Unique IBM Quad-Core Module technology—ideal for HPC Linux® operating system clusters
Point, click and consolidate for even greater levels of individual system utilization with optional low-cost virtualization features
Take back control of your transaction processing environment with IBM System p5 520 and 520Q Express servers designed for reliability, flexibility and security. A 3-year warranty, special IBM financing and a choice of attractively-priced preconfigured Editions (for IBM AIX 5L™ or Linux operating systems) make these systems easy to buy, install and manage. Both the p5-520 and p5-520Q Express are designed with simultaneous multithreading 1 for increased system utilization and improved application performance. The new browser-based Integrated Virtualization Manager makes it easier than ever to achieve increased utilization by adding low-cost Advanced POWER Virtualization features to your system.
The System p5 520Q Express platform is a new breed of 4-core Java and Web application server designed to deliver superior system throughput and configurability for demanding eCommerce and Web infrastructure applications. Powered by IBM’s latest Quad-Core Module (QCM) 1.65 GHz POWER5+ processor cores, the p5-520Q Express delivers outstanding performance at compelling low prices for high transaction environment based on the Java platform or for compute-intensive database applications.
Specifically, the System p5 520Q Express server provides:
Common features
Hardware configurations
19-inch rack-mount or deskside packaging
4-core SMP design
64-bit POWER5+ technology
Mainframe-inspired RAS features
Dynamic LPAR support
Advanced POWER Virtualization 1 (option)
IBM Micro-Partitioning™ (up to 40 micro-partitions)
Shared processor pool
Virtual I/O Server with Integrated Virtualization Manager
Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only)
Up to four optional I/O drawers
IBM HACMP™ software support for near continuous operation*
Operating system support via AIX 5L (V5.2 or later) and Linux distributions from Red Hat (RHEL AS 4 or later) and SUSE Linux (SLES 9 or later)
