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IBM Power Servers Drives

Power Systems is a family of server computers from IBM that are based on its POWER processors. These accelerated computing servers are built for modern analytics, high-performance computing HPC, and Artificial intelligence.

IBM had two distinct POWER- and PowerPC-based hardware lines since the early 1990s:

  • ::  Servers running processors based on the IBM PowerPC-AS architecture in the AS/400 family (later known as iSeries, then System i), running OS/400 (later known as i5/OS, and now IBM i)
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  • ::  Servers and workstations using IBM POWER and PowerPC microprocessors in the RS/6000 family (later known as pSeries, then System p), running IBM AIX and Linux.

When looking at the type of data storage hardware used with IBM i, the most common options generally include hard disk drives, flash, and solid-state drives. SSDs can provide numerous advantages over traditional HDDs, namely in the area of computing performance. IBM explored this topic in multiple white papers and articles, observing that SSDs are capable of delivering notably better input/output performance.

Capable of driving tens of thousands of I/O operations per second (IOPS), as opposed to hundreds for HDDs, SSDs breakthrough performance bottlenecks of I/O-bound applications. Applications that require dozens and dozens of ‘extra’ HDDs for performance can meet their I/O performance requirements with far fewer SSDs, resulting in energy, space, and cost savings.

The technology behind solid state drives has been around for more than 30 years at this point, but the cost of such storage devices was historically restrictive to widespread adoption. However, recent advancements have made SSDs particularly beneficial for use with applications running in an IBM i operating system environment.

Since SSDs do not have to power spinning platters or moving arms the overall watts/hour needed to power an SSD is significantly less than that of a typical 3.5-inch HDD

Figure 1: A sample representation of an IBM Power Servers; of which drives we stock at Tekmart Africa

IBM Power Servers

00E6164 IBM 283GB 10K SFF-1 2.5 SAS Hard Drive FRU (74Y9258)

R2,275.30  R2,138.78
IBM Power System 283GB 10K SFF-1 2.5in SAS Hard Drive Fru: 74Y9258, 00E6164 Brand: IBM Part #: 74Y9258, 00E6164 Specs:-    ... more info

00E8671 IBM 775GB SFF-3 12Gbps (528-bytes) SAS SSD for AIX Linux


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IBM 775GB eMLC SAS 12Gbps (528-bytes) 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for AIX Linux FRU: 00E8671,00LY168,00E8667 Brand: IBM ... more info

00E8672 IBM 387GB SAS SFF Solid State Drive with eMLC for AIX

R9,164.35  R8,522.85
IBM 387GB SAS SFF SSD Solid State Drive with eMLC for AIX/Linux 58B8 Power7 FRU:  00E8672 Brand: IBM Part #:  00E8672 Specs:- ... more info

00E9900 IBM ESD5 600GB 10K RPM SAS SFF-3 HDD for Power Systems


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IBM ESD5 600GB 10K RPM SAS SFF-3 HDD (AIX/Linux) for Power 8 and Power 9 Systems FRU: 00E9900,00LY236,00E9919 Brand: IBM IBM FRU(s)(s):... more info

00E9912 IBM 300GB 15000RPM SAS 6Gb/s 2.5 Inch HDD for IBM Power

R5,125.75  R4,766.95
IBM ESDB IBM 300Gb 15K SAS SFF-3 AIX Linux 59E0 2.5 Disk Drive FRU(s): 00FJ015 00E9909 00E9912 Brand: IBM Part #: 00FJ015 00E9909 00E9912 ... more info

00LY333 IBM 5B13 ESGE 387GB Enterprise SAS 4k for Power8 Server


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IBM 5B13 ESGE 387GB Enterprise SAS 4k SFF-3 SSD Power8 Power9 FRU(s): 00LY316, 00LY333, 00VN208 Brand: IBM Part #: 00LY333 Specs:- ... more info

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