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You’ve told us you’re running multiple business-critical applications—all onx86servers. You need a provider you can count on. IBM is the right choice. IBM System x is a portfolio of robust servers built on IBMX-Architecture—our blueprint for bringing innovation tox86systems. Innovation that helps set you apart from the competition. For example, an IT infrastructure that is more reliable, more available and can be built in a more flexible manner can enable you to get your applications or products into production earlier. More affordable IT allows you to take the money that is saved and use it to fuel your innovation projects X-Architecture infuses System x servers with both innovation and industry standards for solutions that include:_ System x enterprise servers with a balanced system design to enable maximum performance _System x rack and tower servers that provide innovation as a standard concept in their design
System x enterprise servers
IBM System x enterprise servers are the ideal platform for today’s business-critical applications—like database processing, customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning—and highly consolidated, virtual server environments. With multiple workloads running on the same server, performance remains important while reliability and availability become more critical than ever.
Next-generation enterprise servers
The enterprise server line boasts three new servers—the x3950 M2, x3850 M2and x3755. Built on eX4 technology, the fourth generation of IBM X-Architecture, the x3950 M2 and x3850 M2 provide performance and scalability up to 64 cores, making them excellent plat-forms for consolidation and virtualization. An embedded VMware Server ESX 3i hypervisor means the x3850 M2is ready for virtualization right out of the box. The new, entry 4-socket, quad-core x3755 is ideal for commercial applications and general business computing.
Systemx rack and tower servers
IBM delivers unmatched combinations of next-generation technology. Some server vendors view uni- and 2-socketservers as commodities, using off-the-shelf components to produce cookie-cutter servers with no added value. Instead, IBMX-Architecture system design begins with standard parts and adds innovation, like light path diagnos-tics, which help minimize downtime, and IBM eXtended I/O™, which allows you to change I/O configuration as performance requirements increase.
New quad-core rack servers
The System x3455 provides outstanding performance in a 1U package for compute-intensive environments at an affordable price—great in clustered environments. With built-in reliability, thex3655 offers compelling performance for enterprise applications while minimizing deployment time and costs.
Manage complexity, growth and risk
The proliferation of servers makes it difficult to manage your data center. Proactive, open tools—for tracking and deploying assets, optimizing performance and enabling remote maintenance—provide a single interface so you can better manage your IT. An intelligent system design that includes multiple layers of redundancy and memory protection, combined with advanced availability tools, helps keep your systems up and running. With the ability to scale up to 64 cores,
Systemx servers let you grow as needed to create a dynamic and scalable infrastructure. With a data center that’s easier to manage, you can focus on growing your business.
Go green and save
Managing energy in the data center is a growing concern due to increasing numbers of servers, the incremental heat they generate and the rising cost of energy. With System x servers, IBM has created technologies that help increase performance per watt and help you budget, plan and control power usage. By consolidating and virtualizingon System x servers, you can increase the utilization of hardware and decrease the physical assets you need to watch over.
Virtualizing on System x allows you to create a highly flexible infrastructure that can quickly and easily adapt to business changes. System x supports abroad range of virtualization solutions from industry-leading partners, including VMware, Microsoft®, Red Hat and Novell, which allows you to consolidate
and simplify your heterogeneous work-loads on a single platform. Together, virtualization and System x help reduce costs, increase business agility and boost IT resiliency.
Clustering solution
The IBM System Cluster 1350™ aggre-gates System x and BladeCenter® servers, storage and networking to runs cientific, technical and commercial workloads with high-performance, highly scalable Linux® or Windows® clusters. All components of the Cluster1350 portfolio are assembled in IBM factories, cluster-tested in IBM labs and shipped intact and ready for installation at your site.
Choose your operating system
System x offers a choice of operating systems, broadening the application offerings available and increasing the ways clients can put System x servers to work. Choose from Microsoft Windows Server®, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server,VMware infrastructure and Solaris 10.These operating systems are available in most countries at competitive prices when purchasing new servers from IBM or IBM Business Partners.
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