Highlights
Offers flexible scalability features designed to grow with your business needs
Provides abundant storage capacity to help safeguard data
Enables easy installation, use and management across long distances
Robust features accommodate growth
A high-performance dual-socket tower server, the IBM System x3500 M4 can deliver the scalability, reliable performance and optimized efficiency for your business critical applications. Start with the basics and upgrade as your business changes without jeopardizing existing investments. Virtualizing the PC infrastructure into one server can provide access to a powerful server with abundant storage space, while significantly reducing IT costs.
Triple the storage capacity
The x3500 M4 supports the latest Intel microarchitecture, delivering intelligent performance enhancements that adapt to your workload environment. The x3500 M4 provides triple the storage capacity of the x3500 M3 without the cost of external devices. A flexible design and consolidated server help optimize intensive workloads and provide greater utilization, making the x3500 M4 a great choice for small and medium businesses.
Select configurations of the x3500 M4 are part of the IBM Express Portfolio designed to meet the needs of small and midsized businesses. Easy to manage, Express models vary by country.
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Form factor/height |
Tower/5U (rack-mountable) |
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Processor (max) |
Up to two Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 product family |
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Number of processors (std/max) |
1/2 |
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Cache (max) |
Up to 20 MB per processor |
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Memory (max) |
Up to 768 GB†, 24 slots (UDIMM/RDIMM/LRDIMM†) |
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Expansion slots |
Up to eight PCIe expansion slots; Six PCIe slots standard, plus two additional PCIe slots when the second processor is populated. An optional PCI-X slot is available via an interposer conversion kit. |
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Disk bays (total/hot-swap) |
Eight 2.5" hot-swap or eight 3.5" hot-swap bays standard, up to 32 2.5" hot-swap bays via optional upgrade kit, or eight 3.5" simple-swap bays via configure to order |
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Maximum internal storage |
32 TB of 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drives (HDD upgrade options required) or 24 TB of 3.5" hot-swap or simple-swap SAS/SATA HDDs |
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Network interface |
Intel I350AM4 quad-port Gigabit Ethernet |
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Power supply (std/max) Hot-swap components |
1/2 redundant 550 W†/750 W/900 W, 80 PLUS® Power supply and hard disk drives |
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RAID support |
Integrated 6 Gbps hardware RAID-0, -1, -10, optional RAID-5, -6, -10, -50, -60 |
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System management |
IMM2 with dedicated management port |
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Operating systems supported |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, VMware vSphere Hypervisor |
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Limited warranty |
3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 9x5, service upgrades available |
