Stuttgart, 07. Oktober 2008: IBM (NYSE: IBM) hat neue Enterprise- und Business Class-Server mit POWER6-Prozessoren und eine verbesserte Virtualisierungs- und Systemmanagement-Software vorgestellt, die entwickelt wurden, um Kunden bei der Steigerung ihrer IT-Leistung zu unterstützen, Innovationen zu fördern und das Return-on-Investment im Rahmen des Rechenzentrums der nächsten Generation (New Enterprise Data Center) auszubauen.
Die neuen Angebote sind eine sehr attraktive Alternative gegenüber Mitbewerbersystemen und können Kunden bei der Konsolidierung ihrer Rechenzentren oder Abteilungsworkloads unterstützen, die operationale Effizienz erhöhen und Energiekosten senken.
Immer mehr Unternehmen entscheiden sich für IBM Power Systems-Server, um ihre IT-Infrastruktur zu vereinfachen. Laut IDC (International Data Corporation) konnte IBM den UNIX-Umsatz im zweiten Quartal 2008 im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 26 Prozent steigern, während der Mitbewerb entweder stagnierte oder Umsatzeinbußen verzeichnen musste (1). Zunehmend mehr Kunden setzen auf IBM Lösungen, Services, Virtualisierung und die POWER6-Technologie mit dem bis Dato schnellsten Mikroprozessor, um unternehmenskritische Anwendungen darauf zu betreiben. Dabei reicht die Bandbreite des IBM Angebots von multiplen Servern in großen Rechenzentren bis zu einzelnen Computern für mittelständische Unternehmen.
So bietet das IBM Power 570-System ab sofort deutlich mehr Optionen für den Bereich Konsolidierung und Steigerung der Energieeffizienz. Dies wird durch neue Prozessorkarten erreicht, die die Zahl der Cores in einem System verdoppeln können. Mit einem Basissatz von vier Cores kann das System auf ein 32-Core-Single-System-Image (32-Core SMP) aufgerüstet werden. Durch einen Hot-Node-Zusatz können Unternehmen sogar weitere Servermodule installieren, ohne das System bei einer nötigen Systemerweiterung herunterfahren zu müssen.
Der neue 570/32-Server zeigt im Vergleich zum HP Superdome die mehr als doppelte Leistung pro Core und mehr als 50 Prozent mehr Leistung pro Watt. (2)
Der Power 570/16-Server unterstützt zwischen zwei und 16 POWER6-Cores und erreicht nun Geschwindigkeiten von 4,4 GHz und sogar 5,0 GHz (der schnellste POWER6-Prozessor), was früher nur mit Servern der Power 595-Linie möglich war.
Mit der doppelten Anzahl an Cores für mehr Leistung und Effizienz in dem System-Footprint des ehemaligen 570-Servers, bietet der Power 570/32 Kunden die knapp zweieinhalbfache Leistung pro Watt verglichen mit dem Sun M8000-System. (3)
Unterstützung bei der Konsolidierung von Workloads
IBM Power 560 Express, ein kommerzielles Computersystem, ist ein neues POWER6-Servermodell, das zwischen IBM Power 550 und Power 570 angesiedelt ist. Der Power 560-Server unterstützt 4-, 8- und 16-Core-Konfigurationen und wurde entwickelt, um Unternehmen bei der Konsolidierung von multiplen UNIX-, i- oder x86-Workloads zu helfen.
Durch den Einsatz von Power 560-Servern können Unternehmen bis zu 840.000 US-Dollar und 80 Prozent an Energiekosten einsparen, indem sie 13 Sun Fire V490-Server auf einem einzigen Power 560-Server mit PowerVM konsolidieren, anstatt dieselbe Anzahl an Sun-Servern auf vier Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000-Server mit dynamischen System Domains zu konsolidieren. (4)
IBM Power 560 Express bietet eine 80-prozentige Leistungssteigerung und 37 Prozent mehr Leistung pro Watt als ein 16-Core HP Integrity rx7640. (5)
Daneben hat IBM auch vorgestellt:
- IBM Power 520 Express und IBM Power 550 Express, die neue 4- und 8-Core-Optionen für i-Editionen bieten. AIX- und Linux-User können ab sofort das Betriebssystem i auf demselben System hinzufügen. IBM hat den Preis des IBM Power 550 Express-Servern bei ausgewählten Konfigurationen um bis zu 20 Prozent gesenkt.
