Differentiators
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* 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, please 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

* Support Multiple Virtulization 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