http://www.redhat.com/ Red Hat Reference Architectures (c) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. (c) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/deploying-and-using-red-hat-openstack-rhos-2-dot-1 This paper contains step by step instructions for expanding an evaluation Red Hat OpenStack 2.1 deployment to a basic cloud architecture suitable for a small production environment. Every step was tested in Red Hat’s engineering lab with production code. Fri, 03 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/deploying-and-using-red-hat-openstack-rhos-2-dot-1 2013-05-03T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/clustering-applications-in-a-rhev-v3-environment-using-the-rhel-high-availability-add-on This reference architecture demonstrates the use of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-On running on virtual machines within a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/clustering-applications-in-a-rhev-v3-environment-using-the-rhel-high-availability-add-on 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/openshift-enterprise-v1-1-monitoring-the-paas-infrastructure This reference architecture demonstrates how to monitor a OpenShift Enterprise infrastructure by showing a detailed walk through using the Zabbix monitoring software and a few examples of what needs to be set up and monitored. Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/openshift-enterprise-v1-1-monitoring-the-paas-infrastructure 2013-04-09T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/RHEV-2-2-Backup-and-Recovery-using-Symantec-NetBackup For customers using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1, get guidance on proper data backup and recovery using Symantec NetBackup 7.5. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/RHEV-2-2-Backup-and-Recovery-using-Symantec-NetBackup 2013-03-28T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/leadership-virtualized-tpc-c-benchmark-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-kvm The latest TPC-C benchmark result released by IBM using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) / Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is the 1st and only audited TPC-C result ever published using virtualization technology and delivers 88% of bare metal performance on a similar hardware platform. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/leadership-virtualized-tpc-c-benchmark-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-kvm 2013-03-13T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/leadership-2-socket-tpc-c-performance-and-price-performance-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux achieves the best TPC-C performance and price / performance for a 2-socket server system. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/leadership-2-socket-tpc-c-performance-and-price-performance-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux 2013-02-28T05:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/leadership-io-performance-with-red-hat-enterprise-linux-kvm-hypervisor-on-ibm-x3850-x5 This paper details test results that demonstrate that a single Red Hat Eneterprise Linux/KVM guest can handle more than 1.2 million I/O operations per second (IOPS)—the highest storage I/O performance ever reported in a virtualized environment. Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/leadership-io-performance-with-red-hat-enterprise-linux-kvm-hypervisor-on-ibm-x3850-x5 2013-02-26T05:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-enterprise-virtualization-3-and-red-hat-storage-2-performance-for-a-single-host This performance study done by the performance engineering group is one of a series intended to obtain Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat Storage performance data. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-enterprise-virtualization-3-and-red-hat-storage-2-performance-for-a-single-host 2013-02-22T05:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/deploying-and-managing-a-private-paas-with-openshift-enterprise The OpenShift Enterprise reference architecture is broken up into 3 parts: (1) The product and reference architecture environment overview, (2) deploying OpenShift Enterprise in a distributed fashion, and (3) a few operations and management activities. Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/deploying-and-managing-a-private-paas-with-openshift-enterprise 2013-01-04T05:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/building-highly-efficient-rhev-3-0-infrastructure-with-mellanox-interconnect This paper discusses and demonstrates the installation and configuration of Mellanox Infiniband technologies within a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 environment. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/building-highly-efficient-rhev-3-0-infrastructure-with-mellanox-interconnect 2012-12-03T05:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/clustering-cloudforms-v1-0-1-using-the-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-high-availability-add-on This reference architecture provides a detailed look at how to cluster Red Hat CloudForms using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 High Availability Add-On. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/clustering-cloudforms-v1-0-1-using-the-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-high-availability-add-on 2012-12-03T05:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/deploying-clustered-samba-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6 This reference architecture details the deployment, configuration, and management of highly available file shares using clustered Samba on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/deploying-clustered-samba-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6 2012-11-01T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-cloudforms-backup-and-recovery-using-acronis This paper discusses and demonstrates the backup and recovery of Red Hat CloudForms using Acronis Backup and Recovery Advanced Platform. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-cloudforms-backup-and-recovery-using-acronis 2012-10-25T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/accelerating-oracle-database-performance-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-with-fusion-io-directcache Red Hat partnered with Fusion-io for this effort. These tests show different use cases where the Fusion-io SSDs and directCache software can obtain significant performance gains for Oracle Database 11g R2 running on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/accelerating-oracle-database-performance-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-with-fusion-io-directcache 2012-10-10T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/migrating-physical-servers-to-red-hat-enterprise-virtualization-3 This paper discusses and demonstrates the migration of physical Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® and Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise servers to virtual machines running on a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization solution. Potential issues during the migration process and their solutions are provided. