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™ 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 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 hard disk drives (HDDs) for robust expansion
