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iSeries server 270...mid-range performance at an entry price
- iSeries server configurations for compute-intensive workloads
- Traditional AS/400 and UNIX applications
- 2-Way processor option
- Over 20 times growth from top-to-bottom
- Full expandability...main storage, DASD, communications, I/O
- Industry leading security, scalability, and reliability
- Dedicated Server for Domino, designed specifically for Domino workloads, now includes expanded support for robust Domino applications requiring Java Servlet and WebSphere application server integration.
The IBM e(logo)server allows businesses and other organizations to accelerate into the next generation of e-business. As an integral part of the IBM e(logo)server brand, the iSeries delivers e-business value via intelligent integration, innovation, and application flexibility. The IBM e(logo)server iSeries includes the recently announced Models 820, 830 840, Model 270, Models SB2, SB3, and the Dedicated Servers for Domino.
Intelligent Integration
The iSeries combines leading edge technology with a flexible, innovative operating environment, developed for the AS/400 and extended to the iSeries line of e-business servers. The "i" in iSeries stands for intelligent integration, and features open systems functions which are built-in to the operating system and pretested for reliable, turnkey function. These integrated functions include the web servers (IBM HTTP server and the Apache server), the Web Application server (WebSphere Standard Edition), the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), database (IBM DB2 Universal DataBase for AS/400), Communications (TCP/IP), OS/400 PASE, e-business security and Linux in the future. The iSeries intelligent integration allows businesses to deploy solutions faster, more reliably, and with a low cost of ownership while implementing a wide range of e-business applications based on industry standards, with superior performance.
Innovation
The iSeries is based on IBM's leading edge microprocessor technology, which includes two industry breakthroughs: copper and Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI). IBM has replaced the aluminum connections between transistors with copper, resulting in denser packages, lower power consumption and higher performance. SOI is a revolutionary method to prevent electrical leakage from the chips, and together with copper, accounts for between 20 and 35% in processor performance improvements. The iSeries also boasts the new IBM memory switching technology, with switch speeds of 36GB per second. High Speed Links (HSL) allow data transfer at rates of up to 1GB per second. With copper, SOI, memory switching, and HSL the iSeries is in the forefront of technological innovation in the industry today. The iSeries has demonstrated it's scalability with these innovative technologies by delivering 152,346 transactions per minute (tpmC) on the TPC-C benchmark. iSeries also demonstrated superb collaborative performance, supporting 75,000 concurrent NotesBench Domino R5 Mail Users with an average response time of 276 milliseconds, and exceptional Java scalability by exceeding 80,000 operations per second with the industry-standard SPECjbb2000 benchmark. The iSeries intelligent integration of this technology allows businesses to benefit from enterprise class computing without an "enterprise size" IT support staff.
Application Flexibility
The iSeries offers a wide range of application choices to businesses of all sizes and in any industry, allowing an unprecedented level of flexibility and independence. The iSeries architecture features a flexible operating environment that runs any combination of AS/400, ported UNIX applications, Linux (in the future), Windows, Domino, or Java applications concurrently. Combined with the iSeries inherent workload management capabilities, Logical Partitioning (LPAR) and the integration of IBM e(logo)server xSeries, the iSeries enables businesses to run several diverse application environments on one physical machine. Businesses can now choose whether to grow their server farm, maintain their server farm, or consolidate server footprints on the iSeries for simplified management, increased availability, and lower total cost of ownership. The iSeries embraces standards-based computing with a full range of application choices while offering independence from proprietary solutions.
The iSeries also offers businesses the freedom to grow without disruption through the new Capacity Upgrade on Demand features of the Model 840. These features enable a customer to activate immediate incremental processing power non-disruptively, when it is needed, and pay for it only when initiated.
The iSeries is perfect for growing companies looking to do business- critical B2B, ERP, supply chain management and CRM applications. The new iSeries is an ideal e-business server for those companies who prefer fast deployment of integrated e-business solutions rather than "do it yourself" or "contracted services" systems integration. The iSeries 400 delivers the intelligent integration, innovation, and flexibility that businesses need to accelerate successfully into the new e-business economy.
iSeries Server 270
The power of the mid-range IBM iSeries product line is now packed into the server 270. Today, the IBM server 270 can give you the performance, reliability, scalability, and security you need for the world of e-business. The server 270 can make the difference in your success.
Processor speeds alone cannot serve the broad, dynamic mix of e-business workloads. Bus speeds, cache levels, switching rates, and memory capacity can affect the performance of your business server dramatically.
That's why the server 270 is designed to deliver cross-system performance.
In addition to increased processor performance, the iSeries server 270 now has:
- Up to 24 disk units
- High-performance PCI bus and high-speed links
- 700Mhz Integrated Netfinity Server
- 1Gbps Ethernet and 100Mbps token-ring adapters
- 35.16GB 10k rpm disk units
- V.90 integrated modem in base system
The iSeries is an ideal choice for those businesses that:
Are interested in high performance, scalable servers which are capable of managing multiple workloads on one physical footprint
Have the requirement to run applications which span operating environments (OS/400, Domino, UNIX, NT and Windows 2000, Java, and in the future, Linux), yet do not want to proliferate diverse servers and do not want to staff diverse skills
Value the integration of the database, HTTP server, Web application server, security, Java, and more, recognizing that much of the systems integration work and testing has been done before the system leaves the IBM plant
Are predisposed to implement turnkey solutions with some customization rather than implement "built from the ground up" customized solutions requiring significant systems integration skills
Want to minimize management and operational complexity
Place a high priority on "speed to implement"
Require 99.9+% single system availability
Require a highly secure server
Are looking to extend core business applications to the Web [PDF SPEC SHEET]
