The IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Express server has been withdrawn from the market, effective May 31, 2006. The learn more links provide information on the OpenPower 720 Express.
Highlights
Learn more
- IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Express server (63KB)
- Technical overview and introduction
- Hardware documentation
- Redbooks
- Sales Manual
- Support
- IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Workload Balancing Using POWER Hypervisor and Virtual I/O Server
- IBM eServer OpenPower 720 Server Consolidation Using Advanced OpenPower Virtualization
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- Offers pre-configured servers at special pricing
- Delivers leading-edge performance and productivity
- Provides cost-effective flexibility and freedom with the Linux® operating system (OS)
- Incorporates enterprise-class features such as the optional Virtualization Engine™ technology to improve server utilization and drive down costs
- Brings mainframe-inspired reliability features, availability and serviceability (RAS) capabilities
- Available in rack-mount or deskside package
To compete in today's on demand world, smaller and mid-sized companies need computer systems that can deliver the same sort of performance, reliability features and flexibility that large enterprises enjoy. Yet for those smaller organizations, computer systems must be affordable, easy to buy and install and simple to manage and maintain.
The IBM eServer® OpenPower™ 720 Express server is a powerful pre-configured 2- or 4-way system that combines the performance and reliability features previously available in high-end machines with the simplicity and special pricing required by many smaller and mid-sized companies. Tuned for the Linux operating system (OS), the OpenPower 720 Express server is equipped with enterprise-class IBM POWER5™ processors. With the OpenPower 720 Express server, companies have the power and flexibility to run a full range of business applications, from e-mail, security and Web services to science, engineering and data warehousing applications. Offered in deskside and rack-mount packages with optimized configurations, this server is designed to deliver outstanding performance and productivity right out of the box.
Common features
- Offers pre-configured servers at special pricing
- Features the 64-bit POWER5 processor to deliver enterprise-level performance
- Provides the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of the Linux operating system (OS)
- Delivers enterprise-level reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features
- Includes optional Virtualization Engine™ capabilities with Micro-Partitioning™ and LPAR technologies
- Five hot-plug Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended (PCI-X) slots
- Dual Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports
- Redundant hot-plug cooling
- Extensive array of I/O options: memory, disk drives and speeds, communications adapters and media devices
Hardware summary
Available in five configurations:
Entry deskside offering:
- Two 1.50GHz POWER5 processor
- 4GB of memory
- Two 73.4GB drives at 10K rpm
- DVD-ROM
Entry rack offering:
- Two 1.50GHz POWER5 processors
- 4GB of memory
- Two 73.4GB drives at 10K rpm
- DVD-ROM
Value rack offering:
- Two 1.50GHz POWER5 processor
- 4GB of memory
- Two 73.4GB drives at 10K rpm
- DVD-ROM
Performance rack offering:
- Four 1.65GHz POWER5 processors
- 8GB of memory
- Four 73.4GB drives at 10K rpm
- DVD-ROM
- Redundant power
- Onboard RAID
Consolidation rack offering:
- Four 1.50GHz POWER5 processor
- 8GB of memory
- Four 73.4GB drives at 10K rpm
- DVD-ROM
- Redundant power
- Onboard RAID
- POWER Hypervisor and Virtual I/O Server
