IBM x86 systems offer maximum memory for superior database performance
Your business runs on data. You collect more of it every day. You demand more insight from it every day. To get the most out of your data, you need a dynamic and scalable infrastructure that helps you respond quickly to changing business demands. IBM System x® and BladeCenter® systems are designed for performance and reliability while offering ease of deployment, management and extraordinary flexibility and efficiency.
Increase performance & accelerate deployment with new database optimized systems.
IBM System x and BladeCenter workload optimized systems for database are preconfigured, pretested configurations, optimized to deliver increased performance for your most demanding transactional database workloads. Containing the right balance of processing power, memory and I/O, and pretested with industry-leading database software, these server configurations can help reduce your expenses with no trade-offs to business productivity. And unlike the competition, IBM provides you with the opportunity to order a pre-integrated system that’s easy-to-deploy - containing all of the necessary components - to get your business-critical workloads up and running within minutes.
x3950 X5 Workload Optimized System for Database
7143-D1x
- Four Intel® Xeon® E7-4850 10-core 2.0 GHz processors
- eXFlash module with 16 x 200 GB SSDs
- Two 320 GB High IOPS SSD PCIe adapters
- 128 GB (32 x 4 GB) of Low Power ECC RDIMM memory
- Flexible “pay-as-you-grow” design
7143-D2x
- Four Intel Xeon E7-4860 10-core 2.26 GHz processors
- eXFlash module with 16 x 200 GB SSDs
- 128 GB (32 x 4 GB) of Low Power ECC RDIMM memory
- Flexible “pay-as-you-grow” design
x3690 X5 Workload Optimized System for Database
7147-D1x
- Two Intel Xeon E7-2860 10-core 2.26 GHz processors
- eXFlash module with 16 x 200 GB SSDs
- 64 GB (16 x 4 GB) of Low Power ECC RDIMM memory
- Flexible “pay-as-you-grow” design
7147-D2x
- Two Intel Xeon E7-2860 10-core 2.26 GHz processors
- eXFlash module with 16 x 200 GB SSDs
- One 320 GB High IOPS SSD PCIe adapter
- 64 GB (16 x 4 GB) of Low Power ECC RDIMM memory
- Flexible “pay-as-you-grow” design
HX5 Workload Optimized System for Database
7873-G4x
- Two Intel Xeon E7-4830 8-core 2.13GHz processors
- One IBM BladeCenter PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade
- Two 320GB High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters
- 64GB (8 x 8GB) of VLP Registered ECC DDR3 memory
- One Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced for IBM BladeCenter
- Flexible “pay-as-you-grow” design
7873-G2x
- Two Intel Xeon E7-4830 8-core 2.13GHz processors
- One IBM BladeCenter PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade
- Two 320GB High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters
- 64GB (8 x 8GB) of VLP Registered ECC DDR3 memory
- One Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced for IBM BladeCenter
- Flexible “pay-as-you-grow” design
Contact IBM

- Email IBM
- Find a Business Partner
- Call us at: 1-866-883-8901
Priority code: 101J513W
IBM achieves world record on-line transaction processing performance
System x3850 X5 takes back the #1 position with 18% faster performance than the competitor
Read the benchmark summary (13.72KB)
IBM DB2 pureScale running on IBM System x servers
Transform IT for insight and efficiency
- All our new tower servers offer outstanding flexibility and performance at a price you can afford.
- Take the complexity out of complex solutions with IBM Intelligent Cluster
- Learn about IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure
- Consolidate and scale your landscape with IBM Systems solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator
- Discover IBM SmartCloud Entry on IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud
- Converge your data center with the new IBM BladeCenter HS23 and HS23E
- Maximize performance and throughput with the latest IBM x86 rack and tower servers
- Break the constraints of the data center with iDataPlex dx360 M4
SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure
Roland Hagan, VP System x Servers, describes IBM's SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure
FastSetup for BladeCenter
Discover simplified, responsive set up and deployment for blade servers
IBM SmartCloud Entry on System x servers
Affordable, robust private cloud solutions ideal for departmental, retail and branch offices.
IBM Intelligent Cluster
Take the complexity out of complex solutions
IBM iDataPlex dx360 M4
A half-depth, two-socket server solution ideal for clients needing a dense, flexible design with low total cost of ownership
BladeCenter HS23E
All-purpose, flexible blade server designed for energy efficiency and performance.
System x3750 M4
Exceptional flexibility and performance in a dense 2U, 4-socket design.
System x3630 M4
Affordable dual-use, dual-socket rack server.
System x3530 M4
Cost-optimized, highly dense 1U, two-socket rack server for general business.
IBM System x3300 M4
This flexible, future-proof server let’s you optimize for cost while allowing for growth
