IBM Rolls Out New PureSystems Data Servers - Linux Powered | Linux Today

IBM Rolls Out New PureSystems Data Servers – Linux Powered

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 10, 2012

The PureData system features Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as the core underlying operating system. IBM then packs in its own DB2 version 10 Enterprise Server edition, together with IBM InfoSphere and the Tivoli Storage Manager client.

From a hardware perspective, a full rack PureData transaction solution can provide as many as 384 processor cores and 6.2 TB of memory. IBM is packing in 19.2 TB of SSD storage and an additional 128 TB of spinning disk hard drive storage.

Web Webster

Web Webster

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