IBM System x iDataPlex: The Newest Economical Workhorse in the Computing Cloud for Next Generation HPC Data Centers

IBM has been the leading provider of High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions across a wide range of application and industry segments over the last few decades. This strategy of alleviating customer pain points by delivering a rich portfolio of innovative solutions has been the cornerstone of IBM’s long term success in HPC. With the iDataPlex, a new system design that leverages industry‐standard processors to address the needs of next generation data centers, IBM plans to extend current HPC cluster solutions by providing an economical architecture that can increase computing density in a standard enterprise rack and scale‐out to 1000s of racks.