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.
In this picture the server had only one CPU, one heatsink, and the VRM module was not installed.