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IBM today announced an entirely new category of server to address the growing Web 2.0 industry. Today, the companies behind the Internet rely on massive, sprawled out data centers that are pushing the limits of power and space available to them. In response to these challenges, IBM developed iDataPlex to use 40% less power, increase by 5X the amount of computing done in the same space and run without air conditioning. With iDataPlex, IBM is making Web 2.0-style computing more efficient and commercializing it for Internet companies and other high performance segments like financial services and research.
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| Breakthrough Energy Efficiency |
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| Date added:
23 Apr 2008
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| IBM used thermal analysis to test and create "Green" configurations of iDataPlex that deliver optimal efficiency. The right side of this picture shows an iDataPlex rack that has been so optimized. |
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| No Air Conditioning Required |
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| Date added:
23 Apr 2008
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| iDataPlex can run at room temperature -- no air conditioning required -- when used with a watercooled option. Without watercooling iDataplex is still at least 20% cooler then the conventional rack approach. This photo was taken in IBM's Thermal Lab, showing the iDataPlex without the liquid cooled door (red) and with it (blue). |
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| IBM iDataPlex |
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| Date added:
23 Apr 2008
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| iDataPlex uses 40 percent less power while increasing the amount of computing that can be done 5X. To achieve these breakthroughs IBM created a design that, among other things, turns the standard rack on its side. |
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| Made to Order |
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23 Apr 2008
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| Each iDataPlex system will be made to order and arrive to the client integrated and ready to run from the factory. Clients can choose from 22 possible configurations, with a menu of networking, switch, storage and server options, including the iDataPlex DX340 server shown here. |
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