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 IBM System p5 550Q Express
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- Up to 8-core scalability using Quad-Core Module technology
- Point, click and consolidate for even greater levels of individual system utilization with optional low-cost virtualization features
- Proven 5th generation IBM POWER™ dual-core technology ideal for branch office application and database serving
Save time, money and space when you consolidate on System p5 550 and 550Q Express servers. Get up to 8-core scalability, outstanding price/performance, exceptional RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability) features, and a 3-year warranty—all standard—at an affordable price. Powered by IBM’s most advanced 64-bit processor core, POWER5+, these systems have simultaneous multithreading 1 for increased system utilization and improved application performance. Like all System p5 Express servers, the System p5 550 and 550Q Express can run the IBM AIX 5L™ and Linux® operating systems simultaneously. The new browser-based Integrated Virtualization Manager makes it easier than ever before to achieve increased utilization when adding low-cost IBM Advanced POWER™ Virtualization features to your system.
The System p5 550Q Express platform is a new breed of 8-core scalable database and application server designed to meet the rigors of transaction-intensive and analytical applications. Powered by IBM’s latest Quad-Core Module (QCM) 1.65 GHz POWER5+ processor cores, the p5-550Q Express delivers outstanding price/performance and high system throughput and is ideally suited for compute-intensive business intelligence (BI), scientific and engineering analytical applications, database applications or server consolidation.
Specifically, the System p5 550Q Express server provides:
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- 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)
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- IBM Micro-Partitioning™ (up to 40 micro-partitions)
- Shared processor pool
- Virtual I/O Server with Integrated Virtualization Manager
- Partition Load Manager (IBM AIX 5L only)
- Up to eight 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)
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- Deskside or 4U 19-inch rack-mount packaging
- Four or eight 64-bit 1.65 GHz POWER5+ processor cores
- 3.8MB L2 and 72MB L3 cache per QCM
- 1GB to 64GB of DDR2 SDRAM
- Five PCI-X adapter slots (4 – 133 MHz; 1 – 266 MHz (DDR))
- Four standard and four optional hot-swappable SCSI disk bays for up to 2.4TB of internal storage
- Maximum I/O drawers add an additional 54 PCI-X slots and 96 disk bays (28.8TB)
- Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal; RAID optional)
- Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller
- Optional 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 4x GX adapters
- Two USB, two HMC, two system ports
- Two slimline and one half-high media bays
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* Available as separately-priced software product
1 Not supported on AIX 5L V5.2
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