Issues like server and storage sprawl, increasing administration and systems costs, higher energy costs and infrastructure complexity are driving operational and capital costs to a breaking point. By building a dynamic, adaptable and flexible infrastructure your organization can focus on reducing cost, managing risk and improving service. This will allow you to manage both IT and business infrastructures to thrive in a competitive business climate.
A critical component of the dynamic infrastructure is virtualization. Designed to simplify, consolidate and realize new flexibility and performance in server farms, data storage, and networks, virtualization can help your organization:
- Improve utilization and flexibility.
- Reduce complexity and cost.
- Respond to business changes swiftly and effectively.
- Enable end-to-end resiliency and security.
Reduce cost and increase efficiency by implementing vSphere 4.0 on IBM System x and BladeCenter
Deploy more virtual machines per server with vSphere 4.0 and our distinctively scalable eX4 platforms and consolidate operations to eliminate redundancy and increase overall systems control. The IBM® System x3950 M2 is the reference architecture for VMware vSphere 4.0 scalability. The System x3950 M2 is one of the only x86 servers today that can exploit all the scalability features available with vSphere. With IBM, you can virtualize and consolidate workloads on a platform that offers ample compute capacity, memory and I/O. You can control and reduce power consumption by combining VMware with the energy efficiency IBM System x® and IBM BladeCenter® server designs.
Improve service and control with unparalleled RAS features and innovative management
Enable continuous operations with up to four levels of memory protection. With IBM Active Memory™, you can process more transactions and revenue for your business. IBM's scalable x86 systems are designed to be:
- Energy efficient.
- Reliable.
- Easy to manage.
- Excellent for virtualization.
You can also stay up and running longer with best-in-class reliability features, I/O redundancy and automatic failover. VMware and System x deliver solutions you can rely on.
Manage risk and improve flexibility using proven technology from System x and VMware
Scale to new levels. Multiple multi-core processors and the one of the largest memory footprints can help your organization maximize the number of virtual machines per server for better virtualized application performance. Comfortably virtualize your database and business applications on fewer systems without impacting performance. VMware provides reliability and room to grow with System x and BladeCenter.
Through virtualization, your organization can:
- Improve service levels.
- Bring new services online quickly.
- Respond to new business opportunities quickly.
- Process more information in real time to make better business decisions.
- Consolidate operations and overall systems control.
- Reduce or eliminate redundancy in infrastructure and personnel.
- Improve employee productivity.
Contact your IBM sales representative so we can help get you started.
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