IBM p690
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The IBM
p690 was, at the time of its release in late 2001, the flagship of IBM's high end Unix
servers (pSeries) during the POWER4
era of processors. It was built to run IBM AIX
Unix, although it is possible to run a version Linux
minus some POWER4 specific features. It was discontinued in late 2005.
It can support up to thirty-two 1.50, 1.70 or 1.90 GHz POWER4+ processors and 1 TB
of RAM. It weighs well over 1000 kg.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
p690 was, at the time of its release in late 2001, the flagship of IBM's high end Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
servers (pSeries) during the POWER4
POWER4
The POWER4 is a microprocessor developed by International Business Machines that implemented the 64-bit PowerPC and PowerPC AS instruction set architectures. Released in 2001, the POWER4 succeeded the POWER3 and RS64 microprocessors, and was used in RS/6000 and AS/400 computers, ending a separate...
era of processors. It was built to run IBM AIX
AIX operating system
AIX AIX AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive, pronounced "a i ex" is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms...
Unix, although it is possible to run a version Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
minus some POWER4 specific features. It was discontinued in late 2005.
It can support up to thirty-two 1.50, 1.70 or 1.90 GHz POWER4+ processors and 1 TB
Terabyte
The terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix tera means 1012 in the International System of Units , and therefore 1 terabyte is , or 1 trillion bytes, or 1000 gigabytes. 1 terabyte in binary prefixes is 0.9095 tebibytes, or 931.32 gibibytes...
of RAM. It weighs well over 1000 kg.