IBM Flashback

I spend 8 hours a day in a museum. It's not located in one of the worlds largest cities, nor is it under threat from the increasing digitization of information that other museums are seeing at the moment. In fact , it's not even open to the public. 

Maybe I've been guilty of neglecting some of the antiques that I see on a daily basis, writing them off as pre-historic and no longer relevant. Perhaps I'm just getting old and look back more fondly on the past, but of late I've had a real change of heart and have taken alot from being able to understand the path that leads us to the present, in some cases I think it can even help with understanding what's to come. 

I'd like to share some artifacts from the museum with you in a 'Flashback series' 

IBM xSeries 226 (8488)

When? 

In the same year that Pope John Paul passed on (2005) and 4 million mourners fled to the Vatican, IBM announced the IBM Extended Design Architecture initiative. The x226 was one of the first machines to deliver on this promise, providing 'affordable 2 way performance' 

What was really good? 

Not having the ability to install 2 processors may now seem unthinkable, but the x226 was one of the first in its range to offer this. Dual core processors and upto 6 hot-swappable drives were just some of the extensive components available for the x226 which also offered fantastic management functionality through the use of IBM Director. 

What was really bad? 

$2950 was considered alot of cash for a system which was aimed primarily at small businesses that were looking to make their way up the ladder. Having said this, if a business had already endured the pains of growth the x226 would happily cater for more than 20 employees. 

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