The System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 are designed to help your business address demands from key workloads.

• Larger, faster databases

  Support larger, faster databases than today’s systems can handle. Your databases need more memory, processing power, and room to grow. MAX5 memory expansion and eXFlash SSD technology increase your system’s memory capacity and storage performance, delivering larger, faster databases and reducing the need for additional systems or external storage.

• Consolidation

  Consolidating and virtualizing workloads from multiple servers onto a System x3850 X5 or x3950 X5 with MAX5 can help lower costs. Consolidation of many-to-one conserves rack space while enabling higher utilization, better ROI, lower administration costs and reduced energy consumption.

• Enterprise workloads

  With x3850 X5 and x3950 X5, you can run your enterprise workloads more efficiently and protect your IT investment. Move enterprise workloads off proprietary platforms like Sun SPARC and HP with Itanium to a more cost efficient, industry-standard platform. Take advantage of the enterprise-class robustness and reliability of the IBM eX5 platform. Leverage the memory and performance scaling capabilities of the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers to flexibly manage workloads.

The new System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 offer improved performance and enhanced features including MAX5 memory expansion and workload optimized models to improve integration and efficiency. Compared to previous generation servers, the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 offer:

• Highly scalable memory capacity – up to 64 DIMMs standard and 96 DIMMs with the MAX5 memory expansion per 4-socket server
• Scalable performance capacity – up to 4 processors in a single node system, up to 8 processors in a dual node system
• eXA scaling with FlexNode in a dual node plus MAX5 system, dynamically operating as two independent systems or as a single system
• Intel® Xeon® processor E7 family – exceptional scalable performance with advanced reliability for your most demanding applications
• Flexible hot-swap storage with up to 8 HDDs or up to 16 SSDs with eXFlash technology
• Integrated dual port Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter in most models

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