce you to proven solutions for more simple, secure, and efficient data centers, and provides resources such as reference architectures to get you started.

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Virtualization

Stay current on advanced virtualization technologies and development techniques with the expert advice of our data center software pros. Access best practices, case studies, white papers, forums, blogs, and other resources from Intel and its partners to help harness virtualization.

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Manageability & Security

In today's data center, the ability to quickly analyze system problems, make repairs remotely, and protect systems from intrusion and harm is an absolute requirement. Access our latest tools, SDKs, libraries, articles, and more to strengthen and extend manageability and safeguard your data using the latest processor technologies.

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Advances in technology to make data center servers faster, more efficient, and more manageable require a collaborative effort. Find out how we're working with industry leaders such as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Oracle, and others, to accelerate the innovative technologies that will run the data centers of the future.

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