Review: IBM System p5 510Q Express server stands up strong

Opinion
Mar 6, 20071 min

* Entry-level box offers performance, manageability, optional virtualization

Review: IBM System p5 510Q Express server stands up strong

By John Bass

The IBM System p5 510Q Express is the company’s newest entry-level p-system series server. But don’t let the entry-level tag turn you off, because this server — which runs IBM’s Unix-based AIX or a variety of Linux operating systems — is an impressive bundle of performance and manageability.

IBM positions this server as either a database or enterprise application-delivery platform. There are many server offerings in this space, but IBM offers compelling management and virtualization features that set this server apart.

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John Bass is technical director for Centennial Networking Labs at North Carolina State University. You can reach John at jbass@cnl.ncsu.edu.