Innovative, high-performance technological advantages for your data center
Innovation is the key to success. With the IBM eX5 platform, your storage options are scalable. We have introduced three key technologies that can exceed your business needs. MAX5, FlexNode and eXFlash are offerings that will allow your business to operate more efficiently, streamline costs, and scale to new dimensions.
Read on to see how the eX5 offerings will provide the capacity needs for your toughest business challenges.
MAX5 – the power of memory…
Extending server memory capacity on IBM eX5 System x® servers with MAX5 increases the performance of many application workloads, including database, web, file, and authentication/security. The same benefit can be achieved in other memory-intensive consolidation environments such as virtualization and cloud computing.
MAX5, an external expansion component makes eX5 systems the best choice for x86 databases
- 124:1 consolidation1, $4M savings for transaction processing workload
- Improves DB throughput by 40% and reduces response time by 88%
- 28% more queries/hour, 39% faster response time for SQL
- 4x more DB transactions, 75% lower cost per transaction with solidDB
- 27% more OLTP throughput with eXFlash
Learn more about MAX5
Learn about the eX5 systems that support eX5 innovations:
eXFlash – no moving parts…
Get dramatically faster I/O, with greater storage density and improved reliability. The following systems support eXFlash: IBM System x3850 X5, x3950 X5 and x3690 X5.
Advanced storage functionality available on x5 platforms
- Exceeds performance of 800 spinning disks2
- 97% less expensive3 and 1% of power costs
- Up to 4.8 TB of storage with 720,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) on x5 platforms
- RAID 5/6 controller for redundant data storage reliability at 37.5% greater capacity
- Greater reliability over traditional HDDs
eXFlash use case scenarios
- Highly transactional environments including data warehousing (OLTP), collaboration (email), financial (banking/trading)
- Imaging (medical/satellite)
- Video automation and editing (on-demand, movie studios)
- Actively connected users (social media, web 2.0)
High-performance, flash technology is the solution.
- Offers tremendous storage density, reliability, energy savings, and prodigious IOPS throughput
- Is ideal for a broad set of applications from database and data warehousing to virtualization and more
FlexNode partitioning and automatic node failover
- Get up and running faster with IBM BladeCenter HX5 by qualifying a single platform for 2- and 4-socket server needs
- Partitioning of 4-socket to two 2-sockets without any physical system reconfiguration, and automatically fail over for maximum uptime
Contact IBM
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Smarter systems for a Smarter Planet
IBM eX5 enterprise systems can help you maximize memory, minimize cost and simplify deployment
eX5: The next leap forward
Roland Hagan, World Wide VP IBM System x Servers, discusses eX5, the next leap forward in x86 server architecture and design.
IBM Information Management and eX5
Arvind Krishna, IBM General Manager of Information Management Software discusses eX5 technology and how it is optimized for IBM Software Group products.
VMWare and IBM eX5
Stephen Herrod, CTO of VMware, discusses eX5 technology and its impact on virtualization.
Microsoft and IBM eX5
Bill Laing, Corporate VP at Microsoft talks about eX5 technology and how IBM and Microsoft work together to satisfy customers.
SAP and IBM eX5
Mike Ellis, VP of the IBM Alliance at SAP talks about eX5 technology and IBM's and SAP's long history of collaboration for customers.
The Value of Memory-Dense Servers: IBM's System x MAX 5 for its eX5 Server Family (PDF, 791KB)
International Data Corporation (IDC) highlights how IBM MAX5 memory technology plays a significant role in increasing the value of memory dense servers.
IBM's System x eX5 servers attack customers' most challenging IT problems with efficiency and flexibility (PDF, 580KB)
By Technology Business Research (TBR)
The System x X5 Difference – IBM Innovation on Industry Standard Servers (PDF, 151KB)
Pund-It Analyst Charles King covers key eX5 differentiators.
IBM System x - From Boxes to Workloads (PDF, 205KB)
This white paper by Illuminata focuses on x86 server evolution. IBM eX5 represents a new era in x86 product capabilities.
Highly-Scalable Virtualization: Optimizing your Infrastructure with IBM eX5 and VMware vSphere (PDF, 1MB)
VMware and IBM discuss how to maximize the return on your virtualization investment.
