| POWER5+ microprocessor |
- Offers an ideal platform to help you reduce the cost and complexity of your IT environments
- Deploy new business applications quickly with a rapid ROI and improve overall systems management.
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| Integrated i5/OS operating system and middleware |
- This highly integrated approach is designed to make these systems easier to install, easier to use and easier to manage compared to competitive server architectures.
- You don’t have to install, test, troubleshoot and maintain these required software layers.
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| Multiple operating system support |
- Provides you with the flexibility to select the right operating system and the right application to meet your needs
- Designed to help you simplify your IT environment and broaden your application choices
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| Outstanding portfolio of software solutions |
- With support of i5/OS, AIX 5L, Linux and Windows® via IBM integration with IBM System x™ and IBM BladeCenter®, the System i family offers a broad choice of applications available on a single system.
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| Simple server consolidation |
- Helps reduce costs and enable business investment by consolidating multiple servers, operating systems and applications onto a single system
- Provides a self-managing and self-tuning environment that generally requires little technical staff
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| IBM Micro-Partitioning™ |
- Lets you make a single system act like many separate servers that operate independently, yet have the advantage of shared resources and simple, centralized management
- Offers greater flexibility in using available capacity and more rapidly matching resources to changing business requirements
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| Mainframe-inspired RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) |
- Technology built into the System i platform helps to automate systems management tasks and prevent downtime.
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| Includes WebSphere Application Server - Express |
- You can easily extend your core business applications to the Web to integrate with suppliers, partners, and customers.
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| Built-in security and virus resistance |
- Security is built into i5/OS, which could help address regulatory compliance processes and safeguard customer data.
- i5/OS supports an object-based design that makes it highly resistant to viruses.
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| Virtual Ethernet |
- Provides fast, safe and reliable communications between operating systems and partitions within the system
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| Virtual I/O |
- Helps save cost and ease systems administration by sharing expensive resources
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| Storage virtualization |
- i5/OS provides SAN-like facilities for operating environments resulting in more efficient and manageable storage utilization.
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| Exceptional price/performance |
- A simple, affordable solution with outstanding capability providing the flexibility to start small and grow to meet new business demands
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