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S

S/390 (evolved into zSeries), 10

"scaling up" ability, 13, 53

Scott, James, 60–61, 62, 63

security, 13

self-managing computer systems

e-business on demand strategy, 5

migrating to pSeries, 50–52

pSeries self-healing function, 21–22

server consolidation (Toyota Australia), 63

server consolidation

migrating to pSeries, 55–56

pSeries, 25–26, 27

server consolidation (Toyota Australia), 60–64

cost reduction, 62, 63, 64

flexibility improvement, 64

future and, 63–64

need for, 61–62

performance improvements, 63

reliability improvement, 62, 64

results of, 63

self-managing system, 63

solution, 62

total cost of ownership (TCO), 62, 63, 64

Toyota Australia background, 60–61

shared everything configuration (symmetric multiprocessing), 20–22

shared nothing configuration (clustering), 9, 10, 13, 22

Sharks (Enterprise Storage Servers), 41, 43, 44

silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chips, 13, 19

Silicon Valley Labs (IBM), 47

SMP (symmetric multiprocessing), 20–22

software, 27–35. See also pSeries

AIX, x, 31, 32–33, 45–46, 48, 49

application programs, 12, 25, 27–30

custom application programs, 29, 30

Linux, 31, 33–35, 48, 49

middleware, 25, 28, 30–31

More on the Web, 29, 30, 33, 34

Open Source software, 33, 34

open standards and, 29, 32–33, 34–35

operating systems, 25, 28, 29–30, 31–35

pre-packaged application programs, 29–30, 54–55

SOI (silicon-on-insulator) chips, 13, 19

solution, server consolidation (Toyota Australia), 62

Solution Assurance Advantage (IBM eServer Advantage offering), 67

start-up processors (active processors), 23

state of e-business today, 1–2

storage infrastructure, 54. See also IBM TotalStorage

"subdividing" computer system into virtual computer systems, 5

Swedish Television, 47

symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), 20–22

system management

migrating to pSeries, 55–57

pSeries (evolved from RS/6000), 25, 26

System Network Analysis and Performance Pilot software (IBM), 57