xSeries

On-Demand Ready
Becoming an on-demand business means finding new ways to grow, adapt and respond in a dynamic business environment while managing costs. IBM ® xSeries® systems provide outstanding availability and systems management capabilities that help better manage and provision your computing resources, for a responsive IT environment that can grow with your business.

High-Performance Hardware
The IBM® product line features advanced servers that help lower costs, speed innovation and solve problems rapidly with improved efficiency. xSeries servers, a member of the IBM ® product family, provide Intel® processor-based server solutions that feature hands-off reliability through mainframe-inspired technologies and smart management tools.

Superior Design, Diverse Offerings
xSeries servers range from affordable, workgroup systems to enterprise class systems. Built on IBM Enterprise X-Architecture™ technology, a blueprint for building IBM mainframe muscle into Intel processor-based systems, xSeries servers deliver revolutionary advancements to I/O, memory and processors, and a pay-as-you-grow approach to Intel 32and 64-bit xSeries systems. The pay-as-you-grow option allows you to pay only for what they need today, reducing acquisition costs, while also helping protect your IT investment.

Smart Systems Management
IBM Director systems management software provides comprehensive systems management, helping reduce the risk of downtime and lower IT costs. While IBM Director takes predictive and proactive actions to keep systems running, you’re free to concentrate on important business matters such as market opportunities or responding to customers.

BladeCenter Solutions
Tackle your server management challenges with IBM ® BladeCenter. BladeCenter’s modular design gathers computing resources into cost-effective, high-density enclosures that support hot-swappable, high-performance blade servers. BladeCenter offers the high performance and manageability of IBM rack-optimized platforms.

Clustering Solution
IBM® Cluster 1350, IBM’s industry-leading Linux cluster solution, now includes BladeCenter to provide both outstanding performance and double the density of traditional Intel processor-based 1U clusters. The Cluster 1350 combines the power of BladeCenter and other xSeries rack-optimized servers with IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux software, IBM storage products, leading third-party networking components and a single point of contact for warranty service for all cluster components—creating powerful, reliable, flexible solutions for high performance computing and commercial application environments. Visit www.ibm.com/servers/eserver for more information on the Cluster 1350 solution.

Microsoft Solutions
xSeries works closely with Microsoft so that xSeries servers provide outstanding performance and robust functionality running the different versions of the Windows operating system. xSeries supports a broad range of offers from select products preloaded with the Windows operating system for customers who desire one-stop shopping to distributing the Datacenter Edition for customers demanding scalability and reliability.

Linux solutions
IBM works closely with the leading Linux distribution companies—Red Hat, Inc., SUSE LINUX AG and Turbolinux, Inc.—to offer tested and validated configurations for xSeries servers. This helps deliver outstanding xSeries performance and functionality. Also, IBM fully supports United Linux. The range of Linux offerings available on xSeries servers gives you the flexibility to choose the optimum Linux implementation for your unique requirements.

Growing Storage Demands
Managing storage resources has become one of the most strategic issues today. Companies are moving fast to reduce backup windows, increase data availability, increase security and boost IT productivity to support today’s round-the-clock, e-commerce driven applications. From disk, tape, storage area networks, network attached storage, software and services to qualified IBM TotalStorage Solution Centers and IBM Business Partners, IBM offers a broad storage solutions portfolio. The TotalStorage® product portfolio provides scalable, open, integrated solutions for your storage and application needs.

Affordable xSeries Solutions
xSeries systems are designed to match nearly any application workload environment, from the entry level, uni-processor x205 to the enterprise-powered, up to 32-way x445. Visit www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries for more information on the high performance line of xSeries servers.

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