Secure, scalable and robust open standards-based UNIX operating system
Enterprises need infrastructure that is secure, highly available and adaptable to meet changing business demands. AIX delivers these capabilities and more, with the performance, reliability and security your mission-critical data requires.
AIX maintains a strong, long-standing security focus and reputation. Security features include Trusted AIX to easily harden the security settings of the system and Trusted Execution to control the integrity of the system.
IBM Power Systems running AIX 7.2 have the lowest percentage of unplanned annual server downtime and best-in-class reliability.* This powerful UNIX OS continues to provide game-changing features such as AIX Live Update, which allows you to apply new OS levels without a system restart.
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.
Implement a secure, stable virtualization environment for AIX on Power Systems.
Extends the base operating system capabilities and is included with every new order when media is selected.
Offers additional application and tools available for download.
Download open source and GNU software built for AIX. All the tools are packaged using the easy-to-install RPM format, and are simple to keep up-to-date with the yum package manager.
Take advantage of a 60-day no-cost trial for any of these advanced compilers for AIX and Power Systems.
Find more than 160 validated solutions to help you make the most of your investment in Power Systems.
Learn how Coop Group deployed SAP HANA™ alongside AIX applications on IBM Power Systems to learn from near real-time insights into orders and inventory.
Innovation for enterprise UNIX
Proven and stable
AIX is built to run on IBM Power Systems to fully exploit the new technologies introduced with each generation. Use our comparison charts and mapping information to explore the features and hardware supported by each version of AIX.
“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
Browse the extensive library of AIX product documentation, release notes and videos.
Explore technical documents like performance optimization, version differences and more - authored by IBM i experts to help you address your technical needs.
Find blogs, announcements and resources for AIX developers.
AIX 7.2 offers server side caching of storage data which can be enabled dynamically. Learn more about the implementation and configuration of this feature.
Now available with a new monthly pricing option to provide more flexibility for cloud-based use cases.
New enhancement for AIX 7 clients to protect, monitor, and efficiently manage updates to their infrastructure.
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