An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performanceand data protection for small, medium, and large businessesPlease see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 15 IBM Service and Support Manager• Integrated Management Module (IMM): IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power control Text console redirection systems management standard• Support for highly available hardware-based RAID-1/1E arrays standard, without consumingan adapter slot• Hot-swap SAS, hot-swap SATA, or simple-swap SATA hard disk drives, for quick andsimple installation and replacement of drives• Ultra-efficient cooling• Second hot-swap/redundant power supply (model-dependant or via CTO)• PFA support for memory, voltage regulator module (VRD), hot-swap HDDs, and fans• Optional tower-to-rack conversion kitServer Comparison ChartImportant Nice to Have Can do without1 2 3 Best Better GoodTheme Key WorkloadsScalabilityFloating PointPerformanceMemoryThroughputIntegerPerformanceI/O and StorageDensityHigh AvailabilitySystemsManagementSecurityDistributedDeploymentx3100x3200M3x3400M2x3500M2Cluster / HPC 3 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3Modeling & Simulation 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 3 3High Performance DB 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3Business Intelligence 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3Search 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 2Content 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2Communities 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2Commerce 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2Collaboration 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 2ERP/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 RequirementsInfrastructureApplicationsWeb 2.0 /Web 3DHPCBusinessApplicationsTowers