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IBM brings the extraordinary value of IBM BladeCenter® to the UNIX®, i and Linux® market with the introduction of POWER6™ processor-based blade servers. Designed for virtualization and performance, the BladeCenter JS22 and JS12 blades feature IBM's latest POWER6 processor technology the world's fastest microprocessor. Couple that superior performance with Power™ Systems Software like IBM PowerVM™ built-in and you now have the opportunity to consolidate your UNIX, i and Linux applications onto POWER6 processor-based blades like never before.
Now with UNIX, i and Linux operating systems you can take advantage of all that BladeCenter architecture has to offer: great performance, built-in virtualization, improved energy efficiency and space utilization, simplification of your infrastructure and ease of management. With an innovative architecture, BladeCenter tightly integrates servers, storage, networking, I/O and applications. This allows you to build a robust and flexible IT infrastructure using common building blocks and a powerful set of management tools that are open, easy, and seamlessly integrated, helping you focus on your business not your IT.
- Realize innovation with proven sixth-generation POWER™ technology for enhanced performance, efficiency, and reliability
- Cut costs and consolidate workloads with leadership PowerVM virtualization as a built-in feature
- Go green with better energy management using IBM EnergyScale™ technology
- Manage growth, complexity, and risk with the flexibility of BladeCenter technology
"We are very excited about the new IBM POWER6-based JS12 Express blades supporting AIX, Linux, and IBM i. The enhanced memory capacity along with the built-in PowerVM virtualization, EnergyScale technology, and the proven RAS features of the Power Architecture, packaged in the blade form factor is very attractive to our mid market SAP All-in-One customers."
Robert Vetter, Senior Vice President SAP AG
SAP AG
IBM i Edition Express for BladeCenter S
- i Edition Express for BladeCenter S offers an extremely attractive option for new and existing IBM System i™ customers to reduce IT costs and complexity by consolidating their IBM i and Windows® applications with an IBM BladeCenter solution.
Delivering POWER6 performance for AIX®, i, and Linux
- The BladeCenter JS12 is a 2-core, 3.8 GHz POWER6 processor-based blade.
- The BladeCenter JS22 is a 4-core, 4.0 GHz POWER6 processor-based blade.
Supporting a variety of BladeCenter Chassis options
For AIX, i, and Linux environments:
- The BladeCenter S chassis has six blade bays for POWER6 and x86 processor-based blade servers and room for up to 12 disk drives.
- The BladeCenter H chassis has 14 blade bays for POWER6 and x86 blade servers.
For AIX and Linux environments:
- IBM BladeCenter E chassis has 14 blade bays for POWER6 and x86 blade servers.
- IBM BladeCenter HT chassis delivers ultimate durability supporting 12 POWER6 and x86 blade severs.
- IBM BladeCenter T chassis delivers rich telecommunication features supporting up to eight POWER6 and x86 blade servers.
