Dell PowerEdge T710

Plenty of PCIe expansion and disk capacity Four Gigabit Ethernet ports Supports dual hot-plug power supplies Rack-mount option

Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Xeon, Gigabit Ethernet

8.4 Editors' Rating

Sun Fire X4270/4275

High-capacity 3.5in. storage model Six PCI Express slots Four Gigabit Ethernet ports Comprehensive remote management as standard Commonality of components with other models

Tags: Intel Xeon, Motherboard, VMware Inc.

8.5 Editors' Rating

IBM System x3650 M2 / Lenovo ThinkServer RD220

Light path diagnostics Predictive failure analysis Wide range of add-on options, support and other services

Tags: IBM Corp., Intel Xeon, Hypervisor

7.8 Editors' Rating

HP ProLiant DL380 G6

Standardisation with other HP server products Four Gigabit Ethernet ports Up to sixteen internal disks Very quiet Comprehensive management tools, including power-capping facilities

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Hypervisor

8.7 Editors' Rating

Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5

Seven PCI Express expansion slots Neat internal layout with clear labelling Accommodates twelve 2.5in. or six 3.5in. disks

Tags: Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., Hypervisor

8 Editors' Rating

Dell PowerEdge R710

Dell Lifecycle Controller Four Gigabit Ethernet ports Choice of power supply Dell support services

Tags: Motherboard, SD card, Storage

8.4 Editors' Rating

HP BladeSystem c3000

Attractively priced Uses the same components and management tools as HP's high-end BladeSystem c7000 Comes with tools to monitor and manage power consumption Handy LCD panel for system diagnostics

See also: Hewlett Packard , Servers

8 Editors' Rating

Fujitsu Siemens Primergy TX120

Small footprint low power consumption low noise hot-swappable hard drives Windows and Linux supported

See also: Fujitsu Siemens , Servers

7.9 Editors' Rating

Acer Altos R520

Dual- or quad-core Xeon processors Up to 32GB of memory Six hot-swap disks Choice of SATA or SAS interface Optional RAID PCI Express expansion slots

See also: Acer , Servers

7.7 Editors' Rating

IBM System x3455

Dual-core AMD Opteron processors Upgradeable to future quad-core Opterons when available Up to 64GB of 667MHZ DDR2 memory Integrated remote management

See also: IBM , Servers

7.7 Editors' Rating

HP ProLiant ML370 G5

Upgradeable to quad-core processors Plenty of scope for expansion Up to 64GB of RAM and 2TB of disk space Integrated lights-out remote management

See also: Hewlett Packard , Servers

8.5 Editors' Rating

Dell PowerEdge 1950

Dual-core (Woodcrest) Xeon processors Upgradable to quad core Good choice of SATA or 2.5in. SAS disks Integrated TCP offload engine

See also: Dell , Servers

8.5 Editors' Rating

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