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/migrating-physical-servers-to-red-hat-enterprise-virtualization-3 2012-10-10T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/virtualized-oracle-database-deployments-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-with-kvm Red Hat partnered with Dell to demonstrate deploying an Oracle database in a virtualized environment on an end-to-end Dell hardware infrastructure. Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/virtualized-oracle-database-deployments-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-with-kvm 2012-10-05T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/sap-sd-benchmark-using-rhel-6.2 On the latest two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark results for Linux/x86_64 servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux achieves the best score for a single 2-socket system, a single 4-socket system, and a single 8-socket system. Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/sap-sd-benchmark-using-rhel-6.2 2012-10-01T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/specweb2009-benchmark-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5 SPEC has defined the SPECweb2009 benchmark, the successor to the SPECweb2005 benchmark. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has maintained a consistent lead in SPECweb2005 benchmark results. Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/specweb2009-benchmark-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5 2012-09-25T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/specjbb2005-benchmark-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5 The SPECjbb2005 (Java Business Benchmark) is SPEC's benchmark for evaluating the performance of server side Java. It evaluates the performance of server side Java by emulating a three-tier client/server system (with emphasis on the middle tier). Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/specjbb2005-benchmark-using-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5 2012-09-25T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/rhel-kvm-hypervisor-achieving-unprecedented-virtualization-results-for-maximum-iops-per-host A Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) can acheive the highest storage I/O performance in a virtualized environment, making it ready for enterprise workloads that demand high I/O rates, low latencies, and strong storage I/O performance. This paper describes tests that validate this finding. Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/rhel-kvm-hypervisor-achieving-unprecedented-virtualization-results-for-maximum-iops-per-host 2012-08-29T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-storage-server-2-on-premise-deployment-on-rhev-and-vmware-esxi Learn how to deploy Red Hat® Storage Server 2.0 for On-premise in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) and VMware ESXi virtual environments. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-storage-server-2-on-premise-deployment-on-rhev-and-vmware-esxi 2012-06-21T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-storage-server-2-on-premise-deployment-on-rhev-and-vmware-esxi Learn how to deploy Red Hat® Storage Server 2.0 for On-premise in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) and VMware ESXi virtual environments. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-storage-server-2-on-premise-deployment-on-rhev-and-vmware-esxi 2012-06-21T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/using-solarflare-openonload-to-achieve-extreme-low-latency-on-rhel This paper examines the performance characteristics of the Solarflare OpenOnload technology on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 6. OpenOnload is a high performance network stack from Solarflare that dramatically reduces latency and CPU utilization, and increases message rate and bandwidth. Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/using-solarflare-openonload-to-achieve-extreme-low-latency-on-rhel 2012-06-20T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/migrating-from-vmware-esxi-5-to-red-hat-enterprise-virtualization-3 Learn how to migrate your virtual machines from a Vmware ESXi 5 server to a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3 using our virtual-to-virtual migration tools. Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/migrating-from-vmware-esxi-5-to-red-hat-enterprise-virtualization-3 2012-06-20T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/rhel-6-kvm-and-tuned-adm-analysis-on-sybase-iq-15-4 This paper examines the performance characteristics of tuned-adm profiles and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with Fusion-io technology. A DSS type workload deployed on Sybase IQ 15.4 serves as the benchmark characterized. Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/rhel-6-kvm-and-tuned-adm-analysis-on-sybase-iq-15-4 2012-06-18T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/installation-and-configuration-of-red-hat-storage-server-2-0 This paper describes installation and configuration of Red Hat Storage 2.0 for On-Premise and of Red Hat Storage 2.0 for Public Cloud (Amazon EC2 and EBS). Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/installation-and-configuration-of-red-hat-storage-server-2-0 2012-06-15T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/rhev-3-backup-and-recovery-using-acronis Guidance for proper data backup and recovery for customers using Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in combination with Acronis Backup and Recovery 11 Virtual Edition for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/rhev-3-backup-and-recovery-using-acronis 2012-06-11T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-cloudforms-v1-architectural-overview Red Hat® CloudForms is an open hybrid Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud-management product. This paper describes the CloudForms architecture. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-cloudforms-v1-architectural-overview 2012-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-cloudforms-v1-infrastructure-and-application-deployment-fundamentals This paper describes the installation and deployment of CloudForms 1.1, including the installation and configuration of system engine and cloud engine, end-to-end life cycle management of an application, and self-service user functionality. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/red-hat-cloudforms-v1-infrastructure-and-application-deployment-fundamentals 2012-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/scaling-sap-in-a-rhev-3-environment This paper discusses the scaling of SAP running in RHEL 6 virtual machines. The virtual machines are running in a RHEV 3.0 environment using a RHEL 6 server as the hypervisor. Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/reference-architectures/scaling-sap-in-a-rhev-3-environment 2012-05-03T04:00:00Z