An affordable
Server Comparison Table
The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM System x tower servers, including comparisons of the uses for which each server is best suited:
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| Cluster / HPC |
| HPC | Modeling & Simulation |
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Requirements
Scalability | Floating Point Performance | Memory Throughput | Integer Performance | I/O and Storage | Density | High Availability | Systems Management | Security | Distributed Deployment |
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x3100 | M2 | x3200 | x3400 | x3500 |
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