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Super affordable, uniprocessor server for medium and small
business applications
IBM xSeries 205
■ Affordable, entry-level server
for distributed environments
■ Flexible configurations to
match your business needs
and budget
■ Enabled for comprehensive
systems management
The ultra-affordable IBM ^®
xSeries® 205 delivers outstanding
value and availability to small and
medium-sized businesses. Advanced
capabilities make the server easy to
manage, which can help control IT
expenses.
Easy to afford
Affordable design elements let you
configure the x205 to match your
budget. An Intel® Celeron™ or
Pentium® 4 processor with up to
533MHz front-side bus speed and
redundant hot-swap hard disk drives
provide affordable performance and
data protection. The server comes
standard as a mini-tower for simple
deployment in small office
environments.
Easy to customize
The x205 provides choices to match
your business needs:
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Optional RAID to provide increased
performance and fault tolerance
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Five PCI slots to increase I/O band-
width for improved performance and
productivity
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Integrated Gigabit Ethernet for fast
connectivity
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Highlights
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Choice of Celeron or Pentium 4
processors deliver a range of
affordable performance
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Support for three fixed or hot-swap
SCSI, or three fixed IDE hard disk
drives to provide ample storage space
Easy to manage
Alert Standard Format firmware
reports system status, even if the
server has failed, while IBM Director
software makes comprehensive sys-
tems management easy. The optional
IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter
monitors critical subsystems and is
designed to increase system avail-
ability, with virtual control of the
system around the clock. Together,
these components help you control IT
expenses by making the x205 simple
to manage.