Lenovo Blade Servers [EOL] Reviews and Pricing

it_user1143

Network Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Jul 15, 2012

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IBM BladeCenter HS22 is ideal for midsize businesses and allows you to scale your data center

Pros and Cons

"BladeCenter HS22 provides great performance and reliability, with two Intel Xeon 5600 (3.60 GHz) processors and 12 VLP DDR-3 memory DIMMs, with expansion capability of 192 GB."

What is most valuable?

BladeCenter HS22 provides great performance and reliability, with two Intel Xeon 5600 (3.60 GHz) processors and 12 VLP DDR-3 memory DIMMs, with expansion capability of 192 GB.HS22 is designed to host mainstream business applications and virtualization. Deployment and customization is quick and easy with the advantage of UEFI based tools.HS22 has a special mechanical design to cool the blade in challenging circumstances. Exceptional power management capabilities are provided with integrated power management tools like “IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager.”Less expensive than most of the Blade Servers available in this configuration.

What needs improvement?

Very stable servers; so far have not found any inconsistencies.

What other advice do I have?

BladeCenter HS22 uses two Intel Xeon 5600 processors and RAM expandable up to 192 GB for enhanced performance of your business applications or virtualization requirements.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.