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THINKSERVER SELLING OPPORTUNITIES

Here are some real-world situations you may encounter, and examples of how you can turn them into opportunities with Lenovo ThinkServer.

FIRST SERVER

SERVER REFRESH

Situation: Currently not

Current server is more

using a server, or using

than three years old and /

PCs for file storage /

or running an

print serving

out-of-date OS

Opportunity: 1P or 2P

Opportunity: Tower or

tower system

rack solution

Single and dual processor

Dual processor,

redundancy

POS, file / print, office in a

Email, SharePoint,

box, industry applications

business and industry

applications, virtualization,

database, web applications

Retail, education,

Education, healthcare,

healthcare,

professional services,

professional services

manufacturing, state / local

ThinkServer TS140,

ThinkServer TD340,

TS440, TD340

RD340, RD440,

RD540, RD640

TARGET WORKLOADS BY SEGMENT

Retail

POINT-OF-SALE /

FRONT OFFICE

TS140

Transactions, kiosks, file /

print, local backup, front-office

applications, point of sale

BACK OFFICE /

TS440 /

POS AGGREGATION

TD340 /

RD340

Transaction aggregation

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

RD340/

Email, applications, directory,

RD440

database

BIG DATA

RD540/

Compute-intensive workloads

RD640

and data analysis for EPOS,

stock, loyalty and ERP analysis

VIRTUALIZATION

Situation: Looking

to consolidate the number

of current servers, or they

are hesitant to add more

Opportunity: Primarily rack

solution and with DAS drag

Dual processor,

large memory and I/O

Enterprise virtualization,

web server, database

server, business

applications

Healthcare, professional

services, manufacturing,

financial services,

state / local

ThinkServer RD340,

RD440, RD540, RD640,

ThinkServer SA120

Education

CLASSROOMS

Microsoft Multipoint

deployments, file / print,

data backup

DEPARTMENTS

Smaller campus, Stoneware

cloud application access

CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE

Email, distance learning

centers, academic centers, thin

/ zero virtualization workloads

CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE

Campus R&D, Stoneware

deployments, data analysis

clusters

DIRECT-ATTACHED

STORAGE (DAS)

Situation: A need for

greater direct-storage

scalability with high data

performance

Opportunity: Cost-effective

local storage expansion

and great performance

Single or dual processor,

dual I/O controllers, DAS

expansion using SAS

for storage and SSD

for performance,

redundant power

Data backup, email,

video streaming, caching

Retail, education,

healthcare, finance,

state / local

ThinkServer RD340,

RD440, RD540, RD640

and ThinkServer SA120

Finance

FRONT OFFICE

Reception desk / front office,

file / print, disaster recovery,

distributed branches,

professional services

BACK OFFICE / BRANCHES

Line-of-business (LOB)

applications

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

Email, thin / zero virtualization

workloads, application server,

database server

BIG DATA

Database analytics, big data,

BI / DI, compute-intensive

workloads

NETWORK-ATTACHED

STORAGE (NAS)

Situation: Building out

a compute cluster or

private cloud system, or

they already have a cloud

OS and need standardized,

high-efficiency

compute nodes

Opportunity: Rack solution

with storage drag

Single or dual processor,

disk expandability

Windows storage server,

NAS, ISCSI

Retail, education,

professional services,

manufacturing, healthcare,

state / local, financial

services, federal

ThinkServer RD340,

RD440, RD540, RD640,

LenovoEMC px4-300r,

px12-400r, px12-450r

Healthcare

FRONT OFFICE

Reception desk / front office,

file / print, data backup

BACK OFFICE / BRANCHES

Line-of-business (LOB)

applications

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

Email, thin / zero virtualization

workloads, EMR archival

systems

LIFE SCIENCES / R&D

R&D labs, PACs / archival

systems, compute-intensive

workloads