Consolidating workloads onto fewer platforms can help simplify and optimize existing IT infrastructures — including servers, databases, applications, networks and systems management processes. IBM offers end-to-end consolidation solutions for businesses large and small with Industry-standard System x™ and BladeCenter® servers, which help reduce cost and complexity and provide a more rational, stable foundation for growth.
- BladeCenter is an ideal architecture to replace many uni or 2-way servers to save space, even compared to rack servers.
- The Intel-based x3650 and the AMD Opteron™ — based x3655 servers are excellent consolidation platforms for clients who only need 2 processors but want high-availability and expandability features, delivered in a 2U chassis.
- The x3755 and x3850 scale to 4-way, while the x3950 scales to 32-way — all are industry-standard servers ideal for consolidating databases or applications with high transaction processing.
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Reduce costs, streamline, standardize and consolidate your IT infrastructure such as file & print, web serving, and SQL Server with IBM System x or BladeCenter servers running Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 software.
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VMware software can virtualize servers, storage and networking, allowing multiple unmodified operating systems and their applications to run independently in virtual machines while sharing physical resources.
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Enable high-performance, server virtualization with XenEnterprise™, an affordable, easy-to-use virtualization platform for Linux and Windows operating systems. The lightweight, unified architecture allows you to start with a free version of XenExpress* and easily upgrade by purchasing XenEnterprise later.
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For more information about server consolidation solutions, please contact your local System x and BladeCenter Sales Representatives.
*Free download of XenExpress available from XenSource at www.xensource.com/xenexpress
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