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IBM System X3550

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IBM System X3550
Friday March 30, 2007
Written by Dave Mitchell
Tags: IBM | System | X3550 | dul-core | xeon | rack | server
AUD
$8710
Price at time of review.
The first of the new breed of IBM rack servers, delivering superb design and a wealth of new features.
A List Recommended
1U rack chassis • 2 x 3.73GHz dual-core 5080 Xeon DP with 2MB Level 2 cache per core • 3GB PC2-5400 FB-DIMMs expandable to 32GB • Intel 5000X chipset • 2 x 2.5in 36.4GB IBM SAS hard disks in hot-swap carriers • IBM ServeRAID-8k SAS RAID controller with 32MB cache memory, supports RAID0, 1, 10, JBODs and hot-swap • dual Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet with TOE • 2 x PCI Express 8x slots • 670W hot-swap power supply • embedded IPMI 2 BMC • IBM ServerGuide, Director 5.1 and ServeRAID Manager software bundled

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