Server comparison table – IBM X3400 User Manual
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Server Comparison Table
The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM System x tower servers, including comparisons of the uses for
which each server is best suited:
Theme
Key Workloads
Sc
al
ab
ility
Floa
ting
Poin
t
P
e
rf
orma
n
c
e
Me
m
o
ry
T
h
rough
put
Int
eger
P
e
rf
orma
n
c
e
I/O
an
d Sto
rage
De
ns
it
y
H
ig
h
Availa
bili
ty
Sy
stem
s
M
ana
gem
ent
S
e
c
urit
y
D
is
tri
b
u
ted
D
e
p
loy
m
e
nt
x3100
x3200
M2
x3400
x3500
Cluster / HPC
3
1
1
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
Modeling & Simulation
2
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
3
3
High Performance DB
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
Business Intelligence
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
Search
3
1
1
1
2
1
3
3
1
2
Content
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
Communities
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
Commerce
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
Collaboration
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
2
2
ERP/SCM
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
CRM
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
Best
Hosted Client
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Point of Sale
3
3
3
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
Branch Office
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
Better
Virtualization
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
Business Continuity
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
Database
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
Good
Email/Collaboration
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Security
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
Web Serving
3
2
2
2
3
1
2
1
3
3
File & Print
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
1
3
3
Requirements
Infrastructure
Applications
Web 2.0 /
Web 3D
HPC
Business
Applications
Towers
1
2
3
Important
Nice to Have
Can do without
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