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IBM System x3550

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Highlights

  • High-performance design to maximize 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 optimized power management

Optimized 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. Optimized 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 RAID and 2.5" SAS hard disk drives 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" hard disk drives
  • Optimized power management with new integrated tools such as the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ for x86 solution
  • Better application performance with snoop filters
  • Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ helps maintain healthy system by keeping internal components cool
  • Space-saving, 1U chassis
  • Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5160 up to 3.0 GHz with up to 1333 MHz front-side bus speed or up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors X5460 up to 3.16 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 hard disk drives (HDDs) for robust expansion


 
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