Verari Announces Densest Blade Server System

VB1160D blade server designed to support up to 132 servers and 528 processing cores per cabinet: Verari Systems, developer of platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions, has announced the industry's densest blade server system. The VB1160D server combines the latest Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3200 series processors with the fastest, most power efficient DDR2-800 memory available in a blade server. The combination of Intel’s latest X38 chipset and second generation PCI-E x16 slots in a high performance blade server is a powerful enabler for a wide range of vertical markets such as the service provider market, where density and application performance are critical. With its power efficient blade-based solutions, Verari Systems enables its customers to stay competitive and continually push the envelope to drive business results while maximizing the utilization of their technology investments. The VB1160D blade server delivers exceptional processing power by making use of a high performance quad-core processor with up to 16GB of memory and up to 2TB of hard disk storage per blade. A single Verari Systems BladeRack 2 platform can house up to 132 server nodes delivering over 100TB of storage and 528 processor cores in just two data center floor tiles. “This latest design delivers system density that is unsurpassed in traditional blade-server offerings,” said David B. Wright, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Verari Systems. “At almost double the node count of existing solutions, the VB1160D provides superior performance and capacity that establishes Verari as the industry leader in blade-based solutions for the green data center.” Verari Systems will be demonstrating its platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions at the SC07 conference in Reno, NV November 12-15, 2007 in booth #428. For more information on the conference, please visit its Web site. Contributing to Green Data Centers With rising demand for high-performance servers and storage in numerous market sectors including service provider, entertainment and financial services, Verari works closely with its customers to help develop “Green Data Centers” that deliver more energy-efficient processing performance and storage capacity. Designed for Verari Systems’ BladeRack 2 platform, one of the most power efficient blade-based solutions on the market today, the new VB1160D server reduces networking complexity and bottlenecks while delivering up to 50% savings in energy use and providing up to 77% better floor space utilization than traditional server systems. The VB1160D is a way for IT managers to contribute to business growth and the bottom line through the consolidation of server infrastructures and unsurpassed energy efficiency. Open Architecture for Open-Source The VB1160D server gives customers access to many unique capabilities such as the flexibility to run many commercial Linux distributions and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The open architecture of the VB1160D makes it the ideal differentiated platform for the deployment of today’s latest open-source compute solutions.