Product comparison · 2 servers

Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 server Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence E5506 vs Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 server

Key differences

Number of HDDs supported
- ThinkServer RD230 server Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence E5506:4
- ThinkServer RD240 server:8
Optical drive type
- ThinkServer RD230 server Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence E5506:DVD Super Multi
- ThinkServer RD240 server:DVD-RW
Redundant power supply (RPS) support
- ThinkServer RD230 server Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence E5506:No
- ThinkServer RD240 server:Yes
Power supply
- ThinkServer RD230 server Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence E5506:600 W
- ThinkServer RD240 server:750 W

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Comparison of RD230, RD240
97 specifications	A Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 server Rack (2U) Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence E5506 Model RD230 View product	B Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 server Model RD240 View product
Processoridentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Intel® 5500	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage2 differ
Maximum storage capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 TB
Total storage capacityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 GB
Number of HDDs installedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Number of HDDs supportedDiffers	4	8
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD Super Multi	DVD-RW
RAID levelsKnown for one	1, 5, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x8 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Software1 differ
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Server 2008/Server SBS2008 Linux	Windows Server 2008/Server SBS 2008
Power2 differ
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportDiffers	No	Yes
Power supplyDiffers	600 W	750 W
Certificatesidentical
Compliance industry standardsKnown for one	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab	Unknown — not stated by the source

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