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Linux on eServer p5 and pSeries
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| IBM eServer p5 and pSeries servers offer reliability, availability
and serviceability characteristics unique to Linux
and provides mission-critical applications a higher
level of support than other 32- or 64-bit environments.
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Logical
partitioning and virtualisation; Linux, AIX 5L
or both!
pSeries servers provide the capability to run
Linux, AIX 5L or both on a single server, future-proofing
your investment. Logical partitioning on eServer
p5 and pSeries servers provides a cost-effective
platform for enterprise workloads while supporting
Open Source standards and solutions—especially
important for companies that want to further enhance
world-class UNIX OS-based environments with Linux.
Additionally, with eServer p5 systems, the new
virtualisation features allow the capability to
support dynamic LPARs, micro-partitions, virtual
I/O support, and dynamic resource management.
This further enhances system efficiencies to provide
high system utilisation.
pSeries and p5 Linux servers provide large memory
capabilities, advanced floating point computing,
64-bit addressability and tuned compilers. These
features allow companies to take full advantage
of POWER4 and POWER5 technology to deliver high-performance
applications, backed by a proven architecture.
An 8-way p650 achieved leading Linux results
on the STREAM benchmark which is a synthetic
program written in FORTRAN that measures sustainable
memory bandwidth (in MB/s) and the corresponding
computation rate for simple vector kernels.
POWER5 systems running Linux have recently beaten
the best of breed performers in SPECweb99 by
27%, SPECsfs by 158%, and Netbench by 55% proving
the power of Linux on p5 systems.
Product
range
eServer p5 and pSeries Linux servers offer the
broadest range of powerful, proven systems for
Linux OS-based enterprise computing, providing
customers with innovative price-performance
features and solutions to their reliability
and scalability needs. |
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| With a wide range
of solutions supported by industry-leading developers,
IBM eServer offers maximum flexibilty for your business. The
following is just an example, so be sure to browse
all available offerings. |
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Samba
file and print server management
Samba
runs on Linux platforms but can speak to Windows
clients like a native Windows server. It allows
a Linux system to move into a Windows "Network
Neighborhood" without causing a stir. At the same
time, Windows users can access file and print
services without knowing that those services are
offered by a Linux host. |
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all available offerings |
| With the proven reliability of POWER4+ in the
p615, p630 and p650 and the industry-leading performance
of POWER5 in the p570 and p575, the IBM eServer
pSeries family extends its industry-low total
cost of ownership for 64-bit computing capabilities
to the 1- to 8-way server market. |
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