International Business Machines on Wednesday introduced low-power computer servers with an advanced disk management system, the latest salvo in the company's battle with Sun Microsystems and other computer makers.
The line of servers, IBM's p610 series, is intended to be used for such business applications as customer or sales force management. IBM said the servers will now incorporate a system known as RAID, for redundant array of independent disks.
RAID-based computers treat an array of disk drives as if they were a single storage device, yielding improved data recovery in the event of a single disk drive failure and the potential for higher speed.
IBM said rival servers require a separate device to make use of RAID, leading to increased power consumption.
The company also introduced a low-end model to the p610 line at the price of $6,000, twenty per cent cheaper than the previously least expensive p610-model server.

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