IBM System x

The IBM System x is the current x86 -based line of servers from IBM. During the year 2006, all IBM server lines have been renamed. xSeries products now operate under the brand x system. The xSeries has replaced the old Netfinity Server Series IBM in early 2000.

Under the label of the IBM System x only sells servers based on Intel CPUs and now also from AMD. Its portfolio ranges from simple one CPU server that occupies only one rack unit in the rack until the 32-way system.

IBM System x models

Rack

  • X3250 M4
  • X3550 M4 ( new generation since 2012 )
  • X3620 M3
  • X3630 M3
  • X3650 M4 ( new generation since 2012 )
  • X3755 M3
  • X3690 X5
  • X3850 X5
  • X3950 X5
  • IDataPlex dx360 M3

Universal Tower

  • X3200 M3
  • X3400 M3
  • X3500 M3

Earlier models

  • IBM System x3105
  • IBM System x3200, x3200 M2, x3250, x3250 M2
  • IBM System x3850, x3850 M2
  • IBM System x3950, x3950 M2

Numbering scheme

  • Second place: the name of efficiency ( low to high)
  • Third digit: "0" for tower models, "5" for rack models
  • Fourth digit: "0" for Intel processors, "5" for AMD Opteron processors
  • M = model generation, that is, M3 = Model Generation 3

Other IBM Systems

  • System i
  • System p
  • System z
  • IBM
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