| Virtualization |
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| PowerVM Workload Partitions |
- Reduced administration, improved system efficiency
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| Live Application Mobility |
- Increased application availability, enhanced workload manageability and energy savings
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| PowerVM Live Partition Mobility |
- Increased application availability, enhanced workload manageability and energy savings * **
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| Multiple Shared Processor Pools |
- Greater resource management flexibility and reduced application software expense * **
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| Shared Dedicated Processors |
- Improved server utilization * **
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| Security |
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| Role Based Access Control |
- Improved security, decreased administration costs
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| Encrypting Filesystem |
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| Trusted AIX |
- Highest level of security for critical government and business workloads
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| AIX Security Expert |
- Improved security, decreased administration costs by enabling federated management of security across multiple AIX systems
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| Secure by Default |
- Improved security on initial installations of AIX 6.1
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| Trusted Execution |
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| Filesystem Permissions Tool |
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| Near-continuous Availability |
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| Concurrent AIX Updates |
- Greater system availability, improved security by enabling critical security patches to be installed without causing an outage
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| Storage Keys |
- Improved AIX availability* and improved application availability**
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| Dynamic Tracing |
- Easier resolution to application execution and performance problems
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| Enhanced First Failure Data Capture |
- Increased AIX reliability and quicker problem resolution
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| Non-intrusive Service Aids |
- Increased AIX reliability and quicker problem resolution
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| Functional Recovery Routines |
- Increased AIX and application reliability and availability
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| Manageability |
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| PowerVM Workload Partitions |
- Reduced administrative expense by reducing the number of AIX operating systems to maintain. Greater flexibility to deploy and manage workloads
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| Live Application Mobility |
- Improved flexibility to improve application availability and performance and to reduce energy costs
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| PowerVM Workload Partitions Manager |
- Reduced management costs by providing federated management of workload partitions across the enterprise
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| PowerVM Live Partition Mobility |
- Improved flexibility to improve application availability and performance and to reduce energy costs * **
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| IBM System Director Console for AIX |
- Reduced administrative costs and improved administrative effectiveness by enabling Web-based administration across multiple AIX instances
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| Automatic Variable Page Size |
- Improved performance with reduced administrative effort
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