World's Fastest UNIX System Rolled out
By CXOtoday Staff
Mumbai, Apr 14, 2008

Two high-end Power Systems models, that have been launched recently, are parts of a comprehensive launch of a new generation of IBM Power Systems. According to the company, its just-launched UNIX server is the world's fastest device in that category. The other one is a water-cooled supercomputer.

The company informs, the new systems offer sophisticated IBM virtualization technology. They have energy-saving capabilities to help dramatically reduce bottom-line operating costs, such as those for energy, floor space and systems management, while improving system performance, helping customers transition to a new enterprise data center.

According to an IBM communique, the new UNIX enterprise server, the Power 595 will be attractive to existing IBM clients, as well as Sun Solaris and HP UNIX users. IBM's Power enterprise 64-core server delivers twice the performance at a comparable price, as a similarly configured HP Superdome Itanium system.

The company's new POWER6 'Hydro-Cluster' supercomputer, the Power 575, has been built to help users tackle some of the world's most challenging problems in fields such as energy, aerospace and weather modeling. As per the communique, the new super-dense system uses an in-rack water-cooling system, and with 448 processor cores per rack - offers users nearly five times the performance, and more than three times the energy efficiency of its predecessor, IBM's POWER5+ processor-based p575 supercomputer.

In the words of Rajesh Saha, country manger - Enterprise Systems, Systems-Technology Group - IBM India/SA, "The world's most powerful enterprise UNIX server with superior virtualization for workload balancing across UNIX, Linux and i applications, and the water-cooled supercomputer - represent major breakthroughs in innovation and energy efficiency for IBM clients, and make the new enterprise data center a reality. Sun and HP UNIX customers just might discover the new Power Rewards program is the impetus to make the switch to the Power roadmap."


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