Better Together: IBM System x servers with IBM's Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
For decades, IBM and Microsoft® have undertaken joint development initiatives to improve industry standards and provide proven leadership solutions. That partnership is still at work, so that the latest Microsoft technologies are a perfect fit with IBM System x® and BladeCenter® servers. Built with IBM X-Architecture® innovation, these industry-standard servers help enhance and extend Microsoft's operating systems, virtualization technologies and infrastructure platforms so you can build a highly productive IT environment that can help your business achieve true innovation..
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 is now supported on, and available for purchase with, IBM x86 servers.
Highlights
- Effectively manage risk with highly reliable and scalable servers optimized to run the latest Microsoft Windows Server technologies.
- Maximize productivity with virtualization and cloud capabilities in Windows Server 2012 and IBM x86 servers designed for virtualization.
- Purchase Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or 2008 R2 when configuring your System x and BladeCenter server.
Windows Server 2012 editions
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition
The Datacenter Edition offers enterprise-class capabilities for highly-virtualized and private cloud environments, and is available from IBM with support for two physical processors and an unlimited number of virtual operating system instances.
- High density virtualization
- Unlimited virtual instances
- All features
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition
The Standard Edition is designed to improve reliability and flexibility of your slightly virtualized or non-virtualized server infrastructure. This edition supports two physical processors and two virtual operating system instances per license.
- Low density or no virtualization
- Two virtual instances
- All features
Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard Edition
This edition is designed to provide highly available network attached storage (NAS) and NAS gateways and is available from IBM with support for two physical processors. Note that client access licenses (CAL's) are not required and unlimited external connections are allowed.
- High Availability Network Attached Storage
- Two virtual instances
Windows Server 2012 Essentials and Foundation Editions
These editions are designed to run most business applications and provide dependable and affordable Windows Server technology.
- Cloud connected first server
- No virtualization rights
- Limited features
- Economical general purpose
- No virtualization rights
- Limited features
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