Just received my sneak preview of the new upcoming appliance server from IBM Lotus Foundations. The server features disk-on-module OS, that allows the server to boot up from a chip. Even if hard drives have failed, your network will still be functioning. It also features a integrated drive based backup system that allows you to recover from a total network crash within minutes. It also does automated backups at set intervals as well – 15 minutes and above!
With included LCD based control panel on the server and autonomic OS, you can setup a basic server, do backups and more automatically without even touching a keyboard. Guys, this is what a small business needs. What do you think? This is IBM’s magic box for the SMB market. Sean Burgess , a consultant specializing in small to mid size businesses, seems to think so!
P.S. You can also run Windows on it now as well. More to come on that shortly.
URL: Official Press Release from IBM
