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IBM introduced a new midrange server last week that has many of the autonomic computing features of its larger servers. The pSeries 650, an eight-processor server that replaces the p660, has hot-swappable tape and DVD drives. It also features ChipKill memory and bit scattering, which allows memory chips to be deallocated in possible failures and data to be reassigned to healthy memory, respectively. Another feature, processor deallocation, lets failing processors be replaced automatically with healthy processors. In addition, the pSeries 650 is capable of being logically and dynamically partitioned. One partition can be allocated per processor, and different operating systems and applications can run on each partition. The pSeries 650 starts at $30,000 and is scheduled to be available next month.

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IBM introduced a new midrange server last week that has many of the autonomic computing features of its larger servers. The pSeries 650, an eight-processor server that replaces the p660, has hot-swappable tape and DVD drives. It also features ChipKill memory and bit scattering, which allows memory chips to be deallocated in possible failures and data to be reassigned to healthy memory, respectively. Another feature, processor deallocation, lets failing processors be replaced automatically with healthy processors. In addition, the pSeries 650 is capable of being logically and dynamically partitioned. One partition can be allocated per processor, and different operating systems and applications can run on each partition. The pSeries 650 starts at $30,000 and is scheduled to be available next month.

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