Bull Announces New Power6 Based Blade

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As part of their latest push to increase the efficiency of data center infrastructures [‘Bio Data Centers’], Bull has announced the latest edition to its Escala blade server line. The EL460B blade combines the latest Power6 with up to 32GB of RAM. The latest blade fits into the Bull 9u blade chassis system [the blade chassis is capable of housing up to 14 blades].

Bull logoThe Escala EL460B Blade server is a logical addition to the Escala product line,” said Michel Bracquemond, Bull’s Escala Business Unit Director. “It brings a high-performance scale-out server with unrivaled virtualisation capabilities, at a minimum investment, and provides ample room to grow“.

Alongside this, they have announced the latest release of the AIX operating system, version 6.

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