HPE Synergy 660 Gen9 Compute Module vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Synergy 660 Gen9 Compute Module is a full-height four-socket composable blade server built for heavy in-memory databases, ERP systems, and large enterprise virtualization hosts. The ThinkSystem SR850 was Lenovo's dense 2U four-socket enterprise rack server designed for in-memory databases (SAP HANA), heavy virtualization, and mission-critical enterprise resource planning (ERP).
| HPE Synergy 660 Gen9 Compute Module | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jan 2016 | Jul 2017 |
| Form factor | blade | 2U rack |
| Form factor detail | Full-height compute module for Synergy 12000 Frame | — |
| Cpu sockets | 4 | 4 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon E5-4600 v4 series processors up to 22 cores per socket | Up to 4 Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake-SP) or 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake-SP) processors up to 205W TDP |
| Memory slots | 48 | 48 |
| Memory type | DDR4-2133 / DDR4-2400 SmartMemory RDIMM / LRDIMM | DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM / LRDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | 3,072 | 6,144 |
| Mezzanine slots | 6 mezzanine slots supporting redundant multi-fabric connections | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 4 SFF hot-plug SAS/SATA/NVMe drives | Up to 16x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays (supporting up to 8 NVMe AnyBay drives) |
| Pcie slots | — | Up to 8 PCIe 3.0 slots plus dedicated LOM slot |
| Network onboard | — | Modular LOM slot (1GbE/10GbE) plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant 1100W / 1600W / 2000W AC 80 PLUS Platinum hot-swap power supplies |
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