IBM eServer was a
family of computer servers from
IBM. Announced in 2000, it combined the various IBM server brands (AS/400, Netfinity, RS/6000, S/390) under one brand.
The various sub-brands were at the same time rebranded from:
*IBM
RS/6000 to IBM eServer pSeries, p for POWER
*
IBM AS/400 to IBM eServer iSeries, i for Integrated
*IBM
Netfinity
System x is a line of x86 Server (computing), servers produced by IBM – and later by Lenovo – as a sub-brand of IBM's ''System'' brand, alongside IBM Power Systems, IBM System z and IBM System Storage. In addition, IBM System x was the main c ...
to IBM eServer xSeries, x for eXtended architecture (with respect to "commodity"
Intel-based servers)
*IBM
System/390 was replaced by the 64-bit IBM eServer zSeries, z for Zero downtime.
The
RS/6000 SP supercomputer line was replaced by
Blue Gene platform.
Discontinuation
In 2005, IBM announced a new brand, IBM System, as an umbrella for all IBM server and storage brands. The rebranding was completed in 2006 when the IBM xSeries became the IBM System x (later the Lenovo System x).
*IBM eServer zSeries became
IBM System z
*IBM eServer pSeries became
IBM System p
The IBM System p is a high-end line of RISC (Power)/UNIX-based servers. It was the successor of the RS/6000 line, and predecessor of the IBM Power Systems server series.
History
The previous RS/6000 line was originally a line of workstations and ...
*IBM eServer iSeries became
IBM System i
*IBM eServer xSeries became
IBM System x (later
Lenovo
Lenovo Group Limited, often shortened to Lenovo ( , ), is a Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational technology company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and marketing consumer electronics, Personal computer, personal computers, ...
System x)
*IBM TotalStorage became
IBM Storage
*IBM eServer BladeCenter became
IBM BladeCenter
*IBM eServer 1350 became
IBM System Cluster 1350
The IBM Intelligent Cluster was a cluster solution for x86-based high-performance computing composed primarily of IBM ( System x, BladeCenter and System Storage) components, integrated with network switches from various vendors and optional high- ...
References
External links
IBM servers
*eServer
*eServer
Ultra-dense servers
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