IBM eX5 enterprise systems

IBM eX5 enterprise systems, featuring the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 family, provide breakthrough innovation for smarter computing.

• Integrated
  • Optimised systems for database deliver increased performance for your most demanding transactional database workloads.
  • Optimised systems for virtualisation deliver more memory for more partitions and larger workloads.
  • Optimised systems for SAP In-Memory Appliance, SAP HANA™ enables users to model and analyse their company's SAP transactional and operational data from virtually any data source in near-real time.
  • Solutions with IBM DB2 pureScale enable customers to scale mission-critical, performance-sensitive databases simply, incrementally, and without limit using affordable, industry-standard servers.
  • IBM Smart Analytics System solutions provide cost effective options for customers looking to deploy analytics and business intelligence capabilities quickly on a powerful warehousing foundation.
• Efficient
  • More memory for rack and blade servers with MAX5 memory expansion option
  • More virtual machine partitions with larger capacity and improved server utilisation
  • Bigger databases and faster database performance
  • eXFlash solid state storage designed to improve performance and reduce database storage and energy costs
  • Scale from 1 to 2 nodes with HX5 (2- to 4-sockets) and x3850 (4- to 8- sockets)
• Intelligent
  • Reduce qualification time with a single architecture across blade servers and 2-way & 4-way rack servers
  • Gain the ability to expand memory, processors, and I/O independently
  • Use IBM Systems Director and its plug-ins to simplify provisioning and updating
  • o Reduce overall costs on software licensing with higher performance per socket,certification/testing costs with simplified deployment or energy costs with IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

And all of the benefits in the eX5 portfolio of systems are easy to acquire, own and manage and include OnForever™ reliability for maximum availability.

MAX5 – Unprecedented memory expansion with the external MAX5 memory option, decoupling server memory from system processors to allow you to optimise your server performance
eXFlash – Get dramatically faster I/O, with greater storage density and improved reliability
FlexNode – Gain the ability to re-deploy your server on a project-by-project basis for superior asset utilisation and workload management
Scalability – Updating IBM's innovative 'pay-as-you-grow' capability by enabling all eX5 servers to scale
Workload optimised systems – Delivering specific workload-tuned models to minimise your time to value by leveraging IBM's unique expertise

• System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5
• System x3690 X5
• BladeCenter HX5