IBM also is introducing a JS20 blade server with a 2.2-GHz Power processor, which provides a more than 37% gain in processing speed over the prior Power-based system, Dougherty says. The new Power system will ship Oct. 29 and starts at $2,699. In addition, the system will be able to run IBM's AIX 5L V5.2 Unix operating system.
A new power-management tool, PowerExecutive, is being added to the BladeCenter management module. The software will make it easier to manage blade server power consumption by evaluating each blade's power usage based on its specific processors and hard drives, Dougherty says. That way, he says, companies can more accurately inventory overall usage.
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