IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node server Rack Intel® Xeon® E5 Family E5-2690 2.9 GHz 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM

The Flex System x240 compute node delivers maximum performance up to 74 percent performance boost over previous generation servers. This enables businesses to get more out of their compute environment for a broad set of workloads. Features such as automated power management with onboard sensors give you more control over power and thermal levels across the system. These capabilities, combined with memory capacity up to 768 GB helps you get the most out of your compute environment. 12 DIMMs can be installed when the compute node has one processor and max. 24 DIMMs if two processors are installed.

Virtual fabric networking enables breakthrough flexibility

With integrated virtual fabric you can take advantage of up to 32 ports of virtual networking capabilities. With 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) onboard, you get multiple protocols, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet and iSCSI. The system also allows you to enable features on demand for a more flexible I/O solution. Virtual networking can reduce up to 75 percent adapters, cables and upstream switch ports to help control costs. In addition, you also get significantly simpler management with reduced cabling and fewer components to manage.

Flexible storage improves the agility of your business
Built-in storage is available with 2.5-inch hot swap hard drives or solid state drives. Available optional features include support for RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 fully backed by cache and a high- density application acceleration solution with IBM Flex System Flash. These features allow you to tailor internal storage to match your specific capacity, performance, and reliability needs and support applications such as distributed database without sacrificing system density.