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Replace Your Rack Server with the IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express Blade

IBM
By : IBM
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Published : May 06, 2008
Length : 6
Type : White Paper
 
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IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express blade brings the power of mainframes to blades. Coupled with the IBM BladeCenter S chassis, it is ideal for small database and application serving. This complete solution is compact, reliable and extremely energy efficient.

Find out how to simplify your traditional UNIX®, IBM i and Linux® rack-mount and tower setup with the IBM BladeCenter JS12 Express blade and BladeCenter S chassis.
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For the perfect alternative to a traditional AIX®, IBM i or Linux rackmount and tower server, the IBM BladeCenter® JS12 Express blade server combined with a BladeCenter S chassis provides exceptional value and expandability in an attractively packaged and highly efficient design. And, specifically for an office environment, this combination can reside in your office quietly, securely and looking like it belongs with an acoustic treatment for quiet operation, a set of security doors to protect vital data and servers, and optional dust filtering to expand IT into virtually any environment. For small database and application serving, the BladeCenterJS12 Express blade server delivers great performance, expandability and capacity to satisfy the needs of clients looking for an easytouse, integrated platform with a high degree of deployment flexibility, scalability and manageability. For a complete integrated business system, the IBM i Edition Express for BladeCenter S which features the JS12blade allows the small or midsized company that seeks simplicity to avoid increased spending and staffing requirements while becoming more responsive to their customers, improving their productivity and keeping their data secure. The i Edition Express for BladeCenter S integrates features to simplify an IT environment and delivers a complete, cost-effective business system that grows with your needs. Built on the promise of the IBM BladeCenter family of products—easytouse, integrated platforms with a high degree of deployment flexibility, scalability and manageability—the BladeCenter JS12 Express is an extremely affordable blade server with the capability to run AIX, IBM i or Linux applications—concurrently if desired. The JS12 Express broadens the application offerings available and increases the ways clients can put this power to work. Powered by the latest IBM processor technology, POWER6™,the JS12 Express provides outstanding price/performance in a commercial IT environment; superior reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) characteristics; high energy efficiency; and outstanding built-in PowerVM™ virtualization to help achieve increased system utilization. The feature-rich, JS12 Express will bring significant benefits to clients who want a durable server solution for consolidating multiple applications and servers into a single BladeCenter chassis transitioning from traditional rackmount or tower servers to highly efficient blades and implementing commercial applications across a range of operating systems.
The JS12 Express blade server features advanced, innovative IBM technologies including the performance of POWER6processors designed for reliability and speed; IBM EnergyScale™ firmware and IBM Systems Director ActiveEnergy Manager™ software tools to measure energy use and direct policies toward the energy efficient operation of the server; built in PowerVM virtualization allowing operational and infrastructure efficiencies; mainframe inspired RAS features architected to avoid, detect and recover from errors to achieve near continuous availability; flexible packaging and operating system support to allow cost effective and seamless growth; and security and
integrity functions built into the firmware and operating systems to protect critical applications and data. Simplify. Cut costs. Boost productivity. Go green. They’re all priorities for IT ,and they’re all driving organizations to rethink their server strategies and become more receptive to new ways to use IT. Blades are the next generation solution, promising improvements across the board. The IBM BladeCenter innovative, open design offers a true alternative to today’s sprawling racks and overheated server rooms. So toss your cables and take the leap. Migrate to the blade solution that uses less energy and gives more choices and control. You have nothing to lose but complexity. IBM BladeCenter is the right choice. Open. Easy. Green.
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