- Das BladeCenter H mit JS21 wurde um SAN-Optionen und Vorinstallationen für i-Kunden erweitert.
- Ergänzende RAS-Features für den Hot-Node-Zusatz und Repair-Features für Power 570- und Power 595-Server ermöglichen die parallele Reparatur eines Knotens, während das System weiterhin läuft und sogar während PowerHA Transaktionen auf multiple Systeme und Speicherplätze spiegelt.
Die neuen IBM Power 570/32, 570/16 und 560-Server erweitern die Fähigkeiten der Power 550- und 520-Systeme sowie der neuen SAN-Optionen auf Blades, die alle jede Kombination von AIX, i und Red Hat oder Novell Linux betreiben können.
Software für Virtualisierung, Energiemanagement und Verfügbarkeit
Die neue Power Systems-Software für AIX, i und Linux umfasst:
- Eine Beta-Version des PowerVM Active Memory Sharing, einer neuen Virtualisierungssoftware, die Kunden bei der Optimierung ihrer Hauptspeicherauslastung unterstützt, indem Ressourcen zwischen den Partitionen zusammengelegt werden.
- IBM Systems Director, eine neue Basissoftware für das Enterprise-Plattformmanagement, eignet sich für multiple Plattformen und Betriebssysteme. Der IBM Systems Director hilft Kunden, ihre Power-Server und physische und virtuelle Hauptspeicherressourcen mit einer beliebigen Kombination aus AIX-, i- oder Linux-Workloads zu installieren, betreiben, überwachen, analysieren, optimieren und zu aktualisieren. Der IBM Systems Director wird über eine direkte graphische Schnittstelle verwaltet und bietet eine Aufwärtskompatibilitätsmöglichkeit zu Enterprise-Servicemanagement-Tools wie IBM Tivoli.
- Eine neue Version des Active Energy Managers, eine Erweiterung des IBM System Directors, unterstützt fortschrittliche Energiekontrolloptionen, die entwickelt wurden, um die Leistung pro Watt durch die Reduzierung der Prozessor-Clock Speed oder sogar durch einen Prozessorbetrieb im Ruhemodus bei Nichtgebrauch zu steigern. Er erlaubt es Nutzern auch, ein Energie-Cap auf einen POWER6-Server oder mehrere POWER6-basierter Server zu setzen.
- PowerHA für AIX mit asynchronem GLVM-Support ermöglicht eine geographische Verteilung von Systemen, um die Flexibilität der IT und die Disaster-Recovery-Fähigkeit zu verbessern.
- Eine neue Version des IBM iClusters, einer Hochverfügbarkeitslösung, die auf logischer Replikation basiert und sich mit IBM i Service- und Problembehebungswerkzeugen verknüpft.
- Eine neue Distributionsvereinbarung mit Vision Solutions, die es IBM ermöglicht Vision Cluster1, eine Enterprise Cluster Managementlösung für IBM i, zu vertreiben.
- Neue und aktualisierte Rational-Entwicklungstools für die i-Betriebsumgebung, die eine teamübergreifende Entwicklungszusammenarbeit ermöglichen.
Zusätzlich zum IBM Systems Director hat IBM kürzlich eine AIX Enterprise Edition vorgestellt, die UNIX-Kunden dabei unterstützt, Anwendungen und Serververbindungen zu identifizieren, den Servicestatus zu überwachen und aufzuzeichnen, Workload-Partitionen (WPARs) zu verwalten und eine Kostenanalyse der Serverauslastung zu erstellen. Der IBM Systems Director und die AIX Enterprise Edition wurden entwickelt, um eine vollständige Plattformmanagement-Lösung für UNIX-Server zu bieten und um eine Verknüpfung mit IBM Tivoli-Tools für das Enterprise Servicemanagement herzustellen.
