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    Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ALenovo 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.N/A
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    The initial selection of Lenovo for servers was provided to us as a recommendation from a reseller. I was skeptical, initially, as I am not a fan of Lenovo's consumer-grade laptops. I was very intrigued by the price of these devices though, so we purchased two for a location to …
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    Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series
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    User Testimonials
    Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series
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    Lenovo
    I believe all businesses would benefit from Lenovo's series of products - as they can be custom-built to meet your needs. We have been utilizing Lenovo servers for the past seven or eight years now, and have had get success with their hardware builds. We had one issue with a bad SD card that was in a RAID0 - they replaced both SD cards free of charge, and I had them the next business day (this, obviously, is contingent on the level of warranty protection that you purchase with your hardware - but support was fantastic to work with!)
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    Pros
    Lenovo
    • 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.
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    Cons
    Lenovo
    • 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.
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    Lenovo
    The initial selection of Lenovo for servers was provided to us as a recommendation from a reseller. I was skeptical, initially, as I am not a fan of Lenovo's consumer-grade laptops. I was very intrigued by the price of these devices though, so we purchased two for a location to see how they worked. The recommendation panned-out, and all of our needs were met (and exceeded) by this new line of products brought to our attention. I'm sure there are countless other stories like mine with dozens of other manufacturers - but we are more than pleased with our fleet of Thinksystem servers at our district
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    Return on Investment
    Lenovo
    • 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.
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