 IBM AS400 iSeries Highlights:
Companies rely on an efficient IT infrastructure to support business-critical applications. They need to know that their systems and business processes are deployed to meet the highest service levels defined by their business units plus can be adapted to handle every new business opportunity. IBM i (formerly known as i5/OS®) running on an IBM Power Systems™ server offers a highly scalable and virus resistant architecture with a proven reputation for exceptional business resiliency. Running applications based on i has helped companies over many years to focus on innovation and delivering new value to their business, not just on managing their data center operations.
Having a more dynamic infrastructure is all about selecting the right systems and software to enable businesses to move with agility and speed. Getting there with IBM i means implementing proven solutions on a platform you can trust. By choosing the latest Powerâ„¢ platform, IBM i applications get world class performance plus dynamic infrastructure flexibility, with the opportunity to lower monthly operations costs.
IBM i integrates a trusted combination of relational database, security, Web services, networking and storage management capabilities. It provides a broad and highly stable database and middleware foundation for efficiently deploying business processing applications, with support for over 5,000 solutions from over 2,500 ISVs. i solutions are offered through an extensive, highly skilled worldwide network of IBM Business Partners that is backed by IBM’s trusted services and support infrastructure.
IBM develops, fully tests and pre-loads the core middleware components of i together up front, whereas on other platforms, operating system, database and middleware integration is done in the data center. The pre-integration and testing of i is a key factor in enabling companies to deploy applications faster and maintain them with fewer staff. Virtualization and workload management are also built into i to enable you to run multiple applications and components together on the same system, driving up system utilization and delivering a better return on IT investments.
IBM AS400 iSeries Features and Benifits:
| Features | Benefits |
| Integrated middleware for efficient business processing |
- Standards-based DB2 database
- HTTP Server Powered by Apache
- Integrated Web application server
- Java and J2EE Web-services environment
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Express
- Zend Core providing PHP runtime environment
- Integration with SQL, .NET, DRDA/CLI, ODBC, JDBC
- Support for TCP/IPv6
- Multiple file systems (Windows, UNIX, NFS)
- Support for MySQL database
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| Virtualized to manage multiple applications and processes |
- Subsystem workload manager
- PowerVM technology providing Micro-Partitioning and shared processor pools
- Automatic balancing of processor and memory resources
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| Optimized for exceptional business resilience |
- Highly resilient with built-in cluster architecture
- Transaction based journaling leveraged by IBM iCluster and complementary ISV high availability solutions
- IBM PowerHA for i disk-based clustering
- IBM Storage System resiliency solutions
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| Trusted security with auditing and compliance tools |
- Simple to deploy, object based security model
- Virus resistance object architecture
- Intrusion detection, prevention, and audit journal
- Encryption of data on disk and backups
- Secure networking with SSL and VPN
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| Designed for open application design choices |
- IBM Rational development tools
- C, RPG, COBOL, C++, Java, EGL, PHP, CL
- Supports open source applications built to Apache, MySQL, and PHP stack
- Services Oriented Architecture
- UNIX application runtime
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| Simplified operations and storage management |
- Web-based systems management
- IBM Systems Director
- Integrated storage management
- Support for integrated and IBM System Storage
- Hosts managed storage for i, AIX, Linux, Windows, VMware
- Supported by Power VIOS virtualization
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| Scalable to handle non-disruptive business growth |
- Support for IBM POWER® processor-based systems and blades
- Technology independent machine interface
- Automatic software upgrades from previous releases
- Capacity on Demand (processor & memory)
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