IBM x86 enterprise servers

Get improved performance and enhanced features including MAX5 memory expansion and workload optimized models to maximize scalability, minimize costs and simplify deployment.

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

• Maximum processors4 processors, 40 cores per system

• Maximum memory2.0 TB max PC3-10600 DDR3L, up to 3.0 TB with MAX5

• Maximum internal storage4.8 TB HDD/3.2 TB SSD per system

The IBM System x3690 X5 is a two-processor server that offers generous memory capacity, memory bandwidth and storage for optimizing your database and virtualization 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.

Business use: Ideal Applications Include: Enterprise applications such as ERP or CRM databases and virtualization

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

• Maximum processors2 processors, 20 cores per system

• Maximum memory1.0 TB max PC3-10600 DDR3 or DDR3L; 2.0 TB with one MAX5

• Maximum internal storage9.6 TB SAS per chassis

Scalable high-performance blade server ideal for compute- and memory-intensive workloads such as databases, enterprise applications and virtualization.

Business use: Ideal applications include database, virtualization, business intelligence, modeling and simulation and other enterprise applications.

• Processor 2- and 4-socket, six-core, eight-core or ten-core Intel® Xeon®

• Internal memory (max)Up to 256 GB per 2-socket HX5; scalable up to 640 GB using MAX5 expansion blade

• Internal storage (Std/Max)Up to 100 GB per 2-socket HX5 using solid-state drives; scalable to 200 GB per 4-socket HX5 (with 50 GB SSDs)