Steigerung des UNIX-Marktanteils nach Umsatz
Aktuelle Marktstudien zeigen, dass IBM seine Spitzenposition im Bereich der Marktanteile nach Umsatz für UNIX und RISC + Itanium-Server (R+I) weiter ausbauen konnte. Laut IDC hat IBM 5,1 Punkte Marktanteil nach Umsatz bei gleichzeitig 26 Prozent Wachstum im zweiten Quartal 2008 im Vergleich zum Vorjahr für UNIX-Server erreicht und liegt damit mit 35,7 Prozent Marktanteil nach Umsatz auf Platz eins. (1) Damit ist IBM bisher der einzige große UNIX-Anbieter, der in den letzten fünf Jahren Marktanteile nach Umsatz gewonnen hat. (6) In den 20 ausgewählten Wachstumsbereichen wird die Spitzenposition von IBM sogar noch deutlicher. (7)
Im Bereich der R+I-Server, die IBM Power Systems-Server mit AIX, Linux und i unterstützen, konnte ebenfalls IBM Marktanteile nach Umsatz gewinnen. (8)
Mit Hilfe des Power Systems Migration Factory-Angebots hat IBM mehr als 1.200 Kunden eine Migration von Sun, HP und anderen Plattformen auf IBM AIX sowie Linux auf Power ermöglicht und mehr als eine Milliarde US-Dollar Umsatz generiert. (9)
IBM hat damit gezeigt, dass robuste und marktreife Technologien wie die Virtualisierung die Kaufentscheidung beim Kunden maßgeblich beeinflussen können. IBM hat kürzlich bekannt gegeben, dass die Zahl der Kunden, die sich für die Virtualisierungstechnologie auf IBM Power Systems-Servern entschieden haben, um das Dreifache angestiegen ist (10), da sich immer mehr Kunden für eine Konsolidierung von zusätzlichen Partitionen auf bereits existierende Server entscheiden. Dieser rasante Zuwachs im Bereich Virtualisierung, allein 64 Prozent im zweiten Quartal 2008, übertrifft mit großem Abstand das übliche Niveau an Virtualisierungseinsatz auf x86-Systemen. (11)
Insgesamt haben IBM Power Systems-Server mit POWER6-Technologie mehr als 70 wichtige Leistungsbenchmarks der Branche gewonnen. Weitere Informationen unter www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks oder in der original Presseinformation anbei.
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IBM Doubles up on POWER6 Cores, Improves Energy Efficiency To Help Clients Manage IT Infrastructure
New Servers, Software Extend Lead on HP, Sun with Better Performance, Management, Availability, Virtualization
ARMONK, NY -- 7 Oct., 2008: IBM (NYSE: IBM), the world's leader in UNIX® revenue share (1), today announced new POWER6™ processor-based enterprise and business-class servers and updated virtualization and systems management software designed to help clients improve performance, drive innovation and maximize return on their IT investments in the new enterprise data center.
The new offerings provide a clear alternative choice to HP, Sun and other competitive systems by helping customers consolidate their data centers or departmental workloads, increase operational efficiencies, and reduce energy costs.
More and more companies are choosing IBM Power SystemsTM servers to simplify their IT infrastructures. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), in 2Q08 IBM UNIX grew revenue 26% YTY, outpacing all others, outgrowing HP by 2 to 1 with Sun also in decline.(1) Clients are leveraging innovative IBM solutions, services, virtualization, and the technology that produced POWER6, the world's fastest microprocessor, to manage mission-critical applications -- from multiple servers in the large data center to standalone computers supporting the small business franchise.
For instance, the world’s most popular midrange server, the IBM PowerTM 570, now offers more energy efficiency and consolidation options with new processor cards that double the number of cores in the same system footprint. Starting at just 4 cores, the system can be upgraded to a full 32-core single system image (32-core SMP); and with hot-node add, businesses can install more server modules without having to take the system down when the time comes for growth.
This new 570/32 demonstrates more than twice the performance per core and more than twice the performance per watt as HP's Superdome. (2)
The Power 570/16, which supports from 2 to 16 POWER6 cores, now features faster speeds of 4.4 GHz and even 5.0 GHz -- the fastest of the POWER6 processors -- previously available only in the top of the line Power 595.
