March 4, 2002—IBM has introduced an energy-conserving IBM eServer that consumes up to 57 percent less electricity and generates up to 63 percent less heat than the comparable Sun solution. Designed for customer flexibility, the eServer runs both UNIX and Linux operating systems and costs substantially less than the Sun offering.
A new addition to the IBM eServer p610 family, the system is a powerful one- or two-way machine ideal for data sensitive applications such as e-business, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, and sales force automation.
Based on a mainframe-inspired design, the IBM eServer supports sophisticated storage technology, called RAID 5, inside the server cabinet rather than in a separate storage enclosure. This design breakthrough eliminates the need for the power supplies and cooling fans associated with a separate box, dramatically reducing energy consumption and conserving floor space. The system contains up to 291 gigabytes of internal disk storage, and features copper microprocessors, which require less power than competing Sun processors.
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