Intel, IBM, Others Craft Speedy Servers for Cloud Computing
Intel Microserver
Intel executives showed off the company’s microserver reference design, which can put 16 compute modules in a 5U (8.75-inch) enclosure.
SGI Octane III
Introduced the day before IDF kicked off, SGI officials call Octane III a personal supercomputer that can hold up to 80 processing cores.
SGI CloudRack
SGI’s CloudRack enclosure can hold up to 114 dual-socket or 228 single-socket servers.
IBM iDataPlex dx360 M2
IBM’s iDataPlex server array looks to pack as much computing power into standard 42U rack as possible, and offers half-depth systems powered by Intel’s Xeon 5500 Series chips and DDR3 memory.
Dell C6100
Dell’s 2U (3.5-inch) enclosure holds up to four dual-socket blades powered by Intel’s Xeon 5500 chips and offers shared power and cooling.
Verari Cloud Appliance
Verari’s Cloud Appliance looks to address the issue of scaling storage in cloud computing environments, allowing for growth to store from terabytes to petabytes of data.
Verari VB1300
Verari’s VB1300 Series blade server can hold two quad-core Xeon 5500 Series chips, offers up to 144GB of DDR3 memory and up to 4TB of local storage.
SuperMicro Twin 2
SuperMicro’s 2U Twin 2 enclosure can hold up to four compute nodes and offers hot-swappable power supplies and hard drives.