Move Up to IBM BladeCenter®

Solve the energy crisis. Win the space race.

IBM BladeCenter® uses up to 50 percent less floor space^[1] and up to 35 percent less energy than competitor rack servers without sacrificing performance.^[2]

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What path should you take?

When you're ready to move up, it's smart to go with IBM. Our expertise and leading product portfolio take the sting out of migrating from your current platform. Let us help you make the move.

Migrate from	Needs	Migrate to
HP Entry Integrity (rx1620, rx2620) HP Alpha servers HP 3000, HPTC Clusters and Digital Servers HP Blade System	Streamline IT environment Reduce server sprawl Windows, UNIX or Linux migration Rack or x86 Blades integration Support new workloads, platforms and applications—including Web service and security Move up to virtualization, increased compatibility, ut	IBM BladeCenter: JS22 AIXL 5.3 or Linux on Power IBM BladeCenter: HS21, HS21XM, AMD Opteron LS21, or AMD Opteron LS41 on Windows or Linux IBM Cluster 1350
Dell PowerEdge – Intel 1U/2U Dell PowerEdge blades	Cost-effective scalability; support for multiple applications on multiple operating systems; support for 2- and 4-way Intel and 2-way UNIXall on same chassis.	IBM BladeCenter HS21 & HS21XM IBM BladeCenter LS41
Sun Fire™ T1000/T2000 Sun Fire UltraSPARC Sun Fire AMD™ 1U/2U Solaris 10	Help increase investment protection; acquire reliable technology with a long established ecosystem; increase energy efficiency; add flexibility for future growth Server Consolidation (consolidating Solaris servers onto IBM Blades).	Linux, AIX or Solaris 10 on IBM BladeCenter:LS21, LS41, JS22, HS21, HS21XM

¹ BladeCenter E holds 14 servers in 7U of rack space. You can only get seven 1U rack servers in 7U of rack space.

² Based on IBM power engineering test data. Numbers are average worst case for P6 Burn exerciser program. Like Intel configurations tested in IBM lab. Blade power is average power of total chassis solution