Restructuring the enterprise IT architecture, dialysis Server Management, 6 major tools (1)

As X86 servers become homogeneous, can we make any decision on server selection? The answer is, of course, whether the rapid development of business needs of today's enterprises puts forward higher requirements on server scalability, performance, reliability and management, servers not only require excellent computing performance and architecture, but also excellent management functions, which can help users simplify server management and improve the efficiency of enterprise IT architecture management, to restructure the enterprise IT architecture.

For example, virtualization. With the popularization of server virtualization applications, server virtualization has become a mandatory choice for users, especially on two-way servers. Do you choose IBM's X3400 M3, X3550 M3, or Dell's PowerEdge series, or choose other products. This is actually a very critical issue! Enterprises have gradually migrated a large number of applications to virtual machines, which can greatly reduce the number of servers, increase server utilization, and reduce server energy consumption costs. The adoption of virtualization technology brings these benefits, but also brings huge challenges to servers. Especially with the increase in the number of virtual machines, Server Management in virtual environments has become a challenge for users. Therefore, for the second-way servers that are the first to implement virtualization applications, if they do not have excellent management functions, they cannot be competent for enterprise applications even if they have excellent performance.

It is worth noting that IBM launched its latest generation of X86 server architecture EX5 this year. This time, IBM only adopted the EX architecture in high-end X86 products, the EX 5 architecture is adopted in all X86 server products, which greatly improves the performance and architecture of devices such as IBM X3400 M3 and X3550 M3. More importantly, with the powerful server management capabilities of IBM, IBM is more competitive on two-way servers.

Management Problems have always been a headache for enterprise users. As hardware costs continue to decrease, users find that management costs and power consumption costs have gradually become the biggest part of the enterprise's IT budget. According to statistics from various authoritative research institutions, the cost of server management is almost twice the cost of server purchase, and the management cost continues to grow rapidly. According to the current situation of enterprise users, the server is required to provide innovative hardware, tools, and system management functions, it can help customers achieve breakthrough production efficiency through automation, optimization and energy management tools. Both IBM System X3400 M3 and X3550 M3 are equipped with powerful management software, powerful management functions, and easy-to-use management interfaces. the important functions of these management tools are described in detail below:

: IBM System X3400 M3 and X3550 M3 are both equipped with powerful management software.