IBM Launches Intel-Based Servers to Improve Business Security

IBM (www.ibm.com) today introduced five servers based on Intel's new 64-bit Xeon DP processor that use new technologies to increase server efficiency. Building on existing sophisticated, high-performance features in its eServer product-line, the eServer xSeries and BladeCenter systems include mainframe-inspired technologies such as Calibrated Vectored Cooling.

The eServer xSeries and BladeCenter servers, based on dual 64-bit Intel Xeon processors, boast a larger integrated 2MB L2 cache, providing up to an 18 percent performance boost based on informal Intel benchmarks. The processor also features two new functions, Demand Based Switching (DBS) and Execute Disable Bit (XD), that build on the sophisticated, high-performance features which IBM has incorporated into its xSeries product-line.

"These new innovations from IBM and Intel offer clients more control over their processing power than ever before," commented Alex Yost, director, IBM eServer xSeries products.

DBS better manages processing power in order to reduce cooling costs in the datacenter. For example, if a company's e-mail application required less power at night, DBS would automatically lower the power utilization of the application, thereby lowering the server's power consumption and helping reduce cooling costs.

IBM will also leverage the new DBS technology in its forthcoming Power Executive solution to provide advanced power management at the solution and rack level for xSeries and BladeCenter servers.

In addition to DBS, IBM will support the new Intel XD feature across its entire xSeries line to provide customers with a new level of security. XD offers virus protection from buffer overflow system security and worm attacks to prevent data loss.