RS/6000 server uses 24 copper chips to break e-business speed records

Somers 13 Sep 99 Using its innovative copper. chip technology to deliver the RS/6000 S80, what IBM claims to be the world's most powerful e-business Unix server. The 64-bit RS/6000 S80 uses up to 24 microprocessors built with IBM's innovative copper chip technology to set new world records for Web serving, Java performance and enterprise resource planning (ERP). IBM says it 24 copper chips also surpass the performance of servers from Sun that use up to 64 microprocessors. In addition, a Sun E10000 with 64 microprocessors and 64 gigabytes (GB) of memory costs about 50 percent more than an RS/6000 S80 with 24 microprocessors and 64 GB of memory.

The S80, is designed to meet the rigorous demands of enterprise applications, such as ERP, business intelligence and customer relationship management. which are rapidly evolving to the Web.

IBM also introduced the RS/6000 HA-S80, a clustered version of the S80 for customers requiring the industry's best high-availability UNIX solution.

Code-named Pizzazz, the IBM RS/6000 B50 -- along with its companion, the Netfinity 4000R -- is built expressly for the needs of Internet and application service providers. Its low cost, rack-mountable form factor along with attractive terms and conditions are tailored to the needs of these fast-growing businesses. At just 3.5-inches high, the B50 fits easily into an industry-standard rack. B50 features a choice of operating systems including AIX and Linux and a variety of popular service provider applications such as Web hosting, firewall, caching and messaging.

Complementing the RS/6000 B50 is an aggressively priced, high-density storage subsystem, the 2104 Expandable Storage Plus (ESP), code-named Oyster. With this new storage solution, a single 5.25-inch, rack-mountable drawer gives service providers more than 1/3 of a terabyte of data storage, enough to store three floors of academic journals at a university library. To ensure maximum uptime, and provide uninterrupted growth, additional disk drives and drawers can be added while the system is running. Redundant power and cooling also is available. An integrated B50-ESP solution is ideal where Web serving performance and storage capacity are critical business success factors.

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