Computerworld Australia: IBM Wants to Shrink the Linux Server Installed Base

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 20, 2007

“IBM says the 1.6 million stand-alone Linux servers running in
enterprise data centers is too many. It’s not Linux IBM has a thing
against; it’s the physical server hardware running the operating
system.

“To slim down Linux hardware deployments, IBM recently
introduced a powerful Linux server–System p5 560Q. The device is
the company’s latest server virtualization workhorse, which IBM
says can squeeze 320 stand-alone x86 Linux servers into a rack of
p5 560Qs…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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