Name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series
Rating: 8.3 (5 reviews)
Author: Lenovo

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Augmented Reality Development

Chatbot

Performance Testing

Development

School Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Contract Analysis

Document Management

Enterprise Legal Management

Integrated Workplace Management (IWMS)

Intellectual Property (IP) Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Treasury Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Employee Monitoring

Employee Referral

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Video Interview

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

3D Printers

3D Printing

Business Process Automation

Cloud Migration

Cloud Storage

Continuous Delivery

Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)

Firewall

Fraud Detection

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Network Performance Monitoring

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

Product Implementation Services

Server Virtualization

System Monitoring

Test Management

Time Series Databases

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Call Tracking

Content Management

Contest Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Attribution

Marketing Automation

Press Release Management

Social Media Advertising

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Translation

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Proposal

Sales Enablement

Sales

Cloud Access Security Brokers

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management

Security

Aviation

Construction Takeoff and Estimating

Digital Forensics

Financial Services CRM

Hospital Management

Internet of Medical Things

Medical Office EMR & EHR

Population Health Management

Veterinary

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Lenovo offers the ThinkSystem SR series of rack servers, offering a wide range of options boasting price, power, or low foot print as desired. Presently Lenovo's ThinkSystem series of rack servers includes the SR250, SR530, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR630, SR650, and the SR670.

Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series

Rack servers are dedicated servers installed in a low-profile enclosure containing multiple bays where the servers are installed, minimizing the need for space and simplifying supplying power; however cooling the confined space where the servers are crowded is a priority.

Rack Servers

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VMware ESXi

Sophos Intercept X

Mitel MiCollab

NETGEAR ReadyNAS

Microsoft Windows

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We utilize the Thinksystem SR590 and SR630's within our district as our virtual machine hosts. We are a mid-sized district, so budgetary concerns are always a leading cause behind our purchasing decisions. The Lenovo Thinksystem series is modular - so that it can be built to the specifications you need - so that you're not overpaying for hardware you won't utilize. VMWare also has a custom ISO for Lenovo-branded servers, so that the installation of ESXi doesn't run into any driver-related issues. It's fantastic, and makes deployment a breeze.

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.

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.

Affordability/Modular designs
Compatibility with VMWare
Large list of available hard drives that are "approved" for their server use - so you can use a brand you rely on/prefer
Warranties available from 1, 3 and 5 years - with various response times for each duration.

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.

VMware ESXi, Sophos Intercept X, Microsoft Windows, Mitel MiCollab

Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series

Overview

What is Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series?