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| Feature | Benefits |
|---|---|
| Virtualization | |
| Virtualization of IBM i Storage* | Reduce costs and simplify creation of IBM i test and development environments through storage virtualization from IBM i or VIOS |
| Shared Processor Pools* | Decrease software licensing costs by capping the number of processors a group of partitions can use |
| Storage Space Snapshots | Improve availability with backup of virtual IBM i, AIX, Linux, and Windows environments while they are active |
| File level backup for Linux | Improve availability with IBM i-based file level backups of Linux running in partitions or on integrated servers |
| Integrated server enhancements | Reduce costs of server farms with enhanced iSCSI-based integration with BladeCenter and System x servers with support for VMware VMotion |
| SAN Integration | |
| New Fibre Channel Adapter* | Deliver breakthrough performance for IBM i and IBM Systems Storage 8300 environments through improved SAN support |
| BladeCenter Support | |
| Support for JS22 Blade* | Enable consolidation of IBM i and x86 servers with an IBM BladeCenter solution |
| Availability | |
| High Availability Solutions Manager | Reduce impact of planned and unplanned outages with disk clustering solution from IBM |
| Security | |
| Encryption | Meet regulatory requirements by protecting data at rest and backups of critical business information through advanced encryption |
| Intrusion detection and prevention | Improve application availability with enhanced capabilities to detect and respond to web-based attacks |
| Management | |
| IBM Systems Director Navigator | Reduce IT costs with easy, integrated, web-based management environment for IBM i |
| Performance Data Investigator | Enhance analysis of performance data with new web-based performance data viewer |
| Java and Web | |
| Performance | Support more transaction/second for Java and WebSphere applications with IBM i 6.1 enhancements |
| IBM 64-Bit JVM | Enhance portability for ISV applications and improve performance of Java applications with IBM Java technology |
| Integrated Web Application Server | Simplify deployment of Java applications with built in web application server |
| Integrated Web Services server | Extend value and use of business applications through built in web services environment |
| Integrated server enhancements | Reduce costs of server farms with enhanced iSCSI-based integration with BladeCenter and System x servers with support for VMware VMotion |
| DB2 | |
| New database functions | Enhance application functionality and performance with new database functions and management tools |
| OmniFind Text Search | Full text document searching through DB2 |
*Requires POWER6 processor-based systems
IBM i 6.1 is supported on IBM System i models 515, 520, 525, 550, 570, and 595, the IBM BladeCenter JS22, and IBM iSeries models 800, 810, 825, 870, and 890. IBM plans for IBM i 6.1 to be the final release supported on iSeries models 800, 810, 825, 870, and 890.
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