In today’s business climate, companies can gain a significant competitive advantage by adapting quickly to shifting conditions—embracing uncertainty rather than resisting it. Through flexible, responsive IT platforms designed to anticipate and adapt to constantly changing business landscapes, companies can simplify complex infrastructures, safeguard key assets, reduce migration risks and help achieve on demand computing without compromising system affordability. IBM® p5 systems, the next generation of IBM pSeries® servers using Power Architecture technology build on the IBM tradition of outstanding UNIX and Linux operating system (OS) innovation and performance to help businesses excel in an on demand world. Innovations in the p5 product line range from the IBM POWER5™ processor, our most advanced 64-bit RISC chip, to IBM Virtualization Engine systems technologies that set the standard for systems utilization and management.
With these breakthroughs, the p5 product line represents a new paradigm for UNIX and Linux environments. In the past, clients were asked to trade function, reliability and system utilization for price. However, with the p5 product line, such compromises may no longer be necessary. These servers extend the leading-edge capabilities of pSeries systems to enable highly adaptive, efficient operations in an extremely competitive marketplace helping businesses simplify their IT infrastructures, safeguard critical data and mitigate the potential risks of platform migration without compromising affordability, responsiveness or flexibility.
The POWER5 processor is the heart of every p5 system. As the next generation of leading-edge 64-bit Power Architecture technology from IBM, the POWER5 processor is designed to deliver extraordinary power and reliability. The new microprocessor chip includes simultaneous multi-threading, a unique capability that can help increase system performance and utilization compared to servers without simultaneous multi-threading capabilities.
- p5-510: 1 or 2 way entry system 19" rack-mount 2U (two EIA unit) drawer with 1.65 GHz processors and up to 32GB of memory
- p5-520: 2-way entry system (deskside or 19" rack-mount 4U drawer) with 1.65 GHz processors and up to 32GB of memory
- p5-550: 2- or 4-way entry system (deskside or 19" rack-mount 4U drawer) with 1.65 GHz processors and up to 64GB of memory
- p5-570: 2-, 4-, 8- or 16-way midrange system (19" rack-mount 4U drawer) with 1.65 or 1.9 GHz processors and up to 512GB of memory
- p5-575: 8-way cluster node system (24" frame-mount) with 1.9 GHz processors and up to 256GB of memory
- p5-590: 8- to 32-way high-end system (24" frame-mount) with 1.65 GHz processors and up to 1TB of memory
- p5-595: 16- to 64-way high-end system (24" frame-mount) with 1.65 or 1.9 GHz processors and up to 2TB of memory
- p5-510 Express: 1- or 2-way entry system (19" rack-mount 2U drawer) with 1.5 GHz processors and up to 32GB of memory
- p5-520 Express: 1- or 2-way entry system (deskside or 19" rack-mount 4U drawer) with 1.5 GHz processors and up to 32GB of memory
- p5-550 Express: 1-, 2- or 4-way entry system (deskside or 19" rackmount 4U drawer) with 1.5 GHz processors and up to 64GB of memory
- p5-570 Express: 2-, 4- or 8-way mid-range system (19" rack-mount 4U drawer) with 1.5 GHz processors and up to 256GB of memory
