System x iDataPlex dx360 M3: Overview
Highlights
- Award-winning design optimizing efficiencies in energy, cooling and density for data centers
- Operational costs drastically reduced based on innovative shallow depth server form factor
- High performance computing embracing broad, flexible portfolio of offerings with simplified system management and tools.
Designed for data centers that require high performance, yet are constrained on floor space, power and cooling infrastructure, the IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M3 provides an innovative, half-depth solution optimized for maximum density and incredible efficiency. Featuring the latest Intel Xeon Processor 5600 series with 16 DDR-3 DIMM sockets and two PCIe x16 Gen 2 slots, the dx360 M3 is easy to manage and delivers outstanding performance in a flexible platform that can be tailored to your data centers processing, storage or I/O needs.
For high performance computing, the dx360 M3 allows you to pack accelerated processing into the same power and cooling envelope as traditional servers, better utilizing floor space and optimizing the data center. The flexible design of the dx360 M3 integrates the right compute, storage or I/O capabilities required in your data center while optimizing density.
The innovative, shallow-depth form factor of the dx360 M3 reduces the airflow required across the components, lowering the power needed for cooling. High-efficiency power supplies, larger, better-optimized fans in the 2U chassis, and power management capabilities provide further efficiencies to minimize the dx360 M3s power requirements.
The dx360 M3 is simple to manage on a server level or at a rack level as part of an iDataPlex rack. IBM ToolsCenter provides common management across all System x servers, making the dx360 M3 easy to incorporate into your data center.
Common features
- Outstanding performance in a unique half-depth form factor for power and cooling efficiency and maximum footprint density
- Flexible design for optimal compute, storage and I/O configurations required in your data center
- Simplified systems management common management tools with other IBM System x platforms
Hardware summary
- Two Intel Xeon Processor 5600 series (four or six core) per server (up to 168 per iDataPlex rack)
- Up to 256 GB of DDR-3 1333 MHz memory per server
- 2 PCIe 16x Gen 2 I/O slot with support for full-height, full-length card per server, 2 x8 PCIe capabilities
- Up to 10.0 TB HDD storage per server with 2U Flex chassis and up to 24.0 TB HDD storage per 3U storage chassis
- Up to two servers per 2U 19" chassis mountable in a standard enterprise rack or iDataPlex rack
