Building an On Demand Computing Environment with IBM: How to Optimize Your Current Infrastructure for Today and Tomorrow (MaxFacts Guidebook series)

Chapter 1: The on Demand Journey

Figure 1.1: The three elements of the on demand journey.

Figure 1.2: Business transformation adoption process.

Figure 1.3: An on demand business must be supported by an underlying operating environment that is integrated, open, virtualized, and autonomic.

Figure 1.4: On demand leverages new ways to acquire IT resources.

Figure 1.5: The on demand reinvestment cycle.

Chapter 2: Server and Software Building Blocks

Figure 2.1: Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP).

Figure 2.2: IBM eServer BladeCenter.

Figure 2.3: IBM eServer zSeries.

Figure 2.4: Some IBM eServer xSeries servers, a) universal servers, b) rack-optimized servers, c) high-performance scalable servers.

Figure 2.5: IBM eServer iSeries family portrait.

Figure 2.6: Various IBM eServer pSeries models.

Chapter 3: Storage and Printer Building Blocks

Figure 3.1: FAStT Storage Server.

Figure 3.2: IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS).

Figure 3.3: IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape family.

Figure 3.4: IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590.

Figure 3.5: Representative IBM printers.

Chapter 4: Operating Environment Roadmaps and Offerings

Figure 4.1: The three on demand operating environment roadmaps— Integration, Automation, and Virtualization.

Figure 4.2: The Integration Roadmap.

Figure 4.3: The Virtualization Roadmap.

Figure 4.4: IBM Automation Blueprint.

Figure 4.5: Automation Roadmap.