<s>
PureSystems	B-Device
is	O
an	O
IBM	O
product	O
line	O
of	O
factory	O
pre-configured	O
components	O
and	O
servers	O
also	O
being	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
Expert	O
Integrated	O
System	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
centrepiece	O
of	O
PureSystems	B-Device
is	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
Flex	I-Device
System	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
in	O
tandem	O
with	O
the	O
so-called	O
"	O
Patterns	O
of	O
Expertise	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
automated	O
configuration	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
PureSystems	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureSystems	B-Device
can	O
host	O
four	O
different	O
operating	O
systems	O
(	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
i	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
)	O
and	O
five	O
hypervisors	B-Operating_System
(	O
Hyper-V	O
,	O
KVM	B-Application
,	O
PowerVM	B-Application
,	O
VMware	O
,	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
)	O
on	O
two	O
different	O
instruction	O
set	O
architectures	O
:	O
Power	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
and	O
x86	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureSystems	B-Device
is	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
converged	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
packages	O
multiple	O
information	O
technology	O
components	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
concept	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
AS/400	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
specialized	O
integrated	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
are	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
appliances	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compute	O
nodes	B-Protocol
of	O
the	O
server	B-Architecture
blades	I-Architecture
can	O
be	O
x86	B-Operating_System
or	O
Power	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
and	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
either	O
individually	O
or	O
mixed	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
rack	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
thus	O
offering	O
a	O
hybrid	O
ensemble	O
which	O
borrows	O
from	O
the	O
zEnterprise/zBX	O
ensemble	O
(	O
cf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
gameframe	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
manage	O
a	O
combined	O
physical/virtual	O
hybrid	O
environment	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureSystems	B-Device
is	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
Flex	I-Device
System	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
appliance	B-Architecture
which	O
manages	O
the	O
resources	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
so-called	O
"	O
Patterns	O
of	O
Expertise	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
provide	O
field	O
engineers	O
 '	O
expertise	O
from	O
decades	O
of	O
system	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
building	O
block	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
the	O
10U	O
high	O
Flex	O
Enterprise	O
system	O
chassis	O
with	O
14	O
bays	O
in	O
the	O
front	O
for	O
compute	O
nodes	B-Protocol
(	O
"	O
servers	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
storage	O
nodes	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
flex-chassis	O
can	O
accommodate	O
up	O
to	O
14	O
horizontal	O
compute	O
and	O
storage	O
nodes	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
front	O
,	O
and	O
4	O
vertically	O
oriented	O
switch	O
modules	O
in	O
the	O
rear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrasting	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-General_Concept
BladeCenter	I-General_Concept
(	O
9U	O
high	O
)	O
has	O
vertically	O
oriented	O
compute	O
nodes	B-Protocol
(	O
"	O
blades	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
the	O
components	O
between	O
the	O
BladeCenter	B-General_Concept
chassis	O
and	O
Flex	O
chassis	O
are	O
not	O
interchangeable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureFlex	O
is	O
a	O
factory	O
pre-configured	O
and	O
combined	O
hardware-/software	O
system	O
for	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
in	O
terms	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
combines	O
server	B-Application
,	O
network	O
and	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpressStandardEnterprise	O
IBM	O
PureFlex	O
System	O
42U	O
Rack	O
1	O
IBM	O
Flex	O
System	O
Enterprise	O
Chassis	O
1	O
IBM	O
Flex	O
System	O
Fabric	O
EN4093	O
10Gb	O
Scalable	O
Switch	O
1	O
2	O
with	O
both	O
port-count	O
upgrades	O
IBM	O
Flex	O
System	O
FC3171	O
8Gb	O
SAN	O
Switch	O
1	O
2	O
IBM	B-Device
Flex	I-Device
System	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
Node	O
1	O
IBM	B-Device
Flex	I-Device
