System X
System x solutions are the result of a design for building proven IBM innovation around industry-standard components. Solutions that span feature-rich, scalable enterprise x86 servers to rack-optimized servers designed for business productivity to entry-level tower servers. IBM differentiates itself in the crowded x86 marketplace by offering high value offerings that are easy to deploy and manage, leadership quality and service, and leading technology.
BladeCenter
IBM® BladeCenter® is a highly integrated system comprising of blade servers, storage, management and networking options that help reduce management complexity, increase performance and energy-efficiency while significantly reducing costs with a highly reliable and flexible design that deters the need for “rip and replace” as capacity needs change. Top 5 reasons to choose IBM BladeCenter:
- The widest choice of compatible chassis, blade servers, storage and networking offerings
- Rock-solid availability with multiple layers of redundancy
- End-to-end reliability and a commitment to best practices
- Excellent power efficiencies with pioneering cooling technologies
- Superior I/O performance and switches based on open technology
Storage
The IBM System Storage Disk Systems products and offerings provide compelling storage solutions with superior value for all levels of business.
Entry Level
Designed to deliver advanced functionality at a breakthrough price, these systems provide an exceptional solution for workgroup storage applications such as email, file, print and Web servers, as well as collaborative databases and remote boot for diskless servers.
Midrange
In a continuing effort to provide storage solutions that are designed to provide low total cost of ownership, high performance, robust functionality and unparalleled ease of use, IBM offers the IBM® System Storage® DS5020 Express®.
Enterprise
The IBM® XIV® Storage System is a proven, high-end disk storage series designed to address storage challenges across the application spectrum, including for virtualization, email, database, analytics, and data protection solutions. The XIV series delivers consistent high performance and high reliability at tier 2 costs for even the most demanding workloads, using massive parallelism to allocate system resources evenly at all times and scale seamlessly without manual tuning. Its virtualized design and customer-acclaimed ease of management dramatically reduce administrative overhead and bring optimization to virtualized server and cloud environments.
