The thing you love about Linux is that its open source architecture makes it so flexible. But what good is that flexibility if it's limited by existing hardware constraints?

In order to make the most of an enterprise-wide Linux implementation, you need an infrastructure that's specifically designed to respond dynamically to the fluctuating needs of an agile enterprise. With Linux applications running on an HP BladeSystem infrastructure, you get all of this- and so much more.

Organizations want to use Linux as an enabler to get to a lower cost, higher-performing platform. The new c-class BladeSystem platform is the most cost effective platform for the deployment of Linux-based infrastructures.

Featured TCO WhitePaper

The Robert Frances Group's total cost of ownership (TCO) calculation measures four drivers of cost - including hardware, software, labor and overhead - and factors in growth in the number of server infrastructure from deployment to one year after deployment, and then a static number of devices thereafter. The Linux on HP BladeSystem solution had the lowest TCO in all cost categories, with hardware acquisition providing the largest cost advantage.

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Linux on BladeSystem

• Linux TCO Calculator
• Linux for HP BladeSystem Web Site

• System management:
  • Out-of-band Management Techniques for HP ProLiant Servers Running Linux
  • Integrating HP Insight Rapid Deployment software with PolyServe Matrix Server for the Adaptive Enterprise (Virtualization on Linux)
  
  
• Storage management:
  • Booting from Network Attached Storage on a Diskless HP ProLiant Blade Server
  • Enabling HP MSA1000 Boot from SAN for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP ProLiant BL20p G2 Blade Servers

Linux Infrastructure Solution Tools

Solution guides:
» Internet solutions for HP ProLiant servers running Linux
» Firewall
» HP ProLiant Security - SSL Encrytion
» An OpenLDAP Solution on HP BladeSystem

» HP BladeSystem architecture for JBoss Application Server

Solution guides:
» HP BladeSystem Configuration for MySQL Cluster Database
» Linux TCO for Oracle

Solution guide:
» HP ProLiant servers and Lotus Domino on Linux
» Sendmail Email and Messaging Solutions

» PolyServe Shared Data Clustering for Linux
» HP Serviceguard for Linux and Red Hat Global File System

Installation guides:
» Installation and Architecture of PolyServe Matrix Server and Cluster File System on Red Hat Linux Server
» Integrating HP Insight Rapid Deployment software with PolyServe Matrix Server for the Adaptive Enterprise (Virtualization on Linux)