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November 6, 2007 – Announced today, the BladeCenter® JS22 Express blade server, based on innovative IBM POWER6™ processor technology, helps clients:
- Improve the return on their IT investments
- Improve responsiveness of systems and people
- Save energy with IBM EnergyScale™ technology
- Manage complexity and risk in their business
Combining IBM's fast Power Architecture™ technology with enhanced virtualization capabilities, energy efficiency and near-continuous availability features, the JS22 Express offers outstanding price/performance and value for entry-level and SMB clients wishing to move to blade servers. IBM is also announcing some feature updates for the System p 570 and previewing the System p 575.
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Powered by POWER6 processor cores, the BladeCenter JS22 Express brings significant benefits to clients who want a durable server solution for consolidating multiple applications onto a single server, transitioning from traditional rack servers to the highly efficient BladeCenter chassis, distributing Java™ and Web serving applications, and flexibly implementing high performance computing (HPC) or commercial applications in an AIX or Linux environment.
The JS22 Express utilizes a 4.0 GHz 64-bit POWER6 processor core and is available in a 4-core configuration with up to 32 GB of memory and a SAS disk subsystem and built-in support for Advanced POWER™ Virtualization. IBM is also announcing two statements of direction for the JS22 Express:
- Support for the i5/OS® operating system is planned for POWER6 processor-based blades with delivery in 2008.
- The BladeCenter S chassis is planned to support the POWER6 processor-based blades for AIX, Linux on POWER and i5/OS applications.
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Additional features and functions are being announced for the System p™ 570 server using the POWER6 processor. Among these are a redundant service processor function for managing systems with greater than four cores, a PCI-X SAS controller which allows split backplane functionality, a PCIe 4-port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter which supports higher Ethernet density on the p570, Concurrent Maintenance for GX adapters and a number of RAS and configurability enhancements. All p570 configurations now require attachment to an HMC (Hardware Management Console). IBM is also announcing the ability to split the p570 backplane which enables you to split your internal drives into separate groups and potentially mirror them. This can enable more manageability of internal disk or a boot disk in two partitions.
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AIX is an open standards-based UNIX operating system designed to meet the needs of client computing environments ranging from small departmental systems to enterprise class workloads such as data mining, database processing, transaction processing and high performance computing. The latest release, AIX 6.1, extends the capabilities of the AIX OS to include Workload Partitions, a new software based virtualization approach; Live Application Mobility, the ability to relocate applications between systems without restarting the application; new security features to improve and simplify security administration; new availability features inspired by IBM legacy systems; and numerous features designed to make the AIX OS easier and less expensive to manage. This AIX release underscores IBM's firm commitment to long-term UNIX innovations that deliver business value.
AIX 6.1 is binary compatible with previous AIX 5L™ releases as documented in the AIX binary compatibility statement. AIX 6.1 runs on systems based on POWER4™, PowerPC® 970, POWER5™ and the latest generation of POWER processor, POWER6. Most of the new features of AIX 6.1 are available on the earlier POWER platforms, but the most capability is delivered on systems built with the new POWER6 processors.
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In addition to the base virtualization that is standard on every System p server, two optional virtualization offerings are being introduced:
- Advanced POWER Virtualization Standard Edition (APV SE): For users ready to get the full value out of their server, IBM offers APV SE which provides outstanding virtualization functionality for UNIX and Linux by including IBM Micro-Partitioning™ and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) capabilities.
- Advanced POWER Virtualization Enterprise Edition (APV EE): APV EE includes all the features of APV SE plus an exciting new capability, Live Partition Mobility. Live Partition Mobility allows for the movement of a running partition from one POWER6 server to another with no application downtime resulting in better system utilization, improved application availability and energy savings.
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For clients who need a flexible and robust server solution that can handle more users, deliver more throughput as well as help to consolidate applications, the System p Express family with leadership virtualization and exceptional energy efficiency is an outstanding choice.
New solutions built on System p Express:
- IBM System p Solutions for Web-tier Consolidation
- IBM System p for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.
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| The System p 575 server offers high density performance and energy efficiency while supporting the latest POWER6 processor technology. Packaged as 32 cores of 4.7 GHz performance in only 2U nodes, this system is designed for the ultimate in supercomputing applications as it drives the limits on speed, density, and energy efficiency. Supporting both AIX and Linux environments, this system compliments the JS22 Blade as the new platforms of choice for HPC applications. |
* Support of the JS22 Express is a Statement of Direction planned for 1Q2008.
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