Lenovo THINKSERVER TS140 Quick Reference Manual page 3

THINKSERVER SELLING OPPORTUNITIES
Here are some real-world situations you may encounter, and examples of how you can turn them into opportunities with Lenovo ThinkServer.
FIRST SERVER SERVER REFRESH
Situation: Currently not Current server is more
using a server, or using than three years old and /
PCs for file storage / or running an
print serving out-of-date OS
Opportunity: 1P or 2P Opportunity: Tower or
tower system rack solution
Single and dual processor Dual processor,
redundancy
POS, file / print, office in a Email, SharePoint,
box, industry applications business and industry
applications, virtualization,
database, web applications
Retail, education, Education, healthcare,
healthcare, professional services,
professional services manufacturing, state / local
ThinkServer TS140, ThinkServer TD340,
TS440, TD340 RD340, RD440,
RD540, RD640
TARGET WORKLOADS BY SEGMENT
Retail
POINT-OF-SALE /
FRONT OFFICE
TS140 Transactions, kiosks, file /
print, local backup, front-office
applications, point of sale
BACK OFFICE /
TS440 /
POS AGGREGATION
TD340 /
RD340
Transaction aggregation
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
RD340/
Email, applications, directory,
RD440
database
BIG DATA
RD540/
Compute-intensive workloads
RD640
and data analysis for EPOS,
stock, loyalty and ERP analysis
VIRTUALIZATION
Situation: Looking
to consolidate the number
of current servers, or they
are hesitant to add more
Opportunity: Primarily rack
solution and with DAS drag
Dual processor,
large memory and I/O
Enterprise virtualization,
web server, database
server, business
applications
Healthcare, professional
services, manufacturing,
financial services,
state / local
ThinkServer RD340,
RD440, RD540, RD640,
ThinkServer SA120
Education
CLASSROOMS
Microsoft Multipoint
deployments, file / print,
data backup
DEPARTMENTS
Smaller campus, Stoneware
cloud application access
CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE
Email, distance learning
centers, academic centers, thin
/ zero virtualization workloads
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
Campus R&D, Stoneware
deployments, data analysis
clusters
DIRECT-ATTACHED
STORAGE (DAS)
Situation: A need for
greater direct-storage
scalability with high data
performance
Opportunity: Cost-effective
local storage expansion
and great performance
Single or dual processor,
dual I/O controllers, DAS
expansion using SAS
for storage and SSD
for performance,
redundant power
Data backup, email,
video streaming, caching
Retail, education,
healthcare, finance,
state / local
ThinkServer RD340,
RD440, RD540, RD640
and ThinkServer SA120
Finance
FRONT OFFICE
Reception desk / front office,
file / print, disaster recovery,
distributed branches,
professional services
BACK OFFICE / BRANCHES
Line-of-business (LOB)
applications
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Email, thin / zero virtualization
workloads, application server,
database server
BIG DATA
Database analytics, big data,
BI / DI, compute-intensive
workloads
NETWORK-ATTACHED
STORAGE (NAS)
Situation: Building out
a compute cluster or
private cloud system, or
they already have a cloud
OS and need standardized,
high-efficiency
compute nodes
Opportunity: Rack solution
with storage drag
Single or dual processor,
disk expandability
Windows storage server,
NAS, ISCSI
Retail, education,
professional services,
manufacturing, healthcare,
state / local, financial
services, federal
ThinkServer RD340,
RD440, RD540, RD640,
LenovoEMC px4-300r,
px12-400r, px12-450r
Healthcare
FRONT OFFICE
Reception desk / front office,
file / print, data backup
BACK OFFICE / BRANCHES
Line-of-business (LOB)
applications
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Email, thin / zero virtualization
workloads, EMR archival
systems
LIFE SCIENCES / R&D
R&D labs, PACs / archival
systems, compute-intensive
workloads