Tatung Announces New Blade Server with up to 196 Intel-R- Xeon-TM- Processor-Based Servers Per Rack.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2003 Booth #162 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2003 Server Features High Performance and High Availability, with Systems Management Built-in; All with Low Power Consumption Tatung Science & Technology Inc. (TSTI TSTI Total Safety Task Instruction TSTI Texas State Traffic Institute TSTI Too Small To Investigate ) is introducing a new ultra-dense blade server that accommodates up to 14 independent server blades in a single 3U form factor chassis. Data centers achieve substantial total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) savings with the new system's high performance, high density, built-in manageability and significant savings in power consumption. The TUD-3114 features integrated switch blades and management blades, supporting up to 196 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor-based servers per rack. With multiple server blades, redundant switch blades, management blades, power supplies and fan modules, the system offers built-in high availability, allowing no single point of failure. Optimized for Performance In a single 3U rack-mountable chassis, the TUD-3114 can accommodate up to 14 server blades, two switch blades, two management blades with failover capability, three redundant power supplies and two high performance fan modules. Each server blade can be configured with power-saving low voltage Intel Xeon processors at 2.0 GHz, up to 4 GB of 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. registered 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 266 memory (two DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module slots), IDE 2.5 inch hard disk drives, dual 1 GB Ethernet (using Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Connection) connected to two switch blades, video controllers with VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. and SVGA (Super VGA) A screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Third-party vendors extended IBM's VGA display standard and were the first to use the term. SVGA has also referred to 1,024x768 resolutions. See PC display modes. resolutions and support for USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and FDD (1) Abbreviation for floppy disk drive. See floppy disk. (2) (Frequency Division Duplexing) A transmission method that separates the transmitting and receiving channels with a guard band (some amount of spectrum that acts as a buffer or insulator). . Components are hot-swappable with each blade featuring activity indicator LEDs for the CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , primary and secondary networks and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive . The TUD-3114 blade server supports Window 2000, Window Server 2003 and Linux operating systems. "The new servers fully integrate all the features that today's extremely cost-conscious customers demand. We have greatly increased the number of servers that can be installed in a single rack, while lowering power usage requirements using high performance Intel Xeon processors. At the same time, we have reduced the number of wire connections, and also provided powerful data management software for deployment, platform, power and workload management," according to Dr. Kam Chan, president of Tatung Science and Technology Inc. (TSTI), a U.S. subsidiary of the multi-national Tatung Co. "Customers will benefit from the increased performance of the blade server environment, while saving on power consumption, all in one manageable package." High Density and Power Savings While the TUD-3114 integrates 14 server blades in a 3U chassis, allowing up to 196 Intel Xeon processors in a single 42U height rack, the effective density is even higher. The system includes dual Gigabit ethernet switches and dual management blades, each of which would normally consume an additional 1U of rack space. Each server blade consumes as little as 48 Watts (with an average configuration and load consisting of 2GB of memory and a 40GB hard disk drive.). These power and space-saving efficiencies provide direct power savings to the data center. Further savings are achieved through the reduced air conditioning, UPS and backup power requirements. "Intel-based ultra dense blade servers deliver the performance, reliability, manageability, connectivity and power saving features that IT managers need," said Hemant Dhulla, director of enterprise volume platform marketing, Intel Corp. "These servers can address the need of data centers to increase server density and manageability with high performance processors while meeting existing power requirements." Integrated Management Blades and Management Software Cuts Costs and Increases Server Availability ManageSite(TM) software from Amphus is fully integrated with the TUD-3114. It interfaces with the management blade to provide policy-based automated provisioning and hardware monitoring. The integrated software and management blade allow remote management of the blade servers, lights-out and out-of-band management of the server blades and automatic switch-over for high availability. Internal AMPC AMPC Axiomatic Multi-Platform C (C language compiler that generates Java Bytecode) AMPC Automatic Mail Processing Centre (India) AMPC Automatic Message Processing Center AMPC Active Metallic Photonic Crystal serial channel communication controllers monitor voltage, temperature, speed of each blade and module, and offer the ability to cycle power, shut-down and reset any module. "Data center customers have recognized availability and manageability as key TCO (total cost of ownership) issues," said Henry Fung, chairman and 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. of Amphus. "With the integration of Amphus' ManageSite server management solution, the TUD TUD Technical University of Denmark TUD Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) TUD Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany) TUD Technische Universiteit Delft (Netherlands) 3114 platform offers data center customers breakthrough provisioning and remote management capabilities, enabling them to realize substantial TCO savings." Customer Uses Tatung System for Secure E-mail Gateway MessageSoft Inc., Fremont, Calif., develops products which provide full control over the security and usage of any corporate email system at the gateway level, protecting against productivity loss, network downtime and vulnerability of informational assets associated with unsolicited or malicious email. They are combining the TUD-3114 with their secure messaging technologies for data center customers. "This is an excellent combination of hardware and software, each designed for high performance, and each designed to accommodate distributed processing," said Jonathan Jiang, MessageSoft's president. "Tatung understands that innovative software such as MessageSoft's Secure Message Gateway provide the applications that best take advantage of server products such as the TUD-3114, which allow customers to easily add and deploy server blades individually as the workload gets heavier." Pricing and Availability Scheduled for shipment in August 2003, the TUD-3114 starts at $7970 for a system with two server blades, one switch blade and one management blade. About Tatung Science & Technology Inc. Tatung Science and Technology Inc. is a leading provider of high-end workstations and servers, and a U.S. subsidiary of the over $7 billion, multi-national Tatung Co. Tatung Co. is a worldwide provider of products for the computer, communications and consumer markets. For more information, contact Tatung Science and Technology Inc., 436 Kato Terrace, Fremont, Calif. 94539; 800-659-5902; e-mail: mkt@tsti.com; Web site: http://www.tsti.com. |
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