Lenovo intros first value line of dual processor servers

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, USA: Lenovo has introduced three new ThinkServers to bring growing businesses, branch offices and managed service providers server technology that fits their performance needs and budgets.

With models starting under $900, the ThinkServer RD230, RD240 and TD230 mark Lenovo’s entrance into the value dual processor server market. The trio offers unexpected features for the price, such as remote management, energy saving configurations and advanced data protection.

“These new ThinkServers are changing the model in the value server market,” said Tom Ribble, director, ThinkServer Product Marketing, Lenovo. “Instead of offering customers expensive add-ons, we built in manageability and performance features, like remote management and hot swappable drives, that growing businesses need. And we did this while keeping prices extremely affordable.”

The RD230 and RD240 rack servers provide technologies that equip growing businesses to run mission critical applications and allow larger businesses to dedicate specific features to a server. Competitors typically offer these performance and manageability technologies as options to their models, adding several hundred dollars in incremental cost to the price.

The servers include these standard features:
* Built in advanced RAID for advanced data protection on the RD230.
* Web-enabled remote management tools to enable managed service providers to remotely monitor and manage their clients’ IT systems.
* Hot swappable hard drive storage to eliminate downtime and give IT managers flexibility in assigning data to specific locations.
* A DVD writer for a convenient way to install new applications.

The servers also offer the latest Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 series processors, helping them run 60 percent faster than legacy servers. With up to eight hard drives, eight TB of storage and dual power supplies, the slightly larger RD240 rack caters to businesses that need to run high performance database, transaction and other line of business applications.