Your description for the Error LED is definitely better. Now we officially call it "ASMSIR" LED ("Attention, See Me, Something Is wRrong") Top notch beast indeed! Thanks Morten. Great video as always!!
Morten, that is one expensive server, but oh so beautiful!! that would make a beast of a VMWare server! Thanks so much for showing it to us..I'm looking forward to all the upcoming videos you mentioned. :)
Hi +Odd Random Thoughts It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, later to day we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0 Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi +Jeremy Scalpello And here it is 60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, Wednesday we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0 (need to edit that video) Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi +Daniel Olsson It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, later to day we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0 Thank you for watching! :-)
That server is designed to run databases, business intelligence/analytics like SAP HANA (it was mentioned in an IBM Redbook [IBM System X catalog] that I read couple of years ago), and Web-centric applications. Data storage, database and Web applications benefit from the use of a cache (can be implemented by using a SSD or a RAM disk) The cache functions as a temporary storage for frequently accessed data. Instead of reading data from the storage pool (usually a slower storage media such as hard disks and tape), it is read from the cache, thereby increasing the performance of the server, the application runs smoothly, lowering the RAM usage (because data is primarily cached in RAM) and the disk read times, also increasing disk reliability.
that network card in the ML2 slot looks like a Mellanox ConnectX3 card.. looks like they are dual SFP+ slots for 10gb connectivity (which you mentioned) but this card also comes with QSFP+ ports for 40gb connectivity *drooling*
Hi +Floor van Nierop It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, later to day we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0 Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi +Keith O'Shea Lenovo writes: The X6 portfolio delivers large application virtualization and decreases infrastructure costs and complexity. You can host essential mission-critical applications, implement large virtual machines or run sizeable in-memory databases without compromise. The growth of new applications has ratcheted database processing and business analytics to the top of the list of prevalent x86 workloads. In this : www.lenovo.com/images/products/system-x/pdfs/datasheets/x3850_x6_ds.pdf I plan to bring it to it´s knees by setting up 18 3D studio MAX quad core rendering serveres on it next weekend. Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi ! I know, you have X3850 M2 4 cpu server, can you compare it`s perfomance with gen 7 gen 8 hp systems ? And did you play with ibm expansion suply, that gets four x3850 units in one cluster ?
Hi sergeyyy ghj Thank You very much! I am yet yo find a need for four quad CPU servers in a cluster,,, it's not like you get 200% and then 400% performances,,, it might be 160% and 280%,,, you lose a lot,, just going from 2 CPU's to 4 CPU's in a server,, way better with two servers of 2 CPU's. Thank you for watching! :-)
IBM says that expansion of x3850 can be use as one cluster with all of shared memory and 16 cpu avaible. So I want to understand how it would looks from userspase processes. Best way is watching all of resource from any physical unit. As for my situation, I dont have problems with units and power and look for 3850 as cheaper alternative of m2 or m3, compared one by one.
Hi +Link This was a rather valuable Server,, i think i estimated a value of $93.000. I did not dare to leave it in the car over night when i had to return it to Lenovo. Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi +pierre-alexandre lemay I ask nicely, and tell that i am going to show it to all of you here. I only borrow it. I have to give it back Monday :-/ Thank you for watching! :-)
i have one now in 2024 Lenovo System X3850 X6 but CPU utilization is only at 50% would you know why? the specs are 4 x Intel Xeon E7-8880 V4 2.20GHz 22-Core CPU Processors 128GB DDR4 Memory i was wondering if i need to change the ram from 128 to 256??? thanks
Hi +Dustin Marklow It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, Wednesday we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0 (need to edit that video) Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi Dustin Marklow The new video show how little here really is in there,, lot´s of gold connectors :-) That is where they hide the gold!! Thank you for watching! :-)
Your description for the Error LED is definitely better. Now we officially call it "ASMSIR" LED ("Attention, See Me, Something Is wRrong") Top notch beast indeed! Thanks Morten. Great video as always!!
Hi Walter Fabian
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
that is a beast. Can't wait till the other video are released.
Hi +Doomed ForLife
Three hours 15 minutes from now,, we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0
Thank you for watching! :-)
What a beautiful server! I want one of those!
