NexentaStor 3.0 First to Offer In-line Deduplication for Primary Storage

06/03/2010 11:06 AM

Press Release: CeBIT 2010 (Hall 2, Stand C29) – March 2, 2010 - Nexenta Systems, the leader in Open Storage solutions, today introduced NexentaStor™ 3.0, a significant upgrade to the company’s enterprise class storage solution based on the file system ZFS, and Virtual Machine Datacenter (VMDC) 3.0, a significant new release of its virtualization management platform. The new version of NexentaStor is the first commercial storage solution to incorporate ZFS-based in-line deduplication, a giant leap forward for the storage industry. NexentaStor 3.0 also includes support for Microsoft Hyper-V, making it the only storage solution to support all major virtualization environments. With this announcement, NexentaStor continues to build on its position as the superior alternative to expensive, monolithic and proprietary storage technologies.

Data deduplication has emerged as the most important storage innovation in the last five years. According to a December 2009 TechTarget survey, 60 percent of enterprises view primary storage deduplication as their most important disk-related initiative in 2010. EMC’s 2009 acquisition of deduplication vendor Data Domain for over $2 billion further underscores the critical role of this technology. The rise of server virtualization has provided greater impetus to deduplication since virtual machines, and their associated storage, can consume a significant amount of high-performance, expensive primary storage. Until now, however, deduplication technology has been available only at a high price from vendors who have built proprietary, siloed solutions that impact only secondary data – either disk-based backup and replication or archiving and compliance. As a result, an organization can have multiple deduplication approaches – and data stores – that do not work with each other, thereby dramatically increasing costs.

NexentaStor 3.0 revolutionizes storage by providing deduplication for primary (production) storage. This functionality enables customers to reduce their use of expensive and scarce primary storage. NexentaStor 3.0 exceeds the functionality of legacy deduplication by offering bi-directional replication with compression and deduplication, superior end-to-end data integrity, accelerated I/O through the native use of SSDs, and hardware accelerators leveraged by the revolutionary ZFS file system.

All the above listed capabilities are leveraged to their fullest in the Nexenta Virtual Machine Datacenter (VMDC) 3.0 release based on NexentaStor 3.0. With its new support for Microsoft Hyper