Differentiators

  • xCAT Scales

    Beyond all IT budgets, up to 100,000s of nodes with distributed architecture.

  • Open Source

    Eclipse Public License. Support contracts are also available, contact IBM.

  • Supports Multiple Operating Systems

    RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Scientific Linux, Oracle Linux, Windows, Esxi, RHEV, and more!

  • Support Multiple Hardware

    IBM Power, IBM Power LE, x86_64, aarch64 (alpha support)

  • Support Multiple Virtualization Infrastructures

    IBM PowerKVM, KVM, IBM zVM, ESXI, XEN

  • Support Multiple Installation Options

    Diskful (Install to Hard Disk), Diskless (Runs in memory), Cloning

  • Built in Automatic discovery

    No need to power on one machine at a time for discovery. Nodes that fail can be replaced and back in action simply by powering the new one on.

  • RestFUL API

    Provides a Rest API interface for the third-party software to integrate with