IBM, HP introduce new unix servers. (Platform Support).(IBM pSeries 660M1; HP Server rp8400)(Product Announcement)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  December, 2001  

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IBM Corp. and Hewlett Packard Co. each rolled out new midrange Unix servers this fall. Both companies hope to better compete with Sun Microsystems Inc. for the Unix marketplace.

IBM's pSeries 660M1 is a PowerPC-based server running IBM's latest Unix flavor, AIX 5L. The server is available in configurations from one to eight processors, which can be modified to meet software-licensing restrictions.

According to Chuck Bryan, director of marketing for pSeries at IBM, the 660M1 is a trade-off between scalability and size. "We've always had the best performance in our 660 ...

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