Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximummemory and compute capacity in a bladePlease see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 20.Server Comparison ChartThe following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM BladeCenter blade servers, including comparisons of the uses for whicheach server is best suited:Important Nice to Have Can do without1 2 3 Best Better GoodTheme Key WorkloadsScalabilityFloating PointPerformanceMemoryThroughputIntegerPerformanceI/O and StorageDensityHigh AvailabilitySystemsManagementSecurityDistributedDeploymentHS12HS22HS22VHX5LS22LS42JS12PS700PS701PS702Cluster / 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 1Branch 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 BladeCenter ServersRequirementsInfrastructureApplicationsWeb 2.0 /Web 3DHPCBusinessApplications