IBM BladeCenter

BladeCenter systems help provide a powerful, easy-to-manage and cost-effective server option by consolidating computing resources into high-density enclosures that support hot-swappable, 2- and 4-way Intel®, IBM POWER™ and AMD Opteron™ processor-based blade servers.

x86 technology

X86 blade servers include processor technology from Intel and AMD.

IBM BladeCenter blades supporting Intel processors are designed to accomodate many different business requirements, from collaboration, compute-centric applications to commerce or database.

IBM BladeCenter blades supporting AMD Opteron processors delivers performance, density, availability and a new level of flexibility and choice for High Performance Computing applications.

POWER technology

IBM POWER-based blades deliver new levels of price/performance for the BladeCenter enterprise customer running 32- or 64-bit Linux or UNIX® applications. The blades are based on proven UNIX technology, combining AIX and Linux support to deliver leading solutions for scientific research.