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AIX Editions Frequently Asked Question

Document Author: Doc. Organization: Product(s) covered:

Paul Diskin Techline Europe IBM System p5

Document ID:

FQ129161

Document Revised: 06/10/2010

Abstract: What are the differences in the new Aix 6 Editions Express, Standard and Enterprise? AIX 6 is available in three different editions Express, Standard and Enterprise. AIX Express Edition: AIX 6 Express Edition provides the same functional capabilities of AIX Standard, at a lower price. The scalability of AIX Express Edition is limited to a maximum of 4 cores and 8GB of memory per core in a single partition. Clients can configure the system with multiple partitions running AIX Express Edition, but each partition is limited to a maximum of 4 cores and a total of 32GB of memory per partition. AIX Express Edition is primarily intended for clients who do not need the levels of scalability possible with AIX Standard or Enterprise Editions useful when consolidating a number of smaller workloads onto a larger server. AIX Express Edition is also suitable for clients with small workloads on entry level POWER servers or POWER Blades AIX Standard Edition: AIX 6 Standard Edition is the edition that many people would think of as AIX. The scalability of AIX Standard edition is only limited by the current maximum capabilities of the Power Systems platform of up to 64 cores or 128 threads in a single partition. AIX Standard Edition is relevant for most customers workloads. AIX Enterprise Edition: AIX 6 Enterprise Edition includes all the UNIX capabilities of AIX Standard Edition, AIX 6 Enterprise Edition also includes significant additional management capabilities with the inclusion of the following products. 1. The AIX 6 Operating System 2. Workload Partitions Manager 3. IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition. These products are bundled together under a single ordering and support structure at an attractive price compared to purchasing the individual products separately which would be the case for customers running Aix Express or Standard Edition. AIX Enterprise Edition is intended for clients with large-scale computing environments that would benefit from the additional monitoring, automation, energy, virtualization and network manage ability capabilities delivered with AIX Enterprise Edition.

Classification: Platform(s): :

Hardware IBM System p Family

Category:

Planning and Design AIX, Editions

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