Achieve excellent price/performance with industry-leading, two-socket server.
Stable platform life optimises IT investment.
Manage and protect mission-critical applications with scalable memory, input/output (I/O) and storage.
Optimised for business advantage
The IBM System x3500 delivers unprecedented performance and reliability for demanding distributed environments that rely on around-the-clock availability of mission-critical applications. With up to eight-core processor performance at lower power consumption per core, the x3500 offers leading-edge capacity and high-speed I/O scalability. A long-life platform with 24-month availability, the x3500 minimises deployment and support concerns.
Product features
Hardware summary
Stable-life platform with 24-month availability
Eight-core computing power at lower power per core
Integrated Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)-5 standard offers versatility without taking up a PCI slot
Tested and certified for virtualised environments
Troubleshoot more easily with light path diagnostics to help reduce service time and costs
Tower with 5U rack capability via optional rackmount kit
Up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors X5460 up to 3.16 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus
Up to 48 GB new-generation, high-performance memory 667 MHz via 12 DIMM slots
6 I/O slots including PCI-X, Active PCI and high-performance PCI-Express
Up to 8 hot-swappable Series Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) or up to 12 hot-swappable SFF SAS HDDs to support large capacity storage
