ThinkSystem
ThinkSystem is a family of Intel servers from Lenovo. ThinkSystem products are designed to work with existing infrastructure and adapt to workloads. They are designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for medium to large businesses. The ThinkSystem product line (formerly known as ThinkServer) began with the TS100 from Lenovo.
| Developer | Lenovo |
|---|---|
| Type | Desktop (T###) or Rack-mounted (R###) server |
| Release date | 2008 |
| Discontinued | 2017 |
| Predecessor | IBM eServer xSeries |
| Successor | Lenovo ThinkSystem |
The server was developed under agreement with IBM, by which Lenovo would produce single-socket and dual-socket servers based on IBM's xSeries technology. An additional feature of the server design was a support package aimed at small businesses. The focus of this support package was to provide small businesses with software tools to ease the process of server management and reduce dependence on IT support. The tools developed for this support package included:
- EasyStartup – meant to simplify the initial server configuration
- EasyUpdate – for download and installation of hardware and firmware updates
- EasyManage – to monitor the performance of multiple servers from a single console
| Lenovo ThinkServer product line | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||
| Tower servers | |||||||||||||
| 1 socket | TS100 | TS200 | TS200v | TS130 | TS140 | TS150 | |||||||
| TS430 | TS440 | TS450 | TS460 | ||||||||||
| 2 sockets | TD100 | TD200 | |||||||||||
| TD100x | TD200x | ||||||||||||
| TD230 | TD330 | TD340 | TD350 | ||||||||||
| Rack servers | |||||||||||||
| Storage only | 2 units | SA120 | |||||||||||
| 1 socket | 1 unit | RS110 | RS140 | RS160 | |||||||||
| 2 units | RS210 | ||||||||||||
| 0.5U Bay | 2 units | ? | N400 | ||||||||||
| 2 sockets | 0.5 unit | SD330 | SD350 | ||||||||||
| 1 unit | RD120 | RD230 | RD330 | RD340 | RD350 | ||||||||
| RD530 | RD540 | RD550 | |||||||||||
| 2 units | RD210 | RD220 | RD430 | RD440 | RD450 | ||||||||
| RD430x | |||||||||||||
| RD240 | RD630 | RD640 | RD650 | ||||||||||
| 80 sockets | 44 units | DC5000 | |||||||||||
Lenovo's ThinkServer naming conventions reflect whether the server is a tower server or a rack server. First letter "T" is used to indicate tower servers, while "R" is used for rack servers, and "S" is storage rack server. Similarly, secondary letter "S" indicates single socket, while "D" indicates dual-socket.
The ThinkServer family has been discontinued in 2019, and the new family of Intel servers is named ThinkSystem.