System	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
software	O
license	O
IBM	B-Device
Flex	I-Device
System	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
with	O
1-year	O
service	O
and	O
support	O
IBM	B-Device
Flex	I-Device
System	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
Advanced	O
with	O
3-year	O
service	O
and	O
support	O
Chassis	O
Management	O
Module	O
2	O
2500W	O
power	O
supply	O
modules	O
(	O
equ./max	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
PureApplication	O
is	O
a	O
pre-configured	O
platform	O
for	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureApplication	O
comes	O
with	O
IBM	B-Application
DB2	I-Application
database	O
and	O
WebSphere	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
pre-configured	O
so	O
users	O
can	O
run	O
their	O
applications	O
into	O
a	O
preconfigured	O
middleware	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureData	O
Systems	O
takes	O
the	O
approach	O
of	O
PureApplication	O
a	O
step	O
further	O
being	O
essentially	O
a	O
tightly	O
coupled	O
and	O
specialized	O
computer	B-Architecture
appliance	I-Architecture
and	O
software	B-Application
appliance	I-Application
,	O
the	O
latter	O
supporting	O
both	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
DB2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
thence	O
marketed	O
by	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Management	I-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
IBM	O
Software	O
Group	O
(	O
SWG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureData	O
is	O
focused	O
at	O
three	O
main	O
tasks	O
within	O
enterprise	O
computing	O
:	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
,	O
near	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
analysis	O
and	O
online	O
transactional	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureData	O
System	O
for	O
Analytics	O
builds	O
on	O
Netezza	O
technology	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
that	O
entails	O
huge	O
queries	O
with	O
complex	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureData	O
Systems	O
for	O
Operational	O
Analytics	O
is	O
an	O
operational	O
warehouse	O
system	O
which	O
supports	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
decision	O
making	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
PureData	O
System	O
for	O
Analytics	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
handling	O
large	O
sets	O
of	O
data	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
PureData	O
for	O
Operational	O
Analytics	O
is	O
more	O
or	O
less	O
a	O
stream	B-Application
computing	I-Application
system	O
that	O
can	O
analyze	O
many	O
small	O
sets	O
of	O
data	O
in	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
while	O
PureData	O
for	O
Analytics	O
will	O
provide	O
analysis	O
only	O
in	O
hindsight	O
,	O
although	O
with	O
large	O
sets	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureData	O
Systems	O
for	O
Hadoop	B-Application
H	O
1001	O
is	O
a	O
standards-based	O
-	O
so-called	O
expert	O
integrated	O
-	O
system	O
which	O
architecturally	O
integrates	O
IBM	O
InfoSphere	O
BigInsights	O
,	O
Hadoop-based	O
software	O
,	O
server	B-Application
(	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
x	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
and	O
storage	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
appliance	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
it	O
integrates	O
with	O
IBM	B-Application
DB2	I-Application
,	O
IBM	O
Netezza	O
,	O
IBM	O
PureData	O
System	O
for	O
Analytics	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
InfoSphere	O
Guardium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compute	O
nodes	B-Protocol
based	O
on	O
x86	B-Operating_System
processors	O
from	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compute	O
nodes	B-Protocol
based	O
on	O
Power	O
ISA-based	O
processors	O
from	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
IBM	O
and	O
its	O
partners	O
provide	O
software	O
which	O
is	O
specifically	O
certified	O
for	O
PureSystems	B-Device
(	O
"	O
Ready	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
PureSystems	I-Device
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
over	O
125	O
ISVs	O
have	O
already	O
certified	O
products	O
for	O
PureSystems	B-Device
,	O
and	O
business	O
partners	O
such	O
as	O
system	O
integrators	O
,	O
resellers	O
,	O
distributors	O
,	O
ISVs	O
or	O
MSP	O
can	O
integrate	O
PureSystems	B-Device
into	O
their	O
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PureSystems	B-Device
was	O
April	O
11	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
on	O
March	O
6	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
IBM	O
decided	O
to	O
shift	O
production	O
of	O
Power	O
Systems	O
,	O
PureSystems	B-Device
and	O
PureFlex	O
Systems	O
servers	O
to	O
Guadalajara	O
,	O
Mexico	O
from	O
Rochester	O
,	O
Minnesota	O
.	O
</s>
