Server comparison chart – IBM X3620 M3 User Manual

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Active Memory protection:

Advanced

Chipkill ECC memory protection support

Memory mirroring

• Integrated ServeRAID controller —

enhances system availability and serviceability

• A choice of hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or simple-swap SATA HDDs for quicker servicing

than with fixed drives

Ultra-efficient cooling

• Optional hot-swap/redundant power supplies

Front-panel status LEDs

Toolless chassis and toolless slide design

Server Comparison Chart

The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM System x rack-optimized servers, including comparisons of the
uses for which each server is best suited:

Important

Nice to Have

Can do without

1

2

3

Best

Better

Good

Theme

Key Workloads

S

c

a

la

b

ilit

y

F

lo

a

tin

g

P

o

in

t

P

e

rfo

rm

a

n

c

e

M

e

m

o

ry

T

h

ro

u

g

h

p

u

t

In

te

g

e

r

P

e

rfo

rm

a

n

c

e

I/O

a

n

d

S

to

ra

g

e

D

e

n

s

ity

H

ig

h

A

v

a

ila

b

ilit

y

S

y

s

te

m

s

M

a

n

a

g

e

m

e

n

t

S

e

c

u

rit

y

D

is

tri

b

u

te

d

D

e

p

lo

y

m

e

n

t

x

3

2

5

0

M

3

x

3

5

5

0

M

3

x

3

6

2

0

M

3

x

3

6

5

0

M

3

x

3

6

9

0

X

5

x

3

7

5

5

x

3

8

5

0

X

5

x

3

9

5

0

X

5

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

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

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

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

Rack-Optimized Servers

Requirements

Infrastructure

Applications

Web 2.0 /

Web 3D

HPC

Business

Applications

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