Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series vs. Lenovo ThinkSystem ST Series

I believe all businesses would benefit from Lenovo's series of products - as they can be custom-built to meet your needs. We have been utilizing Lenovo servers for the past seven or eight years now, and have had get success with their hardware builds. We had one issue with a bad SD card that was in a RAID0 - they replaced both SD cards free of charge, and I had them the next business day (this, obviously, is contingent on the level of warranty protection that you purchase with your hardware - but support was fantastic to work with!)

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Lenovo ThinkSystem ST Series is a tower server series, so [you don't need] to stock [several] servers or make clusters just for the space they need. In this case, [it] is better to evaluate the SR series. For small business customers, it is perfect; it is a very silent server and is very upgradable, so the small business can grow with it.

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• Affordability
• Flexibility with custom builds
• SATA/SSD/M2/SD support for front-end caching or for an entire storage solution
• Allow x2 SD cards to be installed in a RAID0 setup, so that the host can run ESXi without any internal hard drives whatsoever. Also came with an internal battery for the RAID controller.
• Lenovo Support is very quick to respond to issues - either by phone or by email.

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• Materials are top quality.
• Support is [a] high-level quality.
• [It is] very durable.
• [The] design looks good.
• [The] internal design is very accurate and professional.
• It's easy to change parts as needed.

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• A video tutorial on upgrading built-in firmware on their systems would be fantastic. As it was a bit difficult to navigate to find the download, and also the install process the last time I did so.
• The remote BIOS utility through the XClarity controller is difficult to reset a password on - if it's forgotten. I have yet to find a way to reset it on a host that has a password not working.

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• You need to read the fine [print of] the support guides [as] it is not so easy to set up the server without them.

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The initial selection of Lenovo for servers was provided to us as a recommendation from a reseller. I was skeptical, initially, as I am not a fan of Lenovo's consumer-grade laptops. I was very intrigued by the price of these devices though, so we purchased two for a location to see how they worked. The recommendation panned-out, and all of our needs were met (and exceeded) by this new line of products brought to our attention. I'm sure there are countless other stories like mine with dozens of other manufacturers - but we are more than pleased with our fleet of Thinksystem servers at our district

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Well, the essential difference is the form of the server. Lenovo ThinkSystem ST Series is a tower server series.

We use it with business customers that don't have big racks. The server is usually located in dedicated cooled rooms, or.. in some situations, also in the office with the other pcs. We use this server series in professional studies or shops. We have sold only the SR50 and the SR250.

For bigger requests, we usually switch series, but we prefer the SR Series for rackmount.

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• Our uptime has increased from our old HP ProLiant servers from 8+ years ago.
• These servers are also cheaper than previous models we have deployed in the past
• XClarity controller allows for remote BIOS functionality - which we hadn't been able to utilize, previously.

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• With Lenovo [ThinkSystem] ST series, we can sell servers to small business customers.
• Servers are a top way to make quick work and earn a big invoice.
• Selling [the Lenovo ThinkSystem] ST series could make you a Lenovo partner and that is really interesting for an ICT company.

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