IBM eServer - OpenPower to support Linux

IBM unveiled eServer OpenPower 720 - a Power5- microprocessor-based server, specifically tuned for Linux. It offers small to medium sized businesses (SMB) an affordable alternative to higher priced entry-level UNIX/Linux system. In other words, OpenPower offers a 64-bit platform that supports scale-out growth at a 32-bit computing price. 

With OpenPower, IBM brings enterprise-class reliability, availability and serviceability features previously typically found in higher-end systems. In the future, OpenPower systems will help clients´ lower operational costs through the OpenPower virtualization option, a component of the IBM Virtualization Engine designed to allow clients to use fewer systems and lower deployment costs. OpenPower systems provide a highly scalable, 64-bit platform for Linux that is open and flexible. 

IBM systems and Technology Group VP, Alok Ohrie said, "As Linux matures to support mission critical applications, IBM´s new family of OpenPower systems takes Linux to the next level, with servers tuned for Linux and running on the Power5 microprocessor." It is available through Red Hat or Suse Linux distribution. 

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