1. Compare Blade Servers
All blades are not created equal.
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:
1. The widest choice of compatible chassis, blade servers, storage and networking
offerings.
2. Rock-solid availability with multiple layers of redundancy.
3. End-to-end reliability and a commitment to best practices.
4. Excellent power efficiencies with pioneering cooling technologies.
5. Superior I/O performance and switches based on open technology.
Is your IT environment in need of better performance and efficiencies?
IBM BladeCenter HS22 and HS22V blade servers can help improve the economics of
your data center with up to:
• 23X faster performance than older servers
• 96% reduction in energy costs alone
• 99% IT footprint reduction
• 50% lower connectivity costs
• 92% fewer networking cables
• Evaluate your IT environment today and find out how much you can save with
IBM
2. IBM Blade Center: smarter systems for a smarter planet
Today’s data center environment is tougher than ever. You need to reduce IT cost and
complexity. You need to manage space requirements, power consumption and heat
output. And you need to do these things while increasing flexibility, utilization and
manageability. So how do you manage the explosion of data and still reduce costs? IBM
BladeCenter has the flexibility and reliability you need to manage the massive – and
growing – amounts of data that your systems are creating without adding complexity. The
innovative, open BladeCenter design offers a true alternative to today's sprawling racks
and overheated server rooms. Migrate to the blade server solution that lets you do it all
and reduce costs. You have nothing to lose but complexity.
Integrate:
• Servers, networking, storage, & systems management
• Virtually any networking standard from multiple vendors
• End-to-end management
• Linux®, UNIX®/IBM AIX®, IBM i and Windows®
• 1-, 2- and 4-socket x86 and IBM POWER® processor-based blade servers
• Multiple workloads on a platform designed for virtualization
Simplify:
• Management with a single point of control for the entire data center
• Deployment with automated provisioning tools
• Qualification with scalable, flexible building blocks
• Networking with Virtual Fabric and FCoE
• Complexity with an open platform that fits right into your data center
Reduce:
• Costs with fewer parts to buy and lower operating overhead
• Power consumption with a high-efficiency system
• Space with high-density blades
• Cables with integrated switching
• Risk with no single point of failure via multicomponent PFA and automatic
recovery
• Waste with a stable, proven platform that has stood the test of time
