IBM x86 enterprise servers

High-performance, scalable rack and blade servers

IBM x86 enterprise servers represent the best of IBM X-Architecture® technology, leveraging decades of mainframe server design to deliver an open and affordable, industry-standard server platform that can help tackle your most demanding workloads.

IBM eX5 systems

IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5

2- to 4- to 8-socket scalable rack server offers superior performance, flexibility and reliability for large-scale databases, enterprise applications and virtualization.

Form factor	4U rack server (5U with MAX5)
Processor family	Intel Xeon E7 product line
Number of processors	Up to 4 processors / 40 cores per 4-socket server
Memory capacity	Up to 2.0 TB / 64 DIMMs per 4-socket server or up to 3.0 TB / 96 DIMMs per 4-socket server with MAX5
Internal storage	Up to 8.0 TB per 4-socket server

IBM System x3690 X5

2-socket enterprise rack server offers generous memory capacity and bandwidth and extraordinary storage capacity for optimizing database and virtualization environments.

Form factor	2U rack server (3U with MAX5)
Processor family	Intel Xeon E7 product line
Number of processors	Up to 2 processors / 20 cores
Memory capacity	Up to 1.0 TB / 32 DIMMs or up to 2.0 TB / 64 DIMMs with MAX5
Internal storage	Up 16 TB

IBM BladeCenter HX5

2- to 4-socket scalable blade server provides superior performance for compute- and memory-intensive workloads including, database, enterprise applications and virtualization.

Form factor	Blade server
Processor family	Intel Xeon E7 product line
Number of processors	Up to 4 processors / 40 cores
Memory capacity	Up to 512 GB / 16 DIMMs per 2-socket server or up to 1.0 TB / 32 DIMMs per 4-socket server or up to 1.25 TB / 40 DIMMs per 4-socket server with MAX5
Internal storage	Up 800 GB of solid-state storage per 2-socket server or up to 1.6 TB per 4-socket server