High-performance design to maximise your IT investment
Manage growth and risk for improved business availability with IBM X-Architecture features
Go green and save with new design and tools for optimised power management.
Optimised for speed
Designed for applications ranging from Web serving to workload consolidation and virtualization, the IBM System x3550 offers high-speed, dual-core and quad-core processors with blazing front-side bus speed. Optimised for exceptional application computing, the x3550 features a highly functional infrastructure that addresses more memory, lowers power consumption and provides dramatic systems performance increases.
Innovation comes standard
Standard integrated data protection with hardware redundant array of independent disks (RAID) and 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives (HDDs) keeps your data safe and readily available. Super-efficient network communication and hot-swap redundant power help keep your business humming at lower support costs.
Product features
Hardware summary
Reduced power usage with power-efficient, low-voltage processors and low-power 2.5" HDDs
Optimised power management with new integrated tools such as the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager solution
Better application performance with snoop filters
Calibrated Vectored Cooling (CVC) helps maintain healthy system by keeping internal components cool
Space-saving, 1U chassis
Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors X5270 up to 3.5 GHz with up to 1333 MHz front-side bus speed or up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors X5470 up to 3.33 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus
Up to 32 GB of high-performance, new-generation memory 667 MHz, two PCI-Express slots and up to four HDDs for robust expansion
