Cloud Computing: IBM Boosts Enterprise Servers, Storage & Software
October 4, 2012
Grazed from Data Center Knowledge. Author: John Rath.
IBM unveiled several new technologies to help customers take advantage of cloud computing, and manage and analyze vast amounts of data. The new offerings include the most powerful enterprise Power Systems to date, a new high-end disk storage system and key software updates for IBM’s newest mainframe computer.
Power Systems
As a result of a $1.4 billion research and development investment IBM announced its enterprise Power System, with Power 770 and Power 780 Servers featuring the new POWER7+ microprocessor. The POWER7+ offers an expanded 2.5x L3 cache memory, greater security with faster file encryption for the IBM AIX operating system, and memory compression that results in no increased energy usage over previous generation POWER7 chips. The Power 795 addresses demanding applications, such as business analytics, fast by utilizing up to 16 terabytes of memory with new 64GB Dual In Line Memory Modules (DIMM)…
To help customers respond dynamically to changes in application workloads the Power Systems servers added the capability of Elastic Capacity on Demand for Power Systems Pools. This enables the sharing of resources across multiple servers, which can improve the availability and enhace the access to resources during planned and unplanned maintenance activities. IBM PowerVM virtualization software and IBM PowerSC security and compliance software empower the organization to quickly balance resources and enhance data security and regulatory compliance…
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