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IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express

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BladeCenter JS12 Express
The ability to cut costs with highly energy efficient solutions and offer leadership virtualization makes the IBM BladeCenter® JS12 Express a desirable blade server for organizations of any size. Companies can go green and save while managing growth, complexity and risk, all while using technology that makes innovation in their business real and sets them apart from the competition. The JS12 Express offers exceptional price/performance in a virtualized environment; breadth of available applications; reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) characteristics; energy efficiency; and leadership virtualization.

Starting at $4,228 (IBM US list price)*
Lease for as low as $132.76/mo. for 36 months**

Processor cores   Two 64-bit IBM POWER6™ with AltiVec™ SIMD and Hardware Decimal Floating-Point acceleration
Clock rates (Min/Max)   3.8 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)   2 or 4 GB/64 GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)   0 GB/292 GB



BladeCenter JS22 Express

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BladeCenter JS22 Express
The ability to cut costs with highly energy efficient solutions and offer leadership virtualization makes the IBM BladeCenter® JS22 Express a desirable blade server for organizations of any size. Companies can Go Green and save while managing growth, complexity and risk, all while using technology that makes innovation in their business real and sets them apart from the competition. The JS22 Express offers exceptional price/performance in a virtualized environment; breadth of available applications; reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) characteristics; energy efficiency; and leadership virtualization.

Starting at $6,129 (IBM US list price)*
Lease for as low as $192.45/mo. for 36 months**

Processor cores   Four 64-bit IBM POWER6™ with AltiVec™ SIMD accelerator
Clock rates (Min/Max)   4.0 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)   2 or 4 GB/32 GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)   0 or 73 GB/146 GB



BladeCenter JS21 Express

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BladeCenter JS21 Express
The IBM BladeCenter® JS21 Express represents a convergence of leadership, with combined support for IBM AIX®, Linux®, IBM Advanced POWER™ Virtualization and AltiVecâ„¢ SIMD acceleration in a single, highly reliable, high-performance blade server. The JS21 Express is perfect for small to medium business needs as it bundles the latest performance enhancements at a low price.

Starting at $2,838 (IBM US list price)*
Lease for as low as $89.11/mo. for 36 months**

Processor   64-bit IBM PowerPC® 970MP with AltiVec SIMD accelerator
Clock rates (Min/Max)   2-core 2.7 GHz /
4-core 2.5 GHz1
System memory (Std/Max)   2 GB (2-core with
2x1 GB 533 MHz) or
4 GB (4-core with
2x2 GB 533 MHz) standard, 16 GB maximum, DDR2 SDRAM 533 MHz
Internal storage (Std/Max)   One 73 GB 10,000 rpm 2.5" serial attached SCSI (SAS) hard drive standard, one or two hard drives supported for up to 219 GB of maximum internal storage plus RAID-0/1 mirroring



1 Processor frequencies when installed in BladeCenter H. Frequency reduced to 2.6 GHz (single-core) and 2.3 GHz (dual-core) when installed in other BladeCenter chassis. In all BladeCenter chassis, autonomic power and thermal controls may reduce the processor frequency in certain operating conditions.

* Price does not include tax and is subject to change without notice. Price indicated applies to specific model which may not have all available features and functions. Different configurations have higher prices. Operating system is available for an additional charge.

** The IBM Financing Advantage program is for commercial clients with more than 25 employees for acquisitions up to $300,000. Actual rates are based on a client's credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice. IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States, IBM Canada Ltd. in Canada, and other IBM subsidiaries and division worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers. Lease options for businesses with less than 25 employees are offered and administered in the United States and Canada by third party providers and are not affiliated with IBM Credit LLC or IBM Canada Ltd offerings or programs. Minimum transaction size is $5,000 for businesses with fewer than 25 employees. All terms and conditions are provided by the third party providers and are not part of IBM Canada Ltd. offerings or programs.

*** The benchmarks and values shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level computer systems. Actual system performance may vary and is dependent upon many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and configuration.


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