SYSTEMS

Verari Systems, a premier developer of powerful, platform-independent blade computing systems, announced today that it will increase the company's support of AMD's dual-core chip offerings by adopting the fourth set of dual-core processors released from AMD consisting of Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors Models 180, 280 and 880. Verari Systems will offer the new processors across its entire product line, including its newly released BladeRack 2 blade server system. "Verari Systems and AMD join forces to offer leading-edge, industry-standard systems with outstanding price-to-performance-per-watt to serve the rapidly growing blade market," said Pat Patla, director, Server/Workstation Marketing, Microprocessor Solutions Sector, AMD. "Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture are superbly suited for the high-density enterprise datacenter environments that Verari Systems serves so well." "As the fifth largest x86 server manufacturer, it is only natural for Verari Systems to continue its collaboration with AMD, the undisputed leader in x86 dual-core server processor performance," said David Driggers, CEO of Verari Systems. "With our BladeRack 2 blade server platform and patented vertical cooling thermal management technology, we continue to deliver the best performance-per-watt architecture available in the HPCC market while supporting the very latest AMD Opteron processors." Verari Systems' scalable platform-independent architecture ensures seamless incorporation of the latest in next-generation high-performance technology. The Verari Systems BladeRack 2 blade server will consist of 66 nodes containing 132 Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors and Verari Systems' patented Vertical Cooling Technology, which enables the world's fastest microprocessors to perform in the highest density, highest performance server environment possible. Combined with the Verari Command Center software, which extends systems management with the capability to provision systems software, applications and updates across blade servers, Verari Systems servers utilizing Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors form a powerful high-performance computing solution for grid and utility computing.