USA: Lenovo has announced an update to its X6 servers along with an array of prequalified ISV enterprise solutions including offerings optimized for SAP HANA.
Updated Lenovo X6 server systems, with just released record-setting performance results, include two Flex System X6 Compute Nodes and a pair of System x rack servers, both managed by Lenovo XClarity, the company’s recently announced systems management offering.
Lenovo X6 Rack Servers - Modular ‘Book’ Architecture
Lenovo’s X6 rack servers, the four-socket Lenovo System x3850 X6 and the eight-socket Lenovo System x3950 X6 feature a modular design.
In addition, this modular architecture allows IT shops to easily upgrade other key components, such as storage, full-height and half-height I/O cards, as well as fans and power supplies, without the cost and disruption of replacing complete systems.
With support for DDR4 memory, and up to 192 DIMM slots, these systems can power the most memory-intensive workloads, including demanding database and analytics. Advanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features, such as Memory Page Retrieve, Consumed Error Recovery, and Upward Integration Modules, reduce support costs and increase system uptime.
Lenovo Flex System X6 - Scalable Compute Nodes
Lenovo Flex System X6 Compute Nodes, including the Flex System x480 X6, which is scalable to a four-socket system, and the Flex System x880 X6,the first scalable eight-socket Intel Xeon processor-based blade server, offer customers industry-leading performance in a highly-flexible, converged blade architecture designed to grow with your environment.
SAP HANA Workload Optimized Solutions for the SAP HANA Appliance
Today’s new SAP HANA-optimized solutions, based on Lenovo’s System x3850 X6 and System x3950 X6 server platforms, deliver SAP-certified configurations that provide unprecedented performance and scalability. When combined with Lenovo Enterprise Solution Services, these workload-intensive solutions can be helping customers speed deployment of new SAP HANA applications and simplify ongoing management of their SAP HANA infrastructure.
The System x3850 X6 and the System x3950 X6 will be available beginning May 26 and will start at $7,979. The Flex System x480 X6 and Flex System x880 X6 will be available beginning May 27 and will start at $10,415.