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IBM Systems and Technology
Feature
Benefits
Leadership POWER6
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Access data faster and improve response time
performance
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Do more work with fewer servers and experience infrastructure cost savings from a reduction in the number of
servers and software licenses
Application availability
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Keep applications up and running and focus on growing your business
Flexibility and choice of AIX,
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Choose the operating environment that best suits your application and business needs
IBM i and Linux operating
systems
Improved utilization and
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Better utilize IT assets while avoiding the costs of deploying a new server every time the business needs
energy efficiency through
another application
PowerVM and EnergyScale
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Go green and save with innovative energy management capabilities
technologies
Integration and simplicity
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Deploy applications faster and maintain systems more efficiently with fewer staff
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Integrated business platform that allows all the applications to access the data they need to improve productivity
Leadership POWER6 performance
The leadership performance of the POWER6 processor—the
world’s fastest chip—makes it possible for applications to run
faster and be more responsive which can result in business
advantages and higher customer satisfaction. In addition, a sin-
gle system can now run more applications and can reduce the
number of required servers and reduce infrastructure costs. The
improved performance with POWER6 technology also enables
clients to get more processing power with fewer processors
resulting in lower per core software licensing costs.
Application availability
The IBM Power 520 Express is designed with capabilities to
deliver outstanding application availability and allow more work
to be processed with less operational disruption. The Power 520
Express capabilities include recovery from intermittent errors or
failover to redundant components, detection and reporting of
failures and impending failures, and self-healing hardware that
automatically initiates actions to effect error correction, repair
or component replacement. In addition, the Processor
Instruction Retry RAS feature provides for the continuous
monitoring of processor status with the capability to
restart a processor if certain errors are detected. If required,
workloads can be redirected to alternate processors, all without
disruption to application execution. In combination with the
optional PowerVM Enterprise Edition with Live Partition
Application Mobility, the Power 520 delivers near-continuous
application availability.
Flexibility and choice of operating
environments
The flexibility to use leading-edge AIX, IBM i, Linux for Power
and x86 Linux applications in a rack-mount or deskside form
factor broadens the application offerings available and increases
the ways clients can manage growth, complexity and risk.
Leverage these easy-to-manage, easy-to-secure and highly
reliable operating environments to run thousands of proven
industry solutions that are sure to fit the needs of almost
any business.