With twice the number of cores for performance and efficiency packed into the same system footprint as previous 570 systems, the Power 570/32 gives users more than 2.4 times the performance per watt compared to the Sun M8000 system. (3)
Helping Businesses Consolidate Workloads
The Power 560 Express, a commercial computer system, is a new POWER6 server model that sits between the Power 550 and Power 570. The Power 560 and features 4-, 8- and 16-core configurations and is designed to help businesses consolidate multiple UNIX, i or x86 workloads onto less footprints.
The Power 560 can save up companies up to $840,000 and 80-percent in energy by consolidating 13 Sun Fire V490 servers on a single Power 560 server with PowerVM, as compared to consolidating the same number on four Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 servers with dynamic system domains. (4)
The Power 560 Express provides an 80-percent performance boost and 37-percent performance per watt improvement compared to a 16-core HP Integrity rx7640. (5)
IBM today also announced:
- The Power 520 Express and Power 550 Express, providing new 4- and 8-core options for i editions. AIX® and Linux users can now add i on the same system. IBM has reduced the price of the Power 550 Express by up to 20 percent on selected configurations.
- The BladeCenter® H with JS12, offering extended SAN options and pre-installation for i clients.
- Enhanced RAS features for hot-node add and repair for Power 570 and Power 595 servers, allowing concurrent repair of one node while the system continues to operate, even while PowerHA is mirroring transactions across multiple systems and storage.
The new Power 570/32, 570/16, and 560, expanded capabilities of the Power 550 and 520 systems and the new SAN options on blades all run any combination of AIX, i, and Red Hat or Novell Linux.
Virtualization, Energy Management, and Availability Software
Enhanced Power Systems software for AIX, i and Linux, includes:
- A beta version of PowerVMTM Active Memory Sharing, new virtualization software that helps clients improve memory utilization by pooling resources between partitions.
- IBM Systems Director, a new foundation for enterprise platform management, spanning multiple platforms and operating environments. Systems Director helps clients deploy, monitor, analyze, optimize and update Power server and storage physical and virtual resources running any combination of AIX, i or Linux workloads. Systems Director is managed through an intuitive graphical interface and provides upward integration to enterprise service management tools, including IBM Tivoli.
- A new version of Active Energy Manager, an extension to IBM Systems Director, featuring advanced energy control options designed to boost performance per watt by slowing processor clock speed or even putting processors in “nap” mode when not in use. It also allows users to set an energy cap a for a single POWER6 server, or even across a pool of POWER6-based servers.
- PowerHATM for AIX, enhanced with asynchronous GLVM support that enables geographic dispersion of systems to improve business resiliency and disaster recovery.
- A new release of IBM iCluster, a high availability solution based on logical replication, that integrates with IBM i service and fix management tools.
- A a new distribution agreement with Vision Solutions for IBM to distribute Vision Cluster1™, Vision's flagship enterprise cluster management solution for IBM i.
- New and updated Rational development tools for the i operating environment that provide enablement for developer team collaboration.
In addition to IBM Systems Director, IBM recently introduced AIX Enterprise Edition to help UNIX clients discover applications and server relationships, monitor and report service status, manage workload partitions (WPARs), and enable cost analysis of server usage. Systems Director and AIX Enterprise Edition have been designed to provide a full platform management solution for UNIX servers, and to integrate with IBM Tivoli tools for enterprise service management.
"Today's broad set of announcements span performance, virtualization, energy efficiency, availability and management and demonstrate convincingly that IBM is clearly the smart choice for businesses looking to reduce total IT costs, including the often more expensive operational aspects," said Scott Handy, vice president of worldwide marketing and strategy, IBM Power Systems. "With new servers, aggressive price cuts and our systems software offerings moving higher up the customer value chain, we're increasing the pressure on HP and Sun.
"More importantly, we are offering customers more attractive total infrastructure solutions whether they are replacing one workload at a time in a department or are consolidating, simplifying and integrating their IT and moving to a shared infrastructure approach that supports tens or hundreds of applications from one or more groups of users or lines of business.”
