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Power Systems Express Rack/Tower Positioning
1 year3 year3 year3 year3 yearWarranty
YesYesNo
4-core No
6/8-core Yes
No12X I/O Drawers
200-240VAC200-240VAC200-240VAC100-240VAC100-240VACPower requirements
Density, high
performance
and energy
efficient
Infrastructure
consolidation
Yes
160
PCIe: 4
1.8TB
128
3.0, 3.7, 3.55
8, 12, 16
2
2U rack
Power 730
1 to 41 or 211
Number of
processor sockets
Power 710 Power 720 Power 740 Power 750
Footprint, packaging 2U rack 4U rack, tower 4U rack, tower 4U rack
Number of cores 4, 6, 8 4, 6, 8 4, 6, 8, 12, 16
6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 24,
32
GHz clock 3.0, 3.7, 3.55 3.0 3.3, 3.7, 3.55 3.0, 3.3, 3.55
Max GB memory 64GB
64 (4-core)
128 (6/8-core)
256 512GB
Max disk storage in
system unit
1.8TB 2.4TB 2.4TB 2.4TB
PCI slots in system
unit
PCIe: 4 PCIe: 4+4LP PCIe: 4+4LP 5 (3PCie, 2PCI-X)
LPARs 80 80 160 160 (SOD 320)
Disk-only I/O
drawers (#5886)
4-core No
6/8-core Yes
4-core No
6/8-core Yes
Yes Yes
Primary Use
Infrastructure and
application server
Distributed
application
server or all in
one business
solution
Small to mid-size
DB server,
application
consolidation
server
Mid-size DB server,
application
consolidation server
Key differentiators
Dense form factor,
1-socket
performance
Flexible,
reliable and
secure
Memory capacity
and configurability
Performance,
scalability, energy
efficiency and hot
swap PCI