IBM eServer was a
family
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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
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...
-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
The IBM BladeCenter was IBM's blade server architecture, until it was replaced by Flex System in 2012. The x86 division was later sold to Lenovo in 2014.
History
Introduced in 2002, based on engineering work started in 1999, the IBM eServe ...
*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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