IBM Power™ Systems

Leverage IBM’s Power Architecture® with new POWER6™ Processors

IBM 6th-generation of 64-bit processors is the ideal platform for launching any type of optimization project. Able to run any combination of Linux®, AIX® UNIX, and IBM i (formerly i5/OS) workloads on a single system concurrently, the new IBM Power-based system server converge the features and functionality of the highly popular IBM System i and System p platforms.

POWER7 Server Specs

IBM Power Models	Processor Sockets	Max Processor Cores & Speeds	Max Memory	Solid State Drives	Disk Drives
Power 795	Up to 32	128 x 4.25 GHz 256 x 4.0 GHz 192 x 3.72 GHz	8TGB 10666 MHz DDR3	Up to 2,220 SFF bays with 19" PCIe I/O Drawers	Up to 2,220 SFF bays with 19" PCIe I/O Drawers
Power 780	8	32 x 4.1 GHz 64 x 3.8 GHz	2TB 800 MHz DDR3 1TB 1066 MHz	Up to 24	Up to 24 SAS
Power 770	2	48 x 3.5 GHz 64 x 3.1 GHz	2TB 800 MHz DDR3 1TB 1066 MHz	Up to 24	Up to 24 SAS
Power 755	4	8 x 3.3 GHz	256GB 1066 MHz DDR3	Up to 8	Up to 8 SAS
Power 750 Express	Up to 4	32 x 3.55 GHz 32 x 3.3 GHz 32 x 3.0 GHz	512GB RDIMM DDR3	Up to 8	Up to 8 SAS
Power 740 Express	1 or 2	24 x 3.7 GHz 32 x 3.55 GHz 16 x 3.3 GHz	256GB RDIMM DDR3	Up to 8	Up to 8 SAS
Power 730 Express	2	24 x 3.7 GHz 32 x 3.55 GHz 16 x 3.0 GHz	128GB RDIMM DDR3	Up to 6	Up to 6 SAS
Power 720 Express	1	8 x 3.0 GHz	128GB RDIMM DDR3	Up to 8	Up to 8 SAS
Power 710 Express	1	6 x 3.7 GHz 8 x 3.55 GHz 4 x 3.0 GHz	64GB RDIMM DDR3	Up to 6	Up to 6 SAS

 

POWER6 Server Specs

IBM Power Models	Power 595	Power 575	Power 570	Power 550 Express	Power 520 Express
CPUs	8 - 64 4.2GHz or 5.0GHz	32 4.7GHz	2, 4, 8, 12 or 16 3.5GHz or 4.2GHz	2, 4, 6 or 8 4.2GHz or 5.0GHz	1, 2, or 4 4.2GHz
Main Memory	16GB - 4096GB	32GB - 256GB	2GB - 768GB	1GB - 256GB	1GB - 64GB
Standard Internal Storage	4.8TB (1 I/O drawer)	73.4GB	73.4GB	73.4GB	73.4GB
Maximum Internal Storage w/ optional I/O drawers	144TB	293.6GB	79.2TB	30.6TB	30.6TB

POWER6 processors

IBM’s ultra high-frequency, dual-core POWER6 processors integrate performance, availability, and efficiency features into the microprocessor. POWER6 processors include integrated hardware accelerators; one for floating-point applications, and another vectorized math and modeling needs. Self-healing functionalities such as instruction retry on alternate processor helps with error recovery and availability, and the ability to concurrently update firmware and operating systems without downtime helps to further minimize disruption.

Virtualization with PowerVM

IBM’s Hypervisor™ technology and PowerVM software bring virtualization capabilities to mission-critical applications. In addition to fueling cost-savings efforts like server consolidation, a virtualized infrastructure enables business flexibility and resiliency, allowing software patches to be staged, and virtual operating environments to be provisioned for testing and development.

Conserve energy costs

The POWER6 architecture was designed from the ground up with operating efficiency in mind. The enhanced consolidation capabilities of these servers enable what was formerly running on multiple physical systems, to run on one larger system, reducing redundant components and maintenance contracts. In addition, the new EnergyScale™ technology helps to reduce power & cooling costs with integrated powering-down of particular components, without affecting availability. In addition, IT can gain further insight into power and cooling trends, enabling them to further control costs, manage peak usage, increase availability, and plan for required physical facilities.

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