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To: Paul Engel who wrote (149831)	11/27/2001 1:35:27 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, more and more info coming out on these IBM eServer x360s. X for Xeon, right? As Intel-based servers continue to take on more demanding business critical workloads, IBM eServer xSeries systems based on Enterprise X-Architecture will offer customers a 'pay as you grow' modular scalability with the ability to upgrade, rather than replace, processing power. Customers can start with a four-way server ``building block'' and increase computing capacity -- up to a 16-way server -- when needed. I would love if this is like IBM mainframes where they actually have more chips in place than you paid for, and configure them on the fly when you give IBM more money. That would result in IBM building in, and Intel selling more Xeons up front. I tend to doubt it though. The mainframe schtick is so that you don't have to open up the machine, or even power it down to add processing power: the ultimate availability feature. The IBM eServer x360 packs 4-way computing power in a 3U rack-optimized design ideal for constrained data center enabling forty percent more processors per rack than the current competition while taking up a third less floor space. Its 400MHz front side bus delivers four times the memory bandwidth. The IBM eServer x360 supports Microsoft® applications and operating systems, Linux®, Novell NetWare and other operating systems. That is denser. What DRAM do they use (400 MHz)? Rambus? Additionally, IBM is the first Intel-based server vendor to deliver remote input/output (I/O) technology in a new modular system that increases bandwidth on a `pay as you grow' basis, rather than forcing customers to buy a full system upfront. This allows customers to add dozens of PCI/PCI-X adapter slots several yards away from a system. Pay as IBM grows! Built with technology from IBM's Project eLiza initiative, the IBM eServer x360 offers multiple layers of self-healing tools that allow the server to continue operating -- even through system errors or failures. To maintain high performance, intelligent technologies help allocate system resources to high-priority applications for extra support and prevent bottlenecks in critical system resources, such as memory and network traffic. Good RAS. Hope these babies sell and the upgrade to McKinley works also. Tony