Highlights
Meet capacity demand with a powerful, affordable server that is ready to grow
Scale up quickly and easily with “pay as you grow” flexibility, including Feature on Demand upgrades
Save money with low-voltage processors, high-efficiency power supplies and remote management
Powerful, flexible and reliable, the new IBM System x3300 M4 is the value-priced performance tower for your emerging business.
Meet demand today, prepare for tomorrow
The x3300 M4 is a scalable, easy-to-use solution for customers in need of a powerful, affordable business server that can fit under their desk. The x3300 M4 embraces the “pay as you grow” philosophy to maintain an affordable entry price while allowing you to scale and configure the server to meet your needs. This dual-socket system comes standard with a single Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processor and room to add a second as needed. The Feature on Demand option makes it easy to unlock an expanded set of capabilities with optional activation keys. Storage flexibility includes support for both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives, offering a total capacity of up to 24 TB of hot-swappable storage.
Form factor/height |
Tower/4U (rack-mountable) |
Processor (max) |
Up to two Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors |
Number of processors (std/max) |
1/2 |
Cache (max) |
Up to 20 MB per processor |
Memory (max) |
Up to 192 GB*, 12 slots (UDIMM/RDIMM) |
Expansion slots |
Up to six PCIe expansion slots; five PCIe slots standard, plus one additional PCIe slot when the second processor is populated. An optional PCI-X slot is available via an interposer conversion kit. |
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) |
Eight 2.5-inch hot-swap or four 3.5-inch hot/ simple-swap bays standard, up to sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays via optional upgrade kit, or eight 3.5-inch hot/simple-swap bays via optional upgrade kit |
Maximum internal storage |
16 TB of 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drives (HDD upgrade options required) or 24 TB of 3.5-inch hot or simple-swap SAS/SATA HDDs |
Network interface |
Intel I350 Quad 1 Gb Ethernet Controller (2 ports std, 2 ports via FoD) |
Power supply (std/max) |
Fixed 460 W (1/1), redundant 550 W/750 W (1/2), 80 PLUS |
Hot-swap components |
Power supply and hard disk drives |
RAID support |
Integrated 3 Gbps software RAID-0, -1, -10 standard, optional 6 Gbps hardware RAID-0, -1, -10 or RAID-5, -50 or -6, -60 |
Systems management |
IBM IMM2 with optional upgrade FoD for remote presence, Predictive Failure Analysis, diagnostic LEDs, IBM Systems Director and Active Energy Manager™ (model dependent) |
Operating systems supported |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere Hypervisor |
Limited warranty |
3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 9x5, service upgrades available |