IBM System x high performance servers

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

Business use: Ideal Applications Include: Enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) or customer relationship management (CRM), small to medium databases and virtualisation to support server consolidation.

• ProcessorIntel® Xeon® processor E7 product line up to 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) (10-core)/1066 megahertz (MHz) memory access

• Maximum processorsFour processors, 40 cores per system

• Maximum memory2.0 terabyte (TB) max PC3-10600 double data rate (DDR)3L, up to 3.0 TB with MAX5

• Maximum internal storage4.8 TB hard disk drive (HDD)/3.2 TB solid state drive (SSD) per system

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

• ProcessorIntel® Xeon® processor E7 product line up to 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) (10-core)/1066 megahertz (MHz) memory access
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• Maximum processorsTwo processors, 20 cores per system
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• Maximum memory1.0 terabyte (TB) max PC3-10600 double data rate (DDR)3 or DDR3L; 2.0 TB with one MAX5
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• Maximum internal storage9.6 TB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) per chassis
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Scalable, high-performance blade server with unprecedented compute and memory performance and flexibility ideal for database and virtualised applications

• Processor (Max)Intel® Xeon® 7500 and 6500 series processors; four/six/eight cores; up to 2.66 GHz
  
  Up to two processors per singlewide HX5; scalable to four processors and beyond

• Internal Memory (max)16 Double Data Rate-3 (DDR-3) Very Low Profile (VLP) Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) slots, capacity up to 128 GB per singlewide HX5 (scalable up to 640 GB max, at speeds up to 1067 MHz, via 80 DIMM slots, using two MAX5 expansion blades)

• Storage (max)Up to two solid-state drives (SSDs) per singlewide HX5