Wrong title for this article!
> IBM woos Microsoft with iDataPlex oddity
SHOULD have been:
IBM woos Microsoft by manufacturing vapour products 100% compatible with MS vapourware
Never one to miss out on a marketing opportunity, IBM has already started tweaking the new iDataPlex system to reach more customers before the box has even started shipping. IBM "launched" iDataPlex in April, ushering in a server designed just for large service providers and high performance computing customers pressed for …
For some light reading, see:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg9idp_r_serverpubs.html&resultof=%22%69%64%61%74%61%70%6c%65%78%22%20
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg1bfmst.pdf
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg9idp_r_rack.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg9idp_r_hx.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg9idp_r_server.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg9idp_r_pdu.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg9idp_r_dx340ug.html
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/com.ibm.idataplex.doc/dg9idp_r_dx340pdsg.html
Spec.org benchmark results:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q2/cpu2006-20080422-04135.html
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q2/cpu2006-20080422-04134.html
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q2/cpu2006-20080422-04132.html
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q2/cpu2006-20080422-04133.html
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q2/cpu2006-20080422-04131.html