Zappos.com Chooses IBM Power Systems
Zappos.com is an online retailer stocking more than one million pairs of shoes and handbags, with selections from more than 300 brand names. With a focus on service, the company has grown rapidly since its inception in 1999, with sales more than doubling year-over-year, every year since Zappos.com was founded.
From servers to storage, Zappos.com is a true blue customer. IBM Power 570 systems running Linux host the Zappos.com databases, providing the performance and capability required to meet the challenging daily demands of this successful Internet retailer. IBM BladeCenter, IBM System Storage™ and IBM WebSphere® technologies are also deployed by Zappos.com, working with business partner Sycomp.
Currently, the company is in the process of updating its disaster recovery site with IBM POWER6 microprocessors and plans to take advantage of IBM Live Partition Mobility continuous availability capabilities for new application development and testing.
"Our number one core value is to deliver 'wow' to our customers, and we've been committed to outstanding service for Zappos online buyers since day one," said Kris Ongbongan, systems manager at Zappos.com. "We evaluated a variety of vendor solutions, including HP and Sun, and determined that the IBM solution was the right one for us. IBM Power Systems have enabled the infrastructure to grow with our business. and have far exceeded our expectations on every front."
Winning UNIX Revenue Share
As industry studies demonstrate, IBM continues to lengthen its lead in revenue share for UNIX and RISC + Itanium (R+I) servers. According to IDC, IBM gained 5.1 points of revenue share with 26% growth YTY in 2Q08 for UNIX servers, and holds the #1 position with 35.7% revenue share, +4.6 points ahead of #2 Sun and nearly 10 points (9.9) ahead of HP. (1) In fact, IBM is the only major UNIX vendor to gain revenue share in the past five years, picking up points while both HP and Sun lost share. (6) IBM's #1 position is even stronger in the 20 designated growth segments. (7)
And in the R+I server space, which features IBM Power Systems servers running on AIX, Linux and i, IBM continues to gain revenue share at the expense of HP and Sun. (8)
Through its Power Systems Migration Factory offering, IBM has helped nearly 1,200 customers migrate from competitive Sun, HP and other platforms to IBM's AIX or Linux on Power, resulting in more than $1 billion in revenues. (9)
IBM has demonstrated that robust and mature technologies such as virtualization have become a key factor in the customer-buying decision. IBM recently reported that a threefold increase in customer adoption of virtualization (10) on its unified Power Systems line of servers is being fueled by customers consolidating additional partitions onto existing servers. This significant leap in the uptake of virtualization -- 64 percent in the second quarter alone -- exceeds by a large margin levels common on x86 systems. (11)
Overall, IBM Power Systems with POWER6 technology have recorded more than 70 industry-leading performance benchmarks. For more details, please visit http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks.
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(1) IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, August 2008.
(2) SPEC® is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results based on SPECint_rate2006 as of October 2, 2008 and published on www.spec.org. Power 570 results to be submitted on October 7, 2008. System data for HP is from the "QuickSpecs HP Integrity Superdome Servers 16-processor, 32-processor, and 64-processor Systems" available at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/Division/Division.html#11715 as of October 2, 2008. Systems were compared based on maximum processor configuration because that is the data point for which power requirements are defined. Other configurations could have different performance per watt metrics. IBM Power 570 results are for a system with 16 chips, 32 cores and two threads per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of 832. The recommended maximum power usage for site planning is 5,600 watts. HP Integrity Superdome results are for a system with 32 chips, 64 cores and 1 thread per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of 824. The recommended power usage for site planning is 12,196 watts. Performance per watt is calculated by dividing the performance by the maximum system power.
(3) SPEC® is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results based on SPECint_rate2006 as of October 2, 2008 and published on www.spec.org. Power 570 results to be submitted on October 7, 2008. System data for Sun is from the "Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server Site Planning Guide" available at http://docs.sun.com/source/819-4203-12/21ch3p.html as of October 2, 2008. Systems were compared based on maximum processor configuration because that is the data point for which power requirements are defined. Other configurations could have different performance per watt metrics. IBM Power 570 results are for a system with 16 chips, 32 cores and two threads per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of 832. The recommended maximum power usage for site planning is 5,600 watts. Sun Microsystems Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 results are for a system with 16 chips, 64 cores and 2 threads per core with a SPECint_rate2006 result of 637. The recommended power usage for site planning is 10,500 watts. Performance per watt is calculated by dividing the performance by the maximum system power.
