Server comparison chart – IBM 250000 User Manual
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Leadership enterprise server with significantly lower cost of ownership in a highly available and
expandable, rack-dense, 1U dual-socket server
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Advanced
Chipkill ECC memory protection, and either
Memory mirroring
• Slotless
hardware-based
ServeRAID BR10idisk mirroring; RAID -1, 5, 6, 10, 50 uses PCIe
slot
• Hot-swap SAS /SATA/SSD hard disk drives or simple-swap SSD drives
• Ultra-efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features and hot-
swap/redundant fans
• Optional hot-swap/redundant power supplies
• Light path diagnostics (front LED panel, drop-down light path panel)
• Optional Virtual Media Key daughter card (no slot required)
Supports
LDAP and SSL industry standards
• Toolless chassis and toolless slide design; integrated Cable Management Arm
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M2
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Cluster / HPC
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2
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3
3
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Modeling & Simulation
2
1
1
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1
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2
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High Performance DB
2
2
1
1
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3
2
2
3
3
Business Intelligence
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
Search
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2
1
3
3
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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
1
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3
Important
Nice to Have
Can do without
Rack-Optimized Servers
Requirements
Infrastructure
Applications
Web 2.0 /
Web 3D
HPC
Business
Applications