IBM eServer

IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. Announced in the year 2000, it combined the various IBM server brands (AS/400, Netfinity, RS/6000, S/390) under one brand.[1] The various sub-brands were at the same time rebranded from:

• IBM RS/6000 to IBM eServer pSeries, p for POWER
• IBM AS/400 to IBM eServer iSeries, i for Integrated
• IBM Netfinity to IBM eServer xSeries, x for eXtended architecture (with respect to "commodity" Intel-based servers)

IBM eServer

IBM xSeries 336 servers
Developer	IBM
Type	Desktop server or Rack-mounted server
Release date	2000
Discontinued	2006

and the IBM System/390 was replaced by the 64-bit IBM eServer zSeries, z for Zero downtime.

The RS/6000 SP supercomputer line was also replaced by Blue Gene platform.

Discontinuation

In 2005 announced a new brand, IBM System as an umbrella for all IBM server and storage brands. The name change was finished in 2006 when the IBM xSeries became the IBM System x (then Lenovo System x).

• IBM eServer zSeries became IBM System z
• IBM eServer pSeries became IBM System p
• IBM eServer iSeries became IBM System i
• IBM eServer xSeries became Lenovo System x
• IBM TotalStorage became IBM Storage
• IBM eServer BladeCenter became IBM BladeCenter
• IBM eServer 1350 became IBM System Cluster 1350

References

1. Vijayan, Jaikumar (October 4, 2000). "IBM launches new mainframe amid rebranding effort". Computerworld.

External links

• IBM servers