(4) SPEC® and the benchmark names SPECrate®, SPECint®, and SPECjbb® are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The SPECint_rate2006 results can be found at www.spec.org. Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of October 2, 2008. The comparison presented above is based on the best performing 8-chip servers currently shipping by IBM and Sun respectively. SPECint_rate2006 results are: IBM Power 560 Express with 8 chips and 16 cores and two threads per core with a result of 363 peak. Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 with 8 chips and 32 cores and 2 threads per core with a result of 264 peak.
Power 560 Express Pricing: $140,955
Power 560 Express Server, Includes 16 Core 3.6 GHz POWER6 Processors 64GB System Memory, 4 x 146 GB SAS Disk Drives, 1 DVD-ROM, 2 Gb Ethernet Ports, and 4 Power Supplies (220 V with N+N Redundancy)
Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 pricing: $181,340 + $64,000 (64GB of memory) = $245,340 times 4 servers = $981,360
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Power Consumption: This information for the Power 560 is in "Model 8234-EMA server specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss - search for Power 560. The power for the Power 560 is 2,800 WATTs. The information for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server is in the "Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Servers Site Planning Guide" available at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/m5000-hw. The power requirement for the M5000 is 3,738 WATTS. Four M5000 servers times 3,738 watts equals 14,952. 81% more power than one Power 560 at 2,800 Watts.
(5) SPEC® and the benchmark names SPECrate®, SPECint®, and SPECjbb® are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The SPECint_rate2006 results can be found at www.spec.org. Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of October 2, 2008. The comparison presented above is based on the best performing 8-chip servers currently shipping by IBM and HP respectively.
SPECint_rate2006 peak results are: IBM Power 560 Express with 8 chips and 16 cores and two threads per core with a projected result of 363. HP Integrity rx7640 with 8 chips and 16 cores and 2 threads per core with a result of 201. Performance per watt is calculated by dividing the performance by the recommended maximum power for site planning. Actual power used by the systems will be less than this value for all of the systems. The information for the Power 560 is in "Model 8234-EMA server specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss - search for Power 560. The power for the Power 560 is 2,800 WATTs. The power requirement for the HP integrity rx7640 is 2128 watts and specifications are available at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12470_div/12470_div.PDF. Hence, the performance per watt for the Power 560 Express is 129.6 and the performance per watt of the HP Integrity rx7640 is 94.5.
(6) IBM is the only major vendor to gain revenue share in the UNIX segment for the past five years (+11.2 points) while both Sun (-1.9 points) and HP (-5.7 points) lost share. (Source: IDC)
(7) IBM's #1 UNIX position is stronger in the 20 growth markets (40% share for R4Q 2Q08 vs. 35% for the G7 countries). The BRIC subset is even higher at 43%. (Source: IDC)
(8) In the R + I server space, IBM has gained 4.8 points of share in this space in the past five years on a rolling, four quarter basis, while HP has lost -3.1 points and Sun -2.7 points. In the past five years, IBM has achieved 17% revenue growth, while HP and Sun have each declined 8%. (Source: IDC)
(9) Source: IBM internal numbers.
(10) Worldwide IBM data from online configurators used by IBM sales personnel, customer and business partners to order Power Systems. 2Q 2008 data includes all unified Power systems (POWER6-based). 2Q 2007 data includes POWER5-based System p.
(11) IBM calculation divided the 150,000 new x86 servers shipped with virtualization sourced from Gartner Group presentation, "Server Virtualization for x86: Trends, Best Practices and Future", Page 5 delivered at Gartner Infrastructure Operations & Management Summit by Thomas Bittman, June 23-25, 2008 by 8,841,052 total x86 server units shipped in 2007 sourced from Gartner Quarterly Statistics, July 2008. Virtualization attach rate for x86 in 2007 = 150,000 / 8,841,052 = 1.69663% = 1.7 percent.
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