Specifications

6 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
򐂰 Increased simplicity. You need a less complex environment. You can use
patterns of expertise to help you easily consolidate diverse servers, storage,
and applications onto an easier-to-manage, integrated system.
򐂰 Control. With optimized patterns of expertise, you can accelerate cloud
implementations to lower risk by improving security and reducing
human error.
IBM PureApplication System is available in four configurations. You can use
these configuration options to choose the size and compute power that meets
your needs for application infrastructure. You can upgrade to the next size when
your organization requires more capacity, and in most cases, you can do so
without taking an application downtime.
Table 1-2 provides a high-level overview of the configurations.
Table 1-2 IBM PureApplication System configurations
IBM PureApplication System is outside the scope of this book. For more details
about it, see the following website:
http://ibm.com/expert
1.3 IBM Flex System: The building blocks for IBM
PureSystems
IBM PureSystems is built from no-comprise building blocks based on reliable
IBM technology that support open standards and offer confident roadmaps: IBM
Flex System. IBM Flex System is designed for multiple generations of
technology, supporting your workload today, and ready for the future demands of
your business.
IBM
PureApplication
System
W1500-96
IBM
PureApplication
System
W1500-192
IBM
PureApplication
System
W1500-384
IBM
PureApplication
System
W1500-608
Cores 96 cores 192 cores 384 cores 608 cores
Memory 1.5 TB 3.1 TB 6.1 TB 9.7 TB
SSD Storage 6.4 TB
HDD Storage 48.0 TB
Application Services
Entitlement
Included