AIX is an enterprise-class UNIX operating system (OS) for the POWER processor architecture found in IBM Power Systems. Today’s global business must rely on an infrastructure that is secure, highly available and able to adapt quickly to changing business needs. AIX delivers these capabilities and more, with the performance, reliability and security that your mission-critical data demands.
Leadership security
AIX maintains a strong, long-standing security focus and reputation.(1) Security features include Trusted AIX to easily harden the security settings of the system and Trusted Execution to control the integrity of the system.
Unmatched uptime
AIX 7.2 boasts best-in-class reliability, and is well recognized as having the lowest unplanned downtime year after year.(2) And IBM servers are consistently considered the "most reliable" by industry analysts.(3, 4) This powerful UNIX OS continues to provide game-changing features such as AIX Live Update that allow you to apply new OS levels without a system restart.
Investment protection
With a 30-year history of innovation, AIX continues to deliver on its robust roadmap with every release. The long-standing AIX focus on binary compatibility allows applications to run unchanged and without recompilation on the newest releases—guaranteed.
- “IBM z/OS, IBM AIX, Debian and Ubuntu Score Highest Security Ratings” (link resides outside of ibm.com), June 2014, ITIC.
- “ITIC report of corporate enterprise unplanned downtime 2008 – 2013” (link resides outside of ibm.com), January 2013.
- “ITIC 2016 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Report” (PDF, 827 KB), February 2016.
- “Power Systems Servers Top ITIC Reliability Survey” (link resides outside of ibm.com), IBM Systems Magazine, January 2015.
Run modern workloads with AIX
IBM AIX easily handles the varied demands needed to run your enterprise mission-critical data, including the most modern workloads that require a high-performance stack and a highly secure infrastructure. Adaptable for cloud environments, AIX allows perpetual or monthly licensing, as well as easy and quick instantiation of a private cloud along with open source tools to connect your data to a hybrid cloud.
What’s new in AIX 7.2
Support for POWER9-based systems:
• New AIX levels supporting any I/O configuration available at P9 hardware GA
• Updates to existing AIX levels supporting any I/O configuration available post P9 hardware GA
• Existing AIX levels supported in LPM capable partitions
Global brands trust AIX
The majority of Fortune 500 companies today run their most demanding mission-critical workloads on AIX. Enterprise organizations industry-wide, including banking, retail, telecom and insurance, choose AIX based on application performance, reliability and security.
"We believe that the IBM Power Systems platform, running AIX, offers the best performance for Oracle databases. Upgrading to IBM POWER8 processor technology has been a huge step up. We’ve practically doubled per-core performance and can now draw on up to 4.5 TB of memory. These enhancements mean we can process and deliver data to the business faster than ever before."
—Dale McGowan, Enterprise Architect, Celero
"Our processes are tightly integrated, and manufacturing systems around the globe need seamless access to our business data. IBM Power Systems, IBM AIX and IBM DB2 are highly reliable, helping us achieve the extremely high availability we need for our business-critical SAP ERP application."
—Hermann Burtscher, SAP Basis Manager, Hirschmann Automotive
"With IBM AIX® on POWER8® technology, we have been able to partition the platform into a number of LPARs [logical partitions]. We can dynamically adjust the LPARs according to the needs of the business, adding processor and memory resources to help us cope with peaks in demand. And in the event that demand really rockets, we can activate dormant resources within the systems through Capacity on Demand, allowing us to scale up rapidly while keeping costs under tight control."
—Alwyn Jones, IT Business Systems Integration Manager, Isle of Anglesey County Council
Jumpstart your education with IBM Systems Technical University AIX courses
Advanced Tools for AIX Performance Analysis
Advanced | 40 hours
Develop the skills to use kernel traces, trace based utilities, and svmon to measure and analyze CPU, memory, and I/O performance issues on IBM systems running AIX.
Power Systems for AIX II AIX Implementation and Administration
Intermediate | 40 hours
Learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser Power Systems partitioned environment.
AIX Basics
Basic | 32 hours
Learn to perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating system.
Announcement letters
AIX 7.2 TL2
Provides enhancements to availability, performance, and cloud automation.
Cloud-friendly pricing for AIX
AIX 7.1 and 7.2 Standard Editions now offer monthly pricing options for hosting providers and enterprise clients.
AIX announcement 2016
IBM AIX 7.2 offers new enhancements for reduced downtime, acceleration, and efficient storage utilization.
TSS AIX 6.1 Service Extension
Support options available from TSS for up to three years following end of service on this release.
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