Lenovo SR868 servers provide these features: Speed and Reliability The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR868 is designed for exceptional price/performance with the speed and reliability you require today and the scalability and versatility youll need tomorrow. The SR868 is engineered to run a wide range of solutions, from business consolidation to database virtualization, data analytics, and scientific/technical. With XClarity integration, management is simple and standardized, reducing provisioning time up to 95% from manual operations. ThinkShield protects your business with each offering, from development through disposal. Versatility The agile design of the ThinkSystem SR868 offers considerable configuration flexibility. It can scale from two to four powerful second-generation Intel Xeon Processor Scalable family CPUs via a customer installable mezzanine tray that enables a quick and easy pay-as-you-grow upgrade for processors and memory and delivers up to a 36% total performance improvement over the first generation. Workload-Optimized Support Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory delivers a new, flexible tier of memory designed specifically for data center workloads that offers an unprecedented combination of high capacity, affordability, and persistence. This technology will have a significant impact on real-world data center operations: reduction of restart times from minutes down to seconds, 1.2x virtual machine density, dramatically improved data replication with 14x lower latency and 14x higher IOPS, and greater security for persistent data built into hardware. Lenovo SR868 Server Specification Form Factor 4U Processors 2 or 4 second-generation Intel Xeon Processor Scalable family CPUs, up to 165W Memory Up to 6TB in 48x slots (with 4x CPUs) using 128GB DIMMs, 2666MHz / 2933MHz TruDDR4 Expansion Up to 11x PCIe plus 1x LOM, optional 1x ML2 slot Internal Storage Up to 16x 2.5 storage bays supporting SAS/SATA HDD and SSDs or up to 8x 2.5 NVMe SSD, plus up to 2x mirrored M.2 boot Network Interface Multiple options with 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 32GbE, 40GbE or InfiniBand PCIe adapters, one (2-/4port) 1GbE or 10GbE LOM card GPU Support Up to 2x supported GPUs Power 2x hot-swap/redundant: 750W/1100W/1600W/2000 AC 80 PLUS Platinum Security and Availability TPM 1.2/2.0, PFA, hot-swap/redundant drives, and PSUs, redundant fans, internal light path diagnostic LEDs, front-access diagnostics via dedicated USB port, optional diagnostic LCD panel RAID Support HW RAID (up to 16 ports) with flash cache, up to 16-port HBAs Systems Management XClarity Controller embedded management, XClarity Administrator centralized infrastructure delivery, XClarity Integrator plugins, and XClarity Energy Manager centralized server power management OS Support Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, VMware.