It’s time for a new hardware upgrade. From IBM x3550 to x3650.
| IBM x3250 | IBM x3550 | IBM x3650 | ||
| 1 | CPU | Xeon 3050 2.13GHz 2M 1066 FSB | 2 x Xeon 5160 3.0GHz 4M 1333 FSB | 2 x Xeon E5335 2GHz 8M 1333 FSB |
| 2 | RAM | 4 GB NonECC DDR2 | 6 GB ECC DDR2 | 3 GB ECC DDR2 |
| 3 | RAID Card | LSI 1064E | ServerRaid 8K-l | ServerRaid 8K-l |
| 4 | HDD | 2x1TB SATA 7200 RAID1 | 2×300 SATA 10k rot/min RAID1 | 4×136 15k rot/min SAS RAID10 |
| 5 | PSU | 351W | 670W | 2 x 875W |
| 6 | OS | ESXi 5 | ESXi 5 | ESXi 5.1 |
| 7 | ODD | IDE CD-ROM | IDE COMBO | IDE COMBO |
| 8 | Network | 2 x Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit | 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit | 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit |
IBM x3650 official documentation page : link
Below there are a few images of my IBM x3650 server.
IBM x3650 front view
IBM x3650 server image
IBM x3650 led diagnostics
IBM x3650 supplies
IBM x3650 upper view
In this picture the server had only one CPU, one heatsink, and the VRM module was not installed.
IBM x3650 memory cache