IBM 8204-E8A Brochure & Specs - page 2
For a scalable, complete integrated
business system, the Power 550
Express allows the mid-sized company
seeking simplicity to avoid increased
spending and staffing requirements
while becoming more responsive to
their customers, improving their pro-
ductivity and keeping their data secure.
The Power 550 Express is a 2-, 4-,
6- or 8-core entry server utilizing
3.5, 4.2 or 5.0 GHz processors and
includes tremendous configuration
flexibility to meet most capacity and
growth requirements. The Power 550
Express offers a choice of operating
environments in either a deskside or 4U
rack-mount form factor. The platform is
designed to deliver outstanding busi-
ness value to medium-sized businesses
with the leadership performance of
POWER6 processors, choice of operat-
ing systems, proven virtualization capa-
bilities of PowerVM, and support for
innovative energy management tech-
nologies to help conserve energy and
reduce costs. Whether you need a
scalable complete business system
with integrated database and applica-
tion server, reliable and efficient server
consolidation platform or a high
performing system for application or
database serving, the Power 550
Express server can fulfill your require-
ments with the AIX, IBM i or Linux oper-
ating systems.
Leadership POWER6 performance
The leadership performance of the
POWER6 processor—the world’s
fastest chip—makes it possible for
applications to run faster and be more
responsive, which can result in busi-
ness advantages and higher client sat-
isfaction. In addition, a single system
can now run more applications and
can reduce the number of required
servers reducing infrastructure costs.
Feature
Benefits
Leadership POWER6 performance
Outstanding scalability and capacity
Application availability
Flexibility and choice of AIX, IBM i, and
Linux operating systems
Improved utilization and energy
efficiency through PowerVM and
EnergyScale™ technologies
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Access data faster and improve response time
Do more work with fewer servers and experience infrastructure cost savings from a
reduction in the number of servers and software licenses
Easily grow the system as your business grows
Consolidate UNIX and Linux workloads utilizing PowerVM Editions
Broad portfolio of proven solutions with support for AIX, IBM i, Linux for Power
and x86 Linux operating systems
Keep applications up and running and focus on growing your business
Choose the operating system that best suits your application and business needs
Easily grow the system as your business grows
Better utilize IT assets while avoiding the costs of deploying a new server every time the
business needs another application
Go green and save with innovative energy management capabilities
Integration and simplicity
●
●
Deploy applications faster and maintain systems more efficiently with fewer staff
Integrated business platform that allows all the applications to access the data they need
to improve productivity