AIX操作系统特点

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The AIX® operating system (OS) is an open standards-based, UNIX® operating system that allows you to run the applications you want, on the hardware you want—IBM UNIX OS-based servers. AIX in combination with IBM's virtualization offerings, provides new levels of flexibility and performance to allow consolidation of workloads on fewer servers which can increase efficiency and conserve energy. AIX delivers high levels of security, integration, flexibility and reliability—essential for meeting the demands of today's information technology environments. AIX operates on the IBM systems based on Power Architecture® technology. Read more

AIX operating systems

AIX helps you to meet the demanding requirements for performance, energy efficiency, flexibility and availability in your IT environment.

• Market momentum: AIX has dramatically expanded its share of the UNIX market over the past several years – go with the leader!*
• Unmatched performance: Industry-leading benchmarks underscore the highly scalable performance of AIX on IBM systems running Power Architecture technology-based processors.
• Virtualization: AIX provides software-based and exploits hardware-based virtualization capabilities. These capabilities can help you to consolidate workloads to increase server utilization and lower energy and other costs.
• Security: AIX includes a number of features designed to provide for a secure IT environment – and AIX can integrate into your existing security infrastructure.
• Broad application support: Independent software vendors recognize AIX as a premier UNIX operating system. With over 8000 applications from over 3000 ISVs, the applications you need are probably already available on AIX.
• Binary compatibility: AIX has a long history of maintaining binary compatibility from one release to the next – so that you can upgrade to the latest release with confidence.**
• Legacy systems inspiration: AIX delivers the reliability, availability and security of a mainframe environment including industry-leading availability techniques.
• Simple migration: IBM's customized service offerings make migration from competitive UNIX platforms to AIX quick and easy–consolidate all of your UNIX workload onto AIX.
• Workload Optimization: AIX supports a number of features that are designed to simplify your operations while optimizing your performance.

AIX操作系统特点：

具有高度的可扩展性，能够利用硬件平台提供相应的软件虚拟化功能，提高服务器的利用效率，降低能耗成本；良好的安全策略，AIX可以集成到到现有的安全基础设施上；AIX拥有广泛的应用程序支持；AIX所有版本保持二进制兼容；AIX特有的设计可以简化使用者的操作，优化性能。