Alternative to HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 / DELL PowerEgde R540/ CISCO UCS CS240 M5 The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR550 dual-socket 2U rack server is ideal for small to large organizations that need industry-leading reliability, management, and security, as well as cost-optimized performance, storage capacity, and flexible I/O. Designed to handle a wide range of workloads, the SR550 server cost-effectively performs complex analytics on structured and unstructured data, speeds transactional systems, and powers through collaboration workloads with ever-growing data sets and large files shared within an organization. This product guide provides essential technical and pre-sales information on the SR550 server, its key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the SR550 server and consider its use in IT solutions. Key features The SR550 server offers a balance of processing power, storage capacity, and cost for small and medium businesses up to the large enterprise. Ease of use and comprehensive systems management tools help make deployment easier and efficient design improves your business environment and helps save operational costs. Scalability and performance The SR550 server offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs: Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with the second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family with up to 22-core processors, up to 30.25 MB of last level cache (LLC), up to 2933 MHz memory speeds, and up to 10.4 GT/s Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links. Support for up to two processors, 44 cores, and 88 threads allows to maximize the concurrent execution of multithreaded applications. Intelligent and adaptive system performance with energy efficient Intel Turbo