The IBM eserver xSeries 346 delivers outstanding performance, availability and capacity - all in a space-saving 2U rack design. The x346 is ideal for storage hungry applications... more
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Hard Drive: 3 x 73.4 GB - hot-swap - Ultra320 SCSI - 10000 rpm
Optical storage
Type: DVD-ROM - IDE
Monitor
Monitor Type: None
Manufacturer's product description
The IBM eserver xSeries 346 delivers outstanding performance, availability and capacity - all in a space-saving 2U rack design. The x346 is ideal for storage hungry applications and data for your networked environment or space constrained data center. If you need a balance of high-performance 2-way processing, large internal storage and superior manageability in a rack-dense environment, the x346 is the ideal system.
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
3 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-TX - RJ-45
2 x management - RJ-45
Miscellaneous
Features: Administrator password, power-on password, keyboard password, selectable boot, unattended boot, thermal monitoring, keyboard lock, voltage monitoring, fan speed monitoring, predictive failure analysis (PFA), automatic server restart (ASR)
Compliant Standards: CE, FCC Class A certified, TUV GS, CISPR 22 Class A, EN 60950, IEC950, EN55022 Class A, EN50082-1, CB
Power
Device Type: Power supply - hot-plug
Power Redundancy: Built-in
Power Redundancy Scheme: 1+1
Installed Qty: 2
Max Supported Qty: 2
Voltage Required: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Provided: 625 Watt
Operating system / software
OS Certified: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Novell NetWare 6.5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
...The configuration I use is :
2xXeon3.6GHz/800MHz (1MB L2 Cache), 4x 512MB ECC 133MHz SDRAM,48x-20x IDE CD-ROM drive, Dual Broadcom 5721 Gigabit Ethernet, ATI Radeon 7000M, IBM 5U x 24in Tower To Rack Conversion Kit ,5x146.4 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra320 80-pin hard drive,Serveraid 7k SCSI raid card, Remote supervisor Adapter II card.
Operating System provided by IBM as well ( part number 90P0221) Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Standard Edition.
Packaging and manuals:
Server is very well packaged,rack conversion comes with explanation for conversion, but the whole conversion is not intuitive at all.Picture provided in installation instructions not very helpful. Bit and pieces included in the packages ,as keyboard and mouse for Server.IBM Director and Serveraid manager CD, plus OS CDin the box, OS pre-installed.
Set-Up.
Set up is quite easy...
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...The particular model my company own is an 8648-4AY It comes with:
1xXeon3.0GHz/800MHz (2MB L2 Cache), 1x 512MB PC2-3200 ECC DDR2 SDRAM RDIMM, No disks,1x Broadcom NetXtreme 5721 Gigabit Ethernet, 48x-20x IDE CD-ROM , 1x 530W Power Supply, SVGA (16MB) .
What we have as accessories are:
IBM ServeRAID-6M Ultra320 SCSI Controller( around £500)
3x146.8 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra320 SCSI hard drives( around £300 each) and a Remote Supervisor Adapter II card ( around £300 ).
Packaging and User manual:
The server comes with a very good package.User manual ( CD)and IBM Director software included. keyboard and mouse included.The user manual is very good and include details about connections,set up and enviromental set-up ( noise generated,heat and cooling requirement)
Set-up:
For our particular configuration , we had to create the disk subsystem...
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Advantages: Very low cost Disadvantages: No potential
...of the coin, if you are just starting up a new business, need somewhere to store your newly created spreadsheets and powerpoint documents and cost is an issue, where better than £500 worth of IBMserver in the corner of your garage? It's always going to beat the £300 super clone server your mate can build you because he'll probably be on holiday in Benidorm when it all falls over just before tomorrows big meeting. IBM on the other hand won't be.
Sorry if your new business is building super clone servers for new businesses but that's just how I see it. Oh and for an extra £150 take a look at the HP ML150G2 as it has a Xeon processor or if you can stretch to an extra £1000 buy a mirrored IBMX226 (See my X226 review)...
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