| Feature |
Benefit |
| POWER5 microprocessor |
- Designed to provide excellent application performance and high reliability
- Includes simultaneous multithreading to help increase commercial system performance and processor utilisation
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| High memory / I/O bandwidth |
- Fast processors wait less for data to be moved through the system
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| Flexibility in packaging |
- Modular, building block structure of p5-570 Express rack-mount system helps lower costs and ease expansion
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| Shared processor pool |
- Provides the ability to transparently share processing power between partitions
- Helps balance processing power and make sure the high priority partitions get the processor cycles they need
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| Micro-Partitioning |
- Allows each processor in the shared processor pool to be split into as many as 10 partitions
- Fine tune processing power to match workloads
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| Virtual I/O Server |
- Helps save cost and ease systems administration by sharing expensive resources
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| Virtual LAN |
- Helps speed internal communication between partitions at memory speeds
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| Dynamic logical partitioning |
- Allows reallocation of system resources without rebooting affected partitions
- Offers greater flexibility in using available capacity and more rapidly matching resources to changing business requirements
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| Mainframe-inspired RAS |
- Delivers exceptional system availability using features usually found on much larger, more expensive systems including service processor, Chipkill memory, First Failure Data Capture, dynamic deallocation of selected system resources, hot-plug PCI-X slots, hot-swappable disk bays, redundant hot-plug power and cooling, selective dynamic firmware updates and more
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| Grid Computing support |
- Allows sharing of disparate computing and data resources across heterogeneous, geographically dispersed environments helping to increase end user productivity
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| Scale-out with CSM support |
- Allows for more granular growth so end-user demands can be readily satisfied
- Provides centralised management of multiple interconnected systems
- Provides ability to handle unexpected workload peaks by sharing resources
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| Multiple operating system support |
- Allows clients the flexibility to select the right operating system and the right application to meet their needs
- Provides the ability to expand applications choices to include many open source applications
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| AIX 5L operating system |
- Delivers maximum throughput for mixed workloads without complex system configuration or tuning
- Delivers integrated security features for system protection
- Extends application choices with Linux affinity
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| Linux operating system |
- Enables access 32- and 64-bit open source Linux applications
- Provides a common operating environment across IBM eServer platforms
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