Power 7 Machines Will Not Vanish After PureSystems Availability

Posted on by Joe Hertvik

During one of the sessions on the new Expert Integrated Systems at COMMON, the IBM presenter mentioned that IBM Power 7 machines (ie, Power 720, 750, etc) will not go away in favor of the new PureFlex hardware that have Power 7 nodes that can run the IBM i system.

Rather, the PureFlex systems are joining the Power family of products and will be sold to IBM i customers under the right circumstances. The PowerFlex machines are more of an infrastructure as a solution product. Customers will still be able to buy Power 7 (and the Power 7+ and Power 8 machines, when available) if they don’t have a need to replace their infrastructure.

The Power machines will exist side-by-side in IBM’s catalogue and customers can buy the product that they need.

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