IBM - New AMD quad core System x servers - Delivering performance and flexibility at affordable prices

Everyone wants to do more for less these days. And your IT systems are no exception. As your business grows, the demands on your servers grow. You need to be able to meet those demands but you can't ignore cost. You need affordable entry pricing with headroom to accommodate future needs. IBM is introducing systems designed to address these challenges. Systems that offer great performance, excellent entry price points and flexible upgrade capabilities to help your business meet all of the demands you're facing.

Quad core, four socket AMD Opteron performance - extraordinary entry pricing.
With the new IBM System x3755 , you can get a dual socket system to support your collaboration, web serving or entry database tasks today with room to grow up to four sockets as your demands grow. And with the unique IBM processor pass through card, you can grow in single processor increments. This feature can help you save significantly on certain software licensing costs while still offering the performance you need to keep your business running efficiently.

Quad-core AMD Opteron capability for clusters and business performance computing.
For demanding scientific, technical and financial applications, the improved IBM System x3455 now supports the latest AMD Opteron quad-core processors. The x3455 offers outstanding memory performance with power-efficient DDR II memory and AMD DirectConnect architecture. And high-performance, highly reliable 3.5" SAS hard disk drives deliver blazing access to data.

The IBM System x3655 , now with quad-core AMD Opteron processors, provides you the confidence to deploy business applications that can help you get to market faster, build better products and better understand your customers. These applications require memory-intensive performance, and the x3655 delivers. With features such as 16 available DIMMs with up to 64 GB of DDR II memory and robust I/O, you can configure to meet your needs.

If your business needs to scale to the other extreme - with applications demanding maximum computing power capable in an x86 -based system - IBM offers the updated IBM System x3950 M2 . The x3950 M2 supports four sockets for up to 16 cores per chassis. With the use of four chassis scalability cables giving you the ability to connect up to four x3950 M2 systems, you can scale to 64 cores - the ultimate solution in scaling on x86.