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IBM Systems and Technology
Improved utilization and energy
efficiency
As the price of energy increases and resources are limited,
energy efficiency through better utilization has become more
important. The leadership performance of the IBM Power 520
Express translates into greater available computing power for
applications and allows you to leverage PowerVM Editions and
virtualize your infrastructure to improve server utilization and
energy efficiency. Supported by the AIX, IBM i and Linux
operating systems. PowerVM Editions provide an innovative set
of comprehensive systems technologies and services designed to
enable you to easily aggregate and manage virtualized resources.
Micro-partitions enable the Power 520 to be split into a flexible
and highly utilized system. IBM Systems Director Active
Energy Manager™ software exploits POWER6 processor-
based EnergyScale technology which monitors power/
thermal utilization and conserves energy by enabling power
management features for improved system utilization and
energy efficiency.
Integration and simplicity
With IBM i, the Power 520 Express becomes a highly scalable,
virus resistant server that integrates a trusted combination of
relational database, security, web services, networking and stor-
age management capabilities. The preintegration and testing of
the IBM i operating system is a key factor in enabling compa-
nies to deploy applications faster and maintain them with fewer
staff. Running applications based on this IBM i operating
system has helped companies over many years to focus on
innovation and delivering new value to their business.
Power 520 Express at a glance
Standard configurations
Processor cores One, two or four 64-bit 4.2 or 4.7 GHz POWER6 with AltiVec™ SIMD and Hardware Decimal Floating-Point
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Level 2 (L2) cache 4 MB per processor core
Level 3 (L3) cache 32 MB on 4.7 GHz
RAM (memory) 2 GB to 64 GB of DDR2 SDRAM
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Internal drive options Six 3.5 in. SAS (146.8 GB, 300 GB, 450 GB 15K rpm)
or
Eight 2.5 in. SAS (73.4 GB 15K rpm; 146.8 GB 10k rpm)
or
Eight Solid State Drives (69 GB)
Internal SAS disk storage Up to 2.7 TB
Media bays One slimline and one half-high
Adapter slots Two PCI-X (266 MHz (DDR)), Three PCI Express 8x
Standard I/O adapters
Integrated Virtual Ethernet Two Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, or
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our Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, (option), or
Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (option)
Integrated disk 3G SAS controller (internal; RAID optional)
Other ports Three USB, two HMC, two system ports
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