Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250 1U Rack Server Xeon E-2136 64GB 4TB SATA RAID Rail Kit

1U rack server for small-business workloads

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250 is a 1U rack-mount system built for small-to-medium businesses that need reliable application hosting. It ships with an Intel Xeon E-2136 six-core processor running at 3.30 GHz with 4.5 GHz turbo, 64 GB of DDR4 memory and Windows Server 2019 Standard pre-installed. A rail kit is included for straightforward rack installation.

Upgrade from tower or older 1U systems

This bundle replaces a tower server or an earlier 1U unit that lacks the drive density or memory capacity for current workloads. The jump is worth it when you need four 3.5-inch bays populated with 1 TB SATA SSDs in a software RAID 0, 1, 10 or 5 array and a dedicated 1 GbE management port for remote administration. Buyers who need more than four drive bays or a redundant power supply should look elsewhere.

Tool-less rail mounting with single PSU constraint

The supplied rail kit lets one person slide the chassis into a standard rack without tools, and the front-access drive bays make SSD replacement simple. The single power supply means a power-unit failure takes the server offline, so plan for cold-spare or external UPS coverage. The Matrox G200 graphics provides only basic VGA output, so headless or remote management is the normal operating mode.