IBM claims it can reduce the cost of running an Intel-based server by 80 per cent compared to those of its competitors.
The server monitoring and management technology, which was developed as part of IBM's Project eLiza initiative, is designed to decrease systems outages and increase server availability, so reducing running costs. It comes as part of IBM's Director 3.1 system management software which ships with IBM eServer xSeries servers, and also features added Linux support.
Online monitoring of server resources and environmental conditions, like temperature and voltage, with automatic reporting has been added to the diagnostic suite. Another automated eLiza feature of IBM Director is the ability to predict server bottlenecks such as excessive processor or memory consumption that can lead to poor performance or unplanned downtime.
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