US East Time 18:30 (Beijing Time January 22, 7:30), IBM has recently launched two low-cost two-way PowerOpen servers, which runs Novell and RED based on Power5. The Linux operating system provided by HAT.
One of the server names is EServer OpenPower Model 710, mainly designed for the needs of two customers, one is a large enterprise, and the other is a medium-sized company. This server launched by IBM will provide users with one
A new choice allows them to have more choices when purchasing Linux servers. This server has a competitive situation with HP and Sun's UNIX servers. IBM officials said that the company will focus on all sales forces, sell this new product to financial services and life science markets.
Joe Doria, IBM, Linux Program, said: "The current LINUX server market value is about $ 5 billion, half of which is produced by sales of two-way server products. Sun and HP The product occupies most spaces in the market. But we saw a gap in Sun's product line, that is, they did not produce two-core platform. We believe that IBM can launch related products, impact the heart of the Linux server market. "
Some observers in the industry believe that IBM has launched these two new products, and a comprehensive low-end server strategy for Sun and HP, which contains some correct development factors, but the OpenPower Strategy is still in the development phase. At the same time, IBM is still facing two opponents competition, one is based on RISC-based low-end server manufacturers, such as HP, Sun and Japan Fujitsu, the other is a server producer based on Intel chips.
The main configuration of this Model 710 server is a 1.65GHz Power5 chip, 1GB memory and 73GB hard drive. The official listing time of this server is on February 18, the initial sales price is $ 3449.
Original source:
Sina Technology
