IBM System x3250 M4 1
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IBM System x3250 M4
IBM Redbooks Product Guide
The System x3250 M4 single-socket 1U rack server is designed for small businesses and first-time server
buyers looking for a solution to improve business efficiency. It delivers several IBM® innovative features
in a compact 1U form factor with a competitive price. The IBM System x3250 M4 provides
next-generation performance in an innovative and compact design with flexible configuration options,
built-in security, and systems management capabilities. This server is designed for infrastructure
applications such as firewall, security, disaster recovery, name server, authentication, credit card
processing, email, domain controller, and more. It leverages the next-generation dual-core and quad-core
Intel Xeon processor technology.
Suggested uses: Small-to-medium businesses looking for file and printer servers, Web serving, and small
business infrastructure.
Figure 1. IBM System x3250 M4
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The System x3250 M4 server is a compact, cost-effective, single-processor 1U rack server that has been
optimized to provide outstanding availability, manageability, and performance features to
small-to-medium-sized businesses, retail stores, or distributed enterprises. It supports the latest Intel
Xeon E3-1200 v2 family of processors (formerly codenamed "Ivy Bridge") for applications that require
performance and stability, and Core i3 processors for applications that require lower cost.
The system includes features not typically seen in this class of system, such as standard RAID-0/1 for
simple-swap SATA models, remote control capabilities even when the machine is powered off, and
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) on processor and memory. This flexible 1U rack-mountable server is
also highly upgradable and expandable, scaling from low-cost, fixed-function models to feature-rich,
highly available models.
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