IBM NeXtScale System, Планирование и руководство по внедрению

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Chapter 2. Positioning
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The customer who benefits the most from NeXtScale is an enterprise looking for
a low-cost, high-performance computing system to start or optimize cloud, big
data, Internet, and technical computing applications, which include the following
uses:
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Large datacenters that require efficiency, density, scale, and scalability.
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Data analytics applications, such as, customer relationship management,
operational optimization, risk and financial management, and enabling new
business models.
򐂰 Internet media applications, such as, online gaming and video streaming.
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High-resolution imaging for applications ranging from medicine to oil and gas
exploration.
򐂰 “Departmental” uses in which a small solution can increase the speed of
outcome prediction, engineering analysis, and design and modeling.
2.1.1 Three key messages with NeXtScale
The three key messages about IBM NeXtScale System is that it is flexible,
simple, and scalable, as shown in Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 IBM NeXtScale System key messages
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