Escala PL1650R-L

Innovative, modular and economic AIX™ and Linux midrange systems

A new system concept that shakes-up the mid-range server landscape via an innovative modular building block approach: Outstanding performance and flexible scalability Dynamic micro-partitioning and Power Architecture™ capabilities facilitate highly efficient systems utilisation Introducing the innovative “Quad Core Chip Module” technology for an even lower entry price point, higher density and industry leading price/performance ratio

Based on POWER5+™ processors with simultaneous multithreading (SMT) and a unique scalable, building block packaging, the Escala PL1650 Series servers are well suited for server consolidation projects, database and application serving, e-commerce and departmental or regional server deployment.

Modular building-block provides flexible scalability

Escala PL1650 Series servers are packaged in building-block modules. Each module can support 4 (PL1650 R) or 8 (PL1650 R-L) processors along with memory, media, disks, I/O adapters, power and cooling to create a balanced high performance rack-mount system. Building-block modules are connected by a unique cabling system at full bus speed.
Up to four modules can be integrated with the Escala PL1650R (two modules for the Escala PL1650R-L) into a single symmetric multiprocessor server.
Customers can cost-effectively build systems sized specifically for their processing needs by providing the infrastructure, such as power, cooling and rack space, to support the number of modules required.
Because the building-block architecture enables customers to scale-out not only processing power, but also memory, internal storage and I/O capacity, the Escala PL1650 Series can provide tremendous capacity and flexibility for seamless application growth as computing demands increase.

Outstanding Consolidation and Workload management capabilities

The Escala PL1650 Series provides innovations like micro-partitioning which allows businesses to increase system utilisation while helping to ensure that applications continue to get the resources they need. A single PL1650R model can host as many as 160 “virtual servers” (micro-partitions). The shared processor pool allows for automatic non-disruptive balancing of processing power between partitions assigned to the shared pool - resulting in increased throughput and utilisation.
Breakthroughs like the virtual I/O, which allows the sharing of expensive disk drives, communications adapters and Fibre Channel-attached disks, drive down complexity and systems and administrative expenses.