IBM Friday unveiled a 64-processor server in an attempt to win
back ground lost to competitor
Sun Microsystems.
Big Blue raised the curtain on the eServer x430, which utilizes
the new Intel 900 MHz Pentium III Xeon processors, at the CeBIT
trade show in Hanover, Germany.
The server offers Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture
and I/O technologies, and supports an application portfolio
including Linux via the Linux Application Environment and ptx. It
will also support the latest edition of Windows Datacenter Server
when it becomes available.
IBM said the x430 is optimized for scalability, availability and
manageability requirements of large and rapidly growing
infrastructures, and has the ability to simultaneously run
different applications across multiple operating systems.
The company also announced three other servers in the eServer
line, including the x250 and x350, which use four processors, and
the x370 which uses eight processors.
The x250 is a 4-way server intended for environments running
critical applications subject to rapid growth, including corporate
e-mail messaging and business analysis. The x350 is a 4-way
enterprise server geared towards constrained data centers. IBM said
it houses high availability attributes in a 4U package. The x370 is
modeled after a mainframe and is an 8-way server for delivering
extreme availability and performance to handle enterprise-level
workloads.
Additionally, the company reiterated its support for Microsoft
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Microsoft’s answer to UNIX.
“IBM will offer a rich set of services through IBM Global
Services to help support customers’ Datacenter implementations,
including system monitoring, onsite and remote technical support,
proof-of-concept and systems testing, business recovery and High
Availability Services, including availability guarantees,” the
company said. “IBM also offers planning, deployment, migration and
integration expertise to Windows 2000 Datacenter Server customers
through the Enterprise Services for Microsoft Technologies
practice.
Finally, the company unveiled a series of enterprise storage
options, including internal LTO tape drives and internal SDLT tape
drives.
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