Specifications

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The offerings in IBM PureSystems™ are designed to deliver value in the
following ways:
򐂰 Built-in expertise helps you address complex business and operational
tasks automatically.
򐂰 Integration by design helps you tune systems for optimal performance
and efficiency.
򐂰 Simplified experience, from design to purchase to maintenance, creates
efficiencies quickly.
The IBM PureSystems offerings are optimized for performance and virtualized
for efficiency. These systems offer a no-compromise design with system-level
upgradeability. IBM PureSystems is built for cloud computing, containing
“built-in” flexibility and simplicity.
At IBM, expert integrated systems come in two types:
򐂰 IBM PureFlex System: Infrastructure systems deeply integrate the IT
elements and expertise of your system infrastructure.
򐂰 IBM PureApplication™ System: Platform systems include middleware and
expertise for deploying and managing your application platforms
1.1 IBM PureFlex System
To meet today’s complex and ever-changing business demands, you need a
solid foundation of server, storage, networking, and software resources that is
simple to deploy and can quickly and automatically adapt to changing conditions.
You also need access to, and the ability to take advantage of, broad expertise
and proven preferred practices in systems management, applications, hardware
maintenance, and more.
IBM PureFlex System is a comprehensive infrastructure system that provides an
expert integrated computing system, combining servers, enterprise storage,
networking, virtualization, and management into a single structure. Its built-in
expertise enables organizations to manage and flexibly deploy integrated
patterns of virtual and hardware resources through unified management. These
systems are ideally suited for customers interested in a system that delivers the
simplicity of an integrated solution, but that also want control over tuning
middleware and the runtime environment.