IBM System x Intel Processor-based Rack Servers

Here’s a handy overview of the latest range of IBM System x Intel servers, including the types of applications each model is ideally suited to.

IBM System x3250

The IBM System x3250 is an efficient, dense, 1U, single-socket, rack-optimised server for Web and infrastructure solutions.

Ideal applications: Web serving, network infrastructure and load balancing.
Processor: Choice of Intel® Xeon®, Intel Pentium® Dual Core or Intel Celeron®
Maximum processors: 1
Rack height: 1U
Maximum hard drives: 4 (model dependent)

IBM System x3455

The IBM System x3455 provides outstanding performance in a 1U package for compute-intensive environments at an affordable price.

Ideal Applications: Petrochemical, life sciences, financial services, aerospace and automotive, government research, university research, weather and earth simulation, and media/entertainment.
Processor: AMD Dual-Core Opteron Processor
Maximum processors: 2 (dual-core)
Rack height: 1U
Maximum hard drives: 2

IBM System x3550

The x3550 delivers application density for power-managed data centers.

Ideal applications: e-business, collaboration, File and Print, distributed database management and virtualisation
Processor: Dual-Core or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon®
Maximum processors: 2
Rack height: 1U
Maximum hard drives: 4

IBM System x3650

The x3650 is a stable business-critical application server that minimises deployment and support costs.

Ideal applications: Collaboration, e-business, virtualisation / consolidation and cluster computing.
Processor: Dual-Core or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon®
Maximum processors: 2
Rack height: 2U
Maximum hard drives: 8 +internal tape

IBM System x3650 T

The x3650 T is NEBS-3-/ETSI-compliant and delivers high performance and rich carrier-grade functionality for telecommunications central offices and other rugged environments.

Ideal applications: VoIP, Telecom Network Infrastructure, Gateways
Processor: Intel® Xeon^TM
Maximum processors: 2
Rack height: 2U
Maximum hard drives: 2

IBM System x3655

The IBM System x3655 is a reliable server that offers compelling performance for enterprise applications while minimising deployment time and costs.

Ideal applications: Virtualisation, dynamic Web serving, database, IPTV
Processor: AMD Dual-Core Opteron
Maximum processors: 4 (dual-core)
Rack height: 2U
Maximum hard drives: Eight 2.5″ Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or six 3.5″ SAS/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)

IBM System x3755

The x3755 provides maximum memory availability in a 4U package for applications used in High Performance Computing (HPC).

Ideal applications: scientific and technical computing, financial analysis, weather simulation and life sciences.
Processor: AMD Dual-Core Opteron Processor
Maximum processors: 4 (dual-core)
Rack height: 4U
Maximum hard drives: 4 (3.5″ hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

IBM System x3850

The x3850 delivers outstanding performance, extremely low latency and high availability and manageability along with advanced, integrated technologies that help protect your IT investment.

Ideal applications: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), database serving or custom-developed, Java^TM technology-based applications.
Processor: Intel® Xeon® Processor MP up to 3.66 GHz (single-core) and up to 3.50 GHz (dual-core)
Maximum processors: 4
Maximum memory: 64GB PC2-3200 Double Data Rate (DDR) II SDRAM
Maximum internal storage: 440.4GB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)