IBM 7945D2U User Manual - Page 20

Leadership enterprise server with significantly lower cost of ownership in a highly available and expandable, rack-dense, 2U dual-socket server • Integrated Management Module (IMM): IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power control Text console redirection systems management standard • Active Memory protection: Advanced Chipkill ECC memory protection support Memory mirroring • Integrated ServeRAID controller - enhances system availability and serviceability without using a PCIe slot • A combination of hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs and SSDs, or simple-swap SSDs-for quicker servicing than with fixed drives • Solid-state drives as a high-reliability alternative to internal storage (with up to three times the MTBF of spinning disk drives) • Ultra-efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features and hotswap/redundant fan modules • Standard or optional hot-swap/redundant power supplies (model-specific) • Light path diagnostics (front LED panel, pop-out/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 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 1 Nice to Have 2 Can do without 3 Best  Better Good Requirements Rack-Optimized Servers x3950 X5 x3850 X5 x3755 x3690 X5 x3650 M3 x3550 M3 x3250 M3 Distributed Deployment Security Systems Management High Availability Density I/O and Storage Integer Performance Memory Throughput Floating Point Performance Scalability Theme Key Workloads Cluster / HPC 3 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 HPC 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 Web 2.0 / Web 3D Content Communities Commerce 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 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 Business Applications CRM Hosted Client Point of Sale 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 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 Infrastructure Database Applications Email/Collaboration Security 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 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                              20 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information.