IBM BladeCenter - Beats the competition on every point
IBM BladeCenter integrates small servers, storage and networking into a single enclosure, tying it together with powerful system management tools, to help you reduce complexity, simplify IT management and reduce costs, through a flexible and highly scalable design.
Blade servers offer higher density and potentially lower total cost of ownership with no sacrifice in performance, and can deliver significant advantages over typical rack servers:
Space saving: BladeCenter can save up to 50% of the floor space of an equivalent rack solution, without sacrificing application performance.
Efficiency: BladeCenters can use as much as 34% less power than prior generations of rack servers, and they can also produce as much as 35% less heat per server, compared to 1U servers.
Cable reduction: With BladeCenter, you can have up to 82% fewer cables than with rack servers, which can mean dramatically lower costs and less complexity. So, if you think a Blade infrastructure is right for you, make IBM BladeCenter the RIGHT choice: OPEN, EASY and GREEN.
RIGHT choice, tailored to fit your diverse needs
Flexible and modular - 5 compatible chassis and 5 blade types supporting multiple I/O fabrics, all managed from a common point
Robust and reliable - redundancy throughout and the information you need to keep your business up and running
OPEN and innovative for a flexible business foundation
Comprehensive - broad, fast, and reliable networking and storage I/O with BladeCenter Open Fabric
Collaborative - harness the power of the industry to deliver innovation that matters
EASY to deploy, integrate and manage
Efficient, integrated management - minimise costs with the tools you need for effective management
Deployment simplicity without tradeoffs - speed deployment of new hardware to minutes rather than days with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
GREEN today for a better tomorrow
Control - powerful tools that help you optimise your data center infrastructure so you can be more responsive.
BladeCenter for £1
Buy a BladeCenter E or a BladeCenter H and a Minimum of 4 Blades or a BladeCenter S with a minimum of 3 blades (minimum configuration applies) before 30th December 2009 and IBM will provide the chassis for £1. Not only that, but opt for a redundant pair of Bladecenter S's unique shared storage controllers, or two Nortel switches, and get one free of charge!
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Or contact IBM on 0870 010 2516 (09:00 to 17:00 Mon - Fri) or email us to be put in touch with your local reseller.
- each with at least 2 processors (any type)
- 4GB RAM (any type)
- and, 1 disk (any type) or 1 adaptor (any type)
Minimum configuration for the BladeCenter in this offer is:
Bladecenter S (88861MG) - £1
- any 2 switches
Minimum configuration for the Blade Servers in this offer is:
Any 3 non Express Blades (JS, LS, HS)
- each with at least 2 processors (any type)
- 4GB RAM (any type)
- and, 1 disk (any type) or 1 adaptor (any type)
- 2 for price of 1 (Terms and conditions apply)
- on either the Nortel switch (32R1860), or the new SAS RAID controller (43W3584)
Terms and conditions
1. This offer is strictly limited and subject to availability via an IBM reseller between 1st January 2008 and 30th December 2009.
2. This promotion cannot be combined with other applicable IBM discounts on the eligible products.
3. There is no theoretical limit on the number of chassis' included in this promotion for any one customer. This does however remain at the discretion of IBM.
4. If multiple chassis are ordered, each will be subject to the guidelines above. So, for example, if Chassis 1 contains 14 blades, it will be eligible Level 2 discounts. If chassis 2 contains 6 blades, it will be eligible for Level 1 discounts. Each chassis will need to comply with the guidelines in its own right to attract the relevant offers. As each part code can only have 1 price on the special bid, in this instance IBM would calculate the correct discounts to each chassis config, total everything up and release the parts prices so the solution total was in line with the promotion.
5. This offer is only available for customers that have not purchased IBM blade before - it is not to be used to replace existing blade pricing agreements for existing customers.
6. IBM reserves the right to modify or withdraw this promotion at any time.
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