Highlights
- Effectively manage risk with highly reliable and scalable servers optimized to run the latest Microsoft® Windows® Server® technologies.
- Maximize productivity and increase efficiency with Windows Server 2008 R2 virtualization capabilities and IBM’s industry-leading hardware solutions designed for virtualization.
- Purchase Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 when configuring your System x® and BladeCenter® server.
Featured offerings
Increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure with a choice of Windows Server 2008 R2 editions available from IBM for System x and BladeCenter servers. Key features and functions include, updated virtualization tools, live migration of VMs, systems management enhancements and enhanced scalability to help you further reduce costs and save time.
Datacenter edition
The datacenter edition offers enterprise-class capabilities for business critical applications including large-scale virtualization and dynamic partitioning capabilities. Available from IBM with support for 1, 2 or 4 CPUs, these editions include 5 client access licenses and an unlimited number of virtual operating system instances.
Enterprise edition
With virtualization, clustering and additional availability features the enterprise edition is designed for deploying business critical applications. These editions can be purchased with 10 or 25 client access licenses and supports up to 8 CPUs with four operating system instances.
Standard edition
The standard edition is designed with Web and virtualization capabilities to improve the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure. These editions support up to 4 CPUs and include 5 client access licenses and 1 virtual operating system instance.
Foundation edition
Designed to run most business applications, Windows Server Foundation provides dependable and affordable technology for IBM uni-processor servers.*
Windows Small Business Server
Designed specifically for small and mid-sized businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2011 can help maximize productivity and increase efficiency.
Notes:
For further choice and flexibility, IBM provides downgrade media with your purchase of IBM System x and BladeCenter servers and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.
*Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation editions have limited distribution in limited languages. Please contact your IBM Business Partner for more information.
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