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IBM BladeCenter HX5

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Scalable high-performance blade server ideal for compute- and memory-intensive workloads such as databases, enterprise applications and virtualisation.
Business use: Ideal applications include database, virtualisation, business intelligence, modeling and simulation and other enterprise applications.

• Processor (max) 2- and 4-socket, four-core, six-core or eight-core Intel® Xeon®
• Internal memory (max) Up to 128 GB per 2-socket HX5; scalable up to 320 GB using MAX5 expansion blade
• Internal storage (Std/Max) Up to 100 GB per 2-socket HX5 using solid-state drives; scalable to 200 GB per 4-socket HX5 (with 50 GB SSDs)

IBM System x3690 X5

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The IBM System x3690 X5 is a two-processor server that offers generous memory capacity, memory bandwidth and storage for optimising your database and virtualisation environments. Extreme price/performance, performance/watt and expanded memory capacity allow you to accomplish more with your IT investment. The x3690 X5 features the latest IBM enterprise X-Architecture technology (eX5) for extreme flexibility and enterprise-class availability and reliability at a lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
Business use: Ideal Applications Include: Enterprise applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) databases and virtualisation

• Processor Intel® Xeon® processor E7 product line up to 2.4 GHz (ten-core)/1066 MHz memory access
• Maximum processors Two processors, 20 cores per system
• Maximum memory 1.0 TB max PC3-10600 Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) or DDR3L; 2.0 TB with one MAX5
• Maximum internal storage 9.6 TB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) per chassis

IBM System x3850 X5

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Get improved performance and enhanced features including MAX5 memory expansion and workload optimised models to maximise memory, minimise costs and simplify deployment.

• Processor Intel® Xeon® Series 7500 up to 2.27 GHz (8-core)/1066 MHz memory access
• Maximum processors 4 processors, 32 cores per node
• Maximum memory 1.0 TB max PC3-10600 DDR III
• Maximum internal storage 4.0 TB SAS/800 GB SSD per chassis

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