IBM System x3650 M4 HD
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IBM System x3650 M4 HD
IBM Redbooks Product Guide
The IBM® System x3650 M4 HD is a 2-socket 2U rack-optimized server. It supports up to 32 internal
drives and features an innovative design that delivers an optimal balance of performance, uptime, and
dense storage. It offers excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) for an improved business
environment. The IBM System x3650 M4 HD is designed for easy deployment, integration, service, and
management.
Suggested use
: Big data applications, cloud-computing deployments, data management, and
business-critical workloads
The following figure shows the IBM System x3650 M4 HD configured with 24 hot-swap 2.5-inch drive
bays.
Figure 1. The IBM System x3650 M4 HD
Did you know?
The x3650 M4 HD offers a flexible design that supports up to 26 2.5-inch drives (24 in the front, two
accessible from the rear), or 16 2.5-inch drives and 16 1.8-inch solid-state drive bays. Combined with Intel
E5-2600 v2 processors, up to 768 GB of memory, 12 Gbps SAS controllers, and up to 6 PCIe 3.0 slots,
you have a system that can handle big data applications. Comprehensive systems management tools
with the next-generation Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) make the server easy to deploy,
integrate, service, and manage.