http://linux.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Anindya Mukherjee Copyright 2008 LINUX Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT LINUX 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://linux.sys-con.com/read/139421.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/139421.htm Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:45:00 GMT In an all too familiar saga taking place in small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) everywhere, file/print, Web, e-mail, and application servers are multiplying at an alarming rate in response to ever-increasing demands for processing power. Initially, the decision to bolster capacity-constrained servers by adding more seems like a reasonable remedy for managing aggressive growth. However, when two-to-three additional servers grows to 10-to-20 over time while being provisioned for extra cycles to accommodate peak loads, this quick-fix solution mushrooms into a major IT problem, leading to accelerated operating costs, increasingly complex administration, and ineffective resource utilization.