System x3650 M5
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Key features
The x3650 M5 is a versatile 2U two-socket business-critical server that offers improved performance and
pay-as-you-grow flexibility along with new features that improve server management capability. This
powerful system is designed for your most important business applications and cloud deployments.
Combining balanced performance and flexibility, the x3650 M5 is a great choice for small and medium
businesses up to the large enterprise. It can provide outstanding uptime to keep business-critical
applications and cloud deployments running safely. Ease of use and comprehensive systems
management tools help make deployment easier. Outstanding reliability, availability, and serviceability
(RAS) and high-efficiency design improve your business environment and help save operational costs.
Scalability and performance
The x3650 M5 offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs:
Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with up to 18-core processors, up to
45 MB of L3 cache, and up to 9.6 GT/s QPI interconnect links.
Supports up to two processors, 36 cores, and 72 threads maximize the concurrent execution of
multi-threaded applications.
Intelligent and adaptive system performance with energy efficient Intel Turbo Boost Technology
allows CPU cores to run at maximum speeds during peak workloads by temporarily going beyond
processor thermal design power (TDP).
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology boosts performance for multithreaded applications by enabling
simultaneous multithreading within each processor core, up to two threads per core.
Intel Virtualization Technology integrates hardware-level virtualization hooks that allow operating
system vendors to better utilize the hardware for virtualization workloads.
Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 2.0 (AVX 2.0) enable acceleration of enterprise-class workloads
such as databases, enterprise resource planning, and others.
Up to 2133 MHz memory speeds with two DIMMs per channel running at 2133 MHz to help maximize
system performance.
Up to 1.5 TB of memory capacity with 64 GB load-reduced DIMMs, or LRDIMMs (support for 64 GB
LRDIMMs is planned for a later date).
The 12 Gbps SAS internal storage connectivity doubles the data transfer rate compared to 6 Gb SAS
solutions to maximize performance of storage I/O-intensive applications.
Flexible and scalable internal storage configurations provide for up to 86.4 TB of storage capacity in a
2U rack form factor.
The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of or along with traditional spinning drives (HDDs) can
significantly improve I/O performance. An SSD can support up to 100 times more I/O operations per
second (IOPS) than a typical HDD.
The server has four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports and optional 10 Gb Ethernet ports with ML2
adapters.
The server offers up to eight PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 I/O expansion slots plus one dedicated PCIe 3.0
slot for an internal storage controller in a 2U rack form factor.
With Intel Integrated I/O Technology, the PCI Express 3.0 controller is integrated into the Intel Xeon
processor E5 family. This helps to dramatically reduce I/O latency and increase overall system
performance.
