RACKSAVER LEAPS FORWARD IN SUPERCOMPUTING TECHNOLOGY.RackSaver, a provider of high-density rack-mounted computer servers and supercomputer clusters, has announced its BladeRack line of ultra-dense servers. The BladeRack line of servers will be highly sought after in the markets that requires high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. power. The oil gas industry, genomics, entertainment, research and development, education, and government entities are but a few of the groups always needing greater computing power in a more dense form factor. RackSaver's BladeRack will house up to 66 RS-1100V RackBlades featuring up to two 2.4GHz Intel Xeon processors per blade totaling 132 Intel Xeon processors contained in a 7 foot cabinet. The BladeRack systems feature the most compact, space saving design available. BladeRack's 7 foot tall, 38 inch deep, 24 inch wide cabinet is the first full production BladeRack with 132 Intel Xeon processors (66 nodes), 66 GBs of DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. REG PC-2100 Corsair memory Corsair Memory is a company which produces computer memory, primarily for the computer enthusiast crowd, although they also produce a value line called "Value Select." Its memory has a reputation in the enthusiast community as high quality, both in terms of performance and , based on SuperMicro's new P4DPR-6GM+ motherboard. Further separating BladeRack from the competition is its proprietary, patent-pending cooling subsystem which delivers performance and savings that are simply unavailable elsewhere in the market today. Unlike other vendors' offerings, customers will not, upon closer inspection, find a system that uses a proprietary backplane. Only RackSaver's BladeRack uses "truly" non-proprietary, interchangeable "off the shelf" components. "We're very excited about BladeRack for a number of reasons. It is the only system of its kind in the market that can accommodate 132 Intel Xeon processors in one seven foot cabinet," said David Driggers, RackSaver CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Other reasons are its accessibility and scalability. BladeRack is a system designed to not only speed a customer's business processes, but also to grow with that customer and their computing needs as they evolve over time." BladeRack incorporates Intel's groundbreaking Hyper-Threading Technology, a new on-processor innovation, allowing multi-processing applications to execute more than one thread per processor, increasing the throughput of server applications, and enabling scaling with processing requirements to handle future workloads. It also takes advantage of the new Intel E7500 chipset, which delivers maximized system bus, memory and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output bandwidth to enhance not only performance, but scalability. "The performance leadership and higher density of our processors are the results of continuous enhancements in the design and manufacturing process technology of our Intel Xeon processor family," said Richard Dracott, Group Director, Enterprise Platforms Group. "We will continue to work closely with RackSaver to incorporate this leading-edge technology into their BladeRack product offerings." Other BladeRack advantages over the competition include its scalable, easily accessible, hot-swap capability, which applies not only to fans and networking equipment, but to the servers themselves, making upgrades and routine service a breeze. Need more power? Simply add another RackBlade. These capabilities allow RackSaver's BladeRack systems to grow with a customer's business rather than whither whith·er adv. To what place, result, or condition: Whither are we wandering? conj. 1. To which specified place or position: and fall victim to obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. . "SuperMicro always strives to be the first company to deliver products with new technologies to the marketplace thus giving our customers every competitive edge possible," said Dr. Charles Liang, president, CEO and founder of SuperMicro Computer. "Our new Intel Xeon processor-based server solutions are unmatched in terms of system performance, computing density, price performance and high-availability, thus enabling RackSaver to design and deliver the exciting BladeRack solution for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. ." |
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