On July 11, Lenovo introduced the new Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server, built specifically for demanding workloads. As a powerful 8U8-way rack server, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server is designed for heavy mission critical workloads, and has been upgraded in performance, security, scalability, and economy, which once again refreshes the limits of Lenovo’s high-end server products.

Peak performance for harsh workloads

Core business workloads require systems to deliver extreme performance and continuous availability. Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server performance compared to the first generation CPU performance improved 172%, memory bandwidth improved 63.7%, I/O improved by four times, extended the industry standard technology, established a new performance threshold.

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server consists of eight fourth-generation Intel®Xeon®Scalable processor family cpus that can support up to 480 processing cores, four UPI mesh topologies, and up to four QAT, DLB, IAA, and DSA accelerators. Its excellent scalability, multi-level toughness and data protection features are designed to ensure continuous operation and provide “always on” reliability, making it more suitable for compute-intensive workloads. In terms of memory, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server has up to 128 DDR5 memory DIMM slots, each memory can support up to 256GB, and supports up to 32TB of high-speed memory in 8U rack space.

(Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3)

In terms of RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) features, Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server can be described as a “special student”. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server supports up to 14 PCIe slots for expansion, including six FHHL x16 PCIe 5.0 slots in the front and eight FHHL x16 PCIe 4.0 slots in the back. Suitable for complex application scenarios such as business analysis, database, business logic, ERP and CRM, virtualization, and high-performance computing, 7X24 hours stable operation avoids server downtime, ensures business continuity, and helps enterprises make smarter decisions faster, even with increasing data loads.

Leading SAP solutions provide real-time insight into business changes

Designed for maximum performance, Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 servers are ideal for deploying SAP HANA, delivering superior functionality and increased business value. By networking the nodes, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server makes it easy to set up a multi-node, scale-out setup, enabling greater SAP HANA memory capacity, and scaling the infrastructure and SAP HANA environment through a modular approach. As a result, it can support twice as many SAP users as the previous generation Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950. 33% larger than SAP HANA DB; Memory bandwidth increased by 63.7% to support larger and more demanding SAP HANA.

As a platform for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and other business applications, SAP HANA system not only integrates multi-domain business data, but also can apply machine learning and AI, and can be compatible with various hardware, software and other databases to analyze data in real time and in-depth, so the comprehensive performance of the server is extremely high. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server can support up to 32TB of high-speed storage and is certified for SAP HANA all-in-one, supporting up to 16TB of SAP Business Suite (SoH) /S/4HANA (Transactional) requirements on HANA. SAPSoH, or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) transactions, refers to a suite of software that organizations use to manage day-to-day business activities, including accounting, procurement, project management, risk management and compliance, supply chain operations, and more.

In addition, relying on the long-term and stable SAP HANA Performance Enhancement project partnership established by Lenovo and SAP, Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 has a more mature and reliable operation performance. Lenovo SAP HANA solution not only provides hardware and storage devices that meet SAP HANA certification and performance requirements, but also provides customers with a complete end-to-end SAP overall infrastructure solution, providing excellent performance support for SAP application layer and database, and helping enterprises achieve real-time key business insights. Reduce total cost of ownership; It also guarantees the stability and continuity of the SAP business platform based on SAP best practices.

Efficient deployment and management Reliable security

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server supports SUSE, Red Hat, and VMware vSphere at the operating system level, and is equipped with the XClarity Controller embedded hardware management engine to standardize, simplify, and automate core server management activities. Let the user can quickly get started. A simple and intuitive system management operation interface, such as a modern looking dashboard and visual status display, helps to achieve easy access to daily operations, making basic server management tasks easier to understand, and administrators can easily navigate through the main menu and quick link submenus.

XClarity Controller may expose alerts to Lenovo XClarity Controller, VMware vCenter, and Microsoft System Center when a server is operating malfunctioned or has unauthorized access. By performing failure warning analysis on these alerts, customers can take the necessary steps to improve server uptime and application availability before potential problems occur. Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 Server Platform Firmware Resilience (PFR) and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 are also included in the Root of Trust (RoT) module to further secure and validate the system. These modules help prevent unauthorized access to critical platform subsystems, harden access security, and keep customer core data safe by detecting unauthorized firmware updates, restoring corrupted images to known secure images, and monitoring firmware to ensure it has not been tampered with.

The extreme performance, super stable Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 V3 server, with an unprecedented wealth of product matrix and very bright technical upgrades, once again demonstrates Lenovo’s innovation, quality and strength. At present, in terms of extreme computing power performance, Lenovo servers have achieved 465 performance test world records (as of June 2023), ranking first in a variety of application types of benchmark tests. At present, the development of artificial intelligence technology and computing facilities is surging, and Lenovo’s strong product camp represented by ThinkSystem SR950 V3 will support the intelligent transformation of enterprises with more high-end server products and lock the victory of the future computing market competition.