Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum
memory and compute capacity in a blade
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The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM BladeCenter blade servers, including comparisons of the uses for which
each server is best suited:
Important Nice to Have Can do without
123
Best
Better
Good
Theme Key Workloads
Scalabil ity
Floating Point
Performa nce
Memor y
Throughput
Integer
Performa nce
I/O and Storag e
Density
High Av ailability
Systems
Manage ment
Security
Distribut ed
Deploym ent
HS12
HS22
HS22V
HX5
LS22
LS42
JS12
PS700
PS701
PS702
Cluster / HPC
31 1 2 2 13 3 3 3
Modeling & Simulation
21 1 1 31323 3
High Performance DB
2 2 11132 2 3 3
Business Intelligence
21 1 1 212 2 13
Search
31 1 1 213 3 12
Content
2222213 3 2 2
Communities
12 2 2 1 1 232 2
Commerce
21 1 1 21 1 212
Collaboration
232321232 2
ERP/SCM
1211121 1 1 2
CRM
2222222213
Hosted Client
13212 2 1 1 2 2
Point of Sale
3 3 3 2131 1 1 1
Branch Office
23 3 3 2 2 1 1 21
Virtualization
12 2 2 121 1 23
Business Continuity
23 3 3 12 2 12 2
Database
2 2 121212 2 3
Email/Collaboration
23212 2 1 1 2 2
Security
222221 1 1 1 3
Web Serving
32 2 2 31213 3
File & Print
232312 2 13 3
BladeCenter ServersRequirements
Infrastructure
Applications
Web 2.0 /
Web 3D
HPC
Business
Applications