Hi +Knuckles the Echidna
Wait it is crazy expensive,, but it will drop :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Morten, that is one expensive server, but oh so beautiful!! that would make a beast of a VMWare server! Thanks so much for showing it to us..I'm looking forward to all the upcoming videos you mentioned. :)
Hi +Odd Random Thoughts
It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, later to day we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0
Thank you for watching! :-)
Finally - been waiting for this video since you told me about it! :D
Hi +Jeremy Scalpello
And here it is 60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, Wednesday we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0 (need to edit that video)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Pro tip: you can watch movies on flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies during the lockdown.
@Deacon Enoch yea, I have been using Flixzone for months myself :D
That was the coolest PC video i've seen for a while. I knew about DDR3 SSDs but i've never seen one.
Hi +theodoro89
Well two more videos on those coming up later this week... eXFlach DIMM´s
Thank you for watching! :-)
that machine looks very awesome, and it has a lot of power
Hi +Daniel Olsson
It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, later to day we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0
Thank you for watching! :-)
That server is designed to run databases, business intelligence/analytics like SAP HANA (it was mentioned in an IBM Redbook [IBM System X catalog] that I read couple of years ago), and Web-centric applications. Data storage, database and Web applications benefit from the use of a cache (can be implemented by using a SSD or a RAM disk) The cache functions as a temporary storage for frequently accessed data. Instead of reading data from the storage pool (usually a slower storage media such as hard disks and tape), it is read from the cache, thereby increasing the performance of the server, the application runs smoothly, lowering the RAM usage (because data is primarily cached in RAM) and the disk read times, also increasing disk reliability.
Hi Mark Arca
Thank You very much! This server is best for systems with "server lic" and not per core :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Nice keep it up Morten ! They didn't send just any server and some nice toys with it aswell^^
that network card in the ML2 slot looks like a Mellanox ConnectX3 card.. looks like they are dual SFP+ slots for 10gb connectivity (which you mentioned) but this card also comes with QSFP+ ports for 40gb connectivity *drooling*
Hi cynikalX
Thank You very much!
Thank you for watching! :-)
Those "Compute Books" as they call it, that is almost is long as the server, but slightly smaller.
I would like one of these servers,, but they are bloody expensive still..
Nice !
Hi +Hugo Foré
Thank you for watching! :-)
nice vid !!
and nice server, :) :P
Hi +Floor van Nierop
It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, later to day we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0
Thank you for watching! :-)
this is Mellanox connectX-2 or later card (either Infiniband or 10GbE)
Hi WizardNumberNext
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
I wonder, if when fully loaded, will performance be reduced after 2 PSU failures.
Hi +logikgr
I do think it is okay with two PSU's 1 PSU I don't know
But,, this is something we could try!
Thank you for watching! :-)
This server is a BEAST! What is it's intended target market Morten?
Hi +Keith O'Shea
Lenovo writes: The X6 portfolio delivers large application
virtualization and decreases infrastructure
costs and complexity. You can host essential mission-critical applications,
implement large virtual machines or run
sizeable in-memory databases without compromise.
The growth of new applications has ratcheted
database processing and business analytics to the
top of the list of prevalent x86 workloads.
In this : www.lenovo.com/images/products/system-x/pdfs/datasheets/x3850_x6_ds.pdf
I plan to bring it to it´s knees by setting up 18 3D studio MAX quad core rendering serveres on it next weekend.
Thank you for watching! :-)
+Keith O'Shea I think that the intended market is probalby NASA, NSA, or a company that wants to run a datacenter in the space of a photocopier
Hi Fabio Pinciroli
They are a bit more used then that :-) Where i work,, we have 69 servers of this caliber. :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
this slot is ML2 and this cost time I see on this site of connector.
I have 2 Dual Port 10GbE ML2 cards on sale right now.
I have since used ML2 cards myself.
have you tried the flex scalability options?
No,, and I borrowed this server years ago,, so I can't try it now.
make and model on the 4 port gig card please could not see anything when pausing video
Hi +Philip Saunders
Sorry,, that is an IBM branded Intel card,, 49Y4241
Thank you for watching! :-)
I'd be curious to know whether the Exflash also works in the x3850 x5, even though it's not officially supported.
They would be bragging about it if it did,, I am sure,, I believe it works in my x3650 M4,, But I do not have any.
Lenovo System Series Servers are now "Lenovo Think System"
Hi Ian Sully
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Er dit Radeon HD5970 tilsalg? :)
Hi +Erik Nielsen
I am afraid that I have had the card lent out, and he returned it and says that it is totaly unstable.
Thank you for watching! :-)
+My PlayHouse (Morten Hjorth) Okay, men sig til. Hvis du vil sælge det.
hey I have a question about this server would it work with most AMD or NVIDIA GPUs?
Sorry I really do not know,,
Hi ! I know, you have X3850 M2 4 cpu server, can you compare it`s perfomance with gen 7 gen 8 hp systems ?
And did you play with ibm expansion suply, that gets four x3850 units in one cluster ?
Hi sergeyyy ghj
Thank You very much! I am yet yo find a need for four quad CPU servers in a cluster,,, it's not like you get 200% and then 400% performances,,, it might be 160% and 280%,,, you lose a lot,, just going from 2 CPU's to 4 CPU's in a server,, way better with two servers of 2 CPU's.
Thank you for watching! :-)
IBM says that expansion of x3850 can be use as one cluster with all of shared memory and 16 cpu avaible. So I want to understand how it would looks from userspase processes. Best way is watching all of resource from any physical unit. As for my situation, I dont have problems with units and power and look for 3850 as cheaper alternative of m2 or m3, compared one by one.
Thank you for your video and expiriance. That`s good to meet knowledge people ))
how much it costs
Hi +Link
This was a rather valuable Server,, i think i estimated a value of $93.000. I did not dare to leave it in the car over night when i had to return it to Lenovo.
Thank you for watching! :-)
how do u get That._.?!?!
Hi +pierre-alexandre lemay
I ask nicely, and tell that i am going to show it to all of you here.
I only borrow it. I have to give it back Monday :-/
Thank you for watching! :-)
i have one now in 2024 Lenovo System X3850 X6 but CPU utilization is only at 50% would you know why? the specs are 4 x Intel Xeon E7-8880 V4 2.20GHz 22-Core CPU Processors 128GB DDR4 Memory i was wondering if i need to change the ram from 128 to 256??? thanks
Could hyper fretting be turned off,, or a limited on number of cores 🤔
Do you think this would make any Sense as a gaming Machine? The prices are so Low and the Potential For laughts is so high.
needed more ram :)@@MyPlayHouse
Purchase? No or yes?
I borrow it from Lenovo for 14 days
@@MyPlayHouse ok, stole
This would make a great Minecraft server
+TheDevilOnHoliday With a couple of milion players...
Hi +TheDevilOnHoliday
The just right for Minecraft gamers with big wallets :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
20:24 lenovo wants 5000€ for this damage
I am sure you are happy to chip in :-)
she is beautiful
Hi +TheNewerbee
Humm is it a she or a he,,, it is a monster,,,or a she monster :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
A little too much for my budget. . . haha
Hi +CreativeType
This one is way over my budget!! but i hope you do enjoy to see it anyway.
Thank you for watching! :-)
+My PlayHouse (Morten Hjorth) haha I guess! Yeah I just found your channel a few weeks ago, I really like your informative videos about esxi
Hi CreativeType
Good,,next video where i install ESXi on this server is online in 5 min.:-) Perfect timing :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
that is porn right there love it!
Hi +Dustin Marklow
It sure is,,,60cores at 2.8Ghz,, and 3.2TB of eXFlash DDR3 Storage DIMMs,,, Wednesday we mount and install VM-ware ESXi 6.0.0 (need to edit that video)
Thank you for watching! :-)
+My PlayHouse (Morten Hjorth) you did miss something you can get to the back plane from the back of the unit..
Hi Dustin Marklow
Yes i know,,, :-) I have never needed access to the back plain,,have you?
Thank you for watching! :-)
On a toy server at work well compared to that one it's a toy lol.
Hi Dustin Marklow
The new video show how little here really is in there,, lot´s of gold connectors :-) That is where they hide the gold!!
Thank you for watching! :-)