IBM System x rack-optimised servers

The dx360 M4 a dual-socket, half-depth server built on the latest Intel Xeon technology that provides high performance, flexibility and energy efficiency for your data centre.

• Processor Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 Series up to 2.7 GHz (8-core)

• Maximum processors 2 CPUs, 2 GPU adapters (optional) or 4 SxM adapters (optional)

• Maximum memory 16 DDR-3 DIMM slots, up to 256 GB per server*

• Maximum internal storage Up to 6.0 TB per 2U chassis

* Available later in 2012

The IBM System x3250 M3 is a 1U, single-socket rack server built on the latest Intel® Xeon® technology, meeting critical IT demand and optimising performance and manageability while delivering reliability and flexibility for price-sensitive clients.

• Processor Intel® Xeon® 3400 Series (quad-core) up to 3.06 GHz or Intel® Celeron®, Pentium® or Core™ i3 (dual-core) up to 3.2 GHz

• Maximum processors One

• Rack height 1U

• Maximum hard drives Four

The IBM System x3250 M4 is a single-socket rack server that provides next-generation performance in an innovative, compact design with flexible configuration options and built-in security and systems management capabilities

• Processor Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 Series (quad-core) up to 3.5 GHz/8 MB/1333 MHz, Intel Core™ i3 2100 series (dual-core) up to 3.3 GHz/3 MB/1333 MHz, Pentium® (dual-core) up to 3.0 GHz/3 MB/1333 MHz

• Maximum processors One

• Rack height 1U

• Maximum hard drives Four

• Processor Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 series processors up to 8 cores

• Maximum processors 2

• Rack height 1U

• Maximum hard drives Up to eight 2.5" or three 3.5" HDDs

Densely packed with high-performance features, the x3550 M3 delivers more memory and storage for your mission-critical applications

• Processor Six-core Intel® Xeon® 5600

• Maximum processors Two

• Rack height 1U

• Maximum hard drives Eight

• Business use Ideal applications include web serving, e-business, collaboration, distributed database, enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployments and virtualisation

The x3620 M3 is a flexible two-socket server that provides performance, dependability, ease of use and affordable growth

• Processor Six-core or four-core Intel® Xeon® 5600 series. Also supports select Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors

• Maximum processors Two

• Rack height 2U

• Maximum hard drives Eight

• Business use Ideal applications include file sharing, web services, video and photo sharing, database applications, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and email (e.g., IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft® Exchange)

• Processor Up to two 3.06 GHz six core (3.20 GHz four core) Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors with QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) technology, up to 1333 MHz memory access speed

• Maximum processors Up to two

• Rack height 2U

• Maximum hard drives Up to 14 3.5" or 28 2.5" hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)

• Business use Ideal applications include: backup server, Web 2.0, imagery, video/photo sharing, online gaming, communication and collaboration (including blogs and messaging), file and print, mail server, transactional data and web searching

With an efficient design for cost-effective computing, the x3650 M3 delivers up to 288 GB of memory and up to 16 TB of internal storage for your mission-critical applications

• Processor Six-core Intel® Xeon® 5600 series

• Maximum processors 2

• Rack height 2U

• Maximum hard drives 16

• Business use Ideal applications include Web serving, e-business, collaboration, distributed database, enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployments and virtualisation

This powerful server blends outstanding uptime, performance and I/O flexibility delivering cost efficiency and rock-solid reliability.

• Processor Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 series processors with up to 8 cores

• Maximum processors 2

• Rack height 2U

• Maximum hard drives Up to sixteen 2.5" or six 3.5" HDDs or thirty-two 1.8” SSDs

The x3755 M3 is an ideal server for business workloads including database, virtualisation, Java™ and enterprise applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

• Processor Up to 3.0 GHz 8-core or 2.6 GHz 16-core AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors

• Maximum processors Up to four

• Rack height 2U (87 mm)

• Maximum hard drives Up to eight hot-swap serial attached SCSI (SAS)/serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)

• Business use Ideal applications include: Java™ workloads, high performance computing (HPC), midtier databases, virtualisation and mid-sized business applications