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VIRTUALISATION IBM joins Nehalem server rush
VIRTUALISATION IBM joins Nehalem server rush | IBM joins Nehalem server rush |
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| by Jake Widman | |
| Wednesday, 01 April 2009 | |
  
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First up are two new rack rack servers, the 2U System x3650 M2 and the 1U System x3550 M2. The former supports up to twelve storage drives and four I/O slots, while the latter supports half that. Each unit features two Xeon 5500 processors. Then there's the BladeCenter HS22, which, according to IBM, can run applications twice as fast as the previous generation of blades. With two 5500 processors running at up to 2.93GHz and up to 96 GB of memory, the HS22 will still fit in any existing BladeCenter chassis. And on the high-performance computing side, IBM introduced the iDataPlex dx360, a two-socket server that supports up to 16 memory modules. The iDataPlex is designed for data centers with limited space and power and cooling infrastructure. IBM claims that the design puts more processors into the "same power and cooling envelope as traditional servers." To complement the new hardware, IBM also announced Systems Director 6.1, its software for managing physical and virtual compute resources, as well as various other management tools. |
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