Technical Details for IBM RS/6000 7017

IBM RS/6000 7017 ... for mission-critical ERP/SCM, Data Warehouse/Data Mart, OLTP, and e-business applications. It is the latest member of the popular S-family of 64-bit enterprise servers. The S80 blends new copper technology and enhanced backplane speeds with a proven system architecture to provide reliability you can count on. Scalability is additionally enhanced by doubling the number of processors to 24, the amount of memory to 64 GB, and by leveraging the new performance enhancements of AIX Version 4.3.3. Continued investment protection is demonstrated by the easy and attractive upgrade from existing S70 Advanced systems. With the Model S80, you can manage the evolution of your business into 64-bit computing while still supporting your existing 32-bit applications. In addition, the I/O subsystem supports 32-bit and 64-bit standard PCI adapters. Combined with an outstanding array of industry software and services, the Model S80 provides the power, capacity, reliability, and expandability to help move you into the next generation of mission-critical commercial computing.