IBM today announced it will offer a new, low-priced IBM POWER5™ processor-based server running the Linux® operating system (OS). The introduction of the IBM eServer™ OpenPower™ 710 marks IBM’s continued commitment to extend POWER5 performance for Linux environments to companies of all sizes.
The powerful new IBM eServer OpenPower 710 provides a Linux OS-based alternative to HP and Sun entry-level UNIX® and Linux systems, helping clients to attain greater business productivity and lower costs. Its introduction is significant news, as it provides smaller businesses greater opportunity to access high-performing systems and is ideal for companies in industries such as financial services, life sciences and government.
The IBM eServer OpenPower 710 is a reliable, one- to two-way rack-mount system that supports the Linux operating system as distributed by both Red Hat and SUSE LINUX. The system is tuned for Linux for optimal performance and utilizes high-end features of larger server systems such as IBM’s proven 64-bit Power Architecture™ technology and optional mainframe-inspired virtualization and Micro-Partitioning™ capabilities unique to POWER5 systems. When compared to similar offerings, the OpenPower 710 beats HP and Sun in system performance including:
– The IBM eServer OpenPower 710 2-way Linpack HPC performance is higher
than the performance of both the HP Itanium® 2 rx1620 and rx2620.
The
only published higher 2-way RISC SMP non-vector performance result was run
on the IBM eServer BladeCenter™ JS20. (1)
– The IBM eServer OpenPower 710 2-way SPECompM2001 (peak) performance is
higher than the performance of the Sun Opteron V40z. The only higher 2-way
SPECompM2001 performance result published was run on the IBM eServer p5
520. (2)
The result is a system that allows clients to support multiple workloads on fewer systems — making the OpenPower 710 optimal for datacenter consolidation and enterprise-class scale-out growth. Software developers in organizations of any size can also leverage the OpenPower 710 as they develop and run applications on the Linux OS.
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