Why IBM Systems?
IBM Power Systems unifies IBM System i with the fast growing UNIX operating system platform, IBM System p. Take advantage of a single platform for all of your UNIX, Linux and i applications.
Today's POWER6 and POWER7 systems combine industry-leading performance, scalability and modularity to enable you to get the most from your investment and build a flexible, responsive infrastructure that easily adapts and grows based on your business needs. With a virtualisation hypervisor built into every Power System, all performance benchmarks are achieved in a virtualised environment, unlike competitive systems that can be subject to lower performance when using third-party virtualisation software.
Power Systems™ gain lower TCO and more resilient infrastructure than those who use other UNIX® or x86 systems because Power delivers:
- An innovative, dependable technology road map
- Scalable performance with easy-to-grow modular systems
- Broad business solutions options with choice of UNIX, IBM i and Linux®
- Efficient virtualisation for server consolidation and lower cost
- Flexible workload optimisation for rapid cloud infrastructure deployment
- Trusted migration expertise for Sun and HP users and for x86 server consolidation.
All Power Systems include EnergyScale™ technology to reduce energy consumption and provide the ability to manage and customise energy usage. Live Partition Mobility and Live Application Mobility sustain system availability during maintenance or rehosting. Concurrent firmware and operating system updates enable applications to remain available.
Power Systems are also optimised with the ability to securely run multiple applications on AIX, i and Linux operating systems on a single server—so you can manage fewer systems with lower cost and higher utilisation. No longer do you need to manage complex and energy inefficient server farms with each server dedicated to a single application or operating environment. Now you can consolidate workloads and significantly reduce costs throughout your infrastructure, while dramatically improving your ability to meet changing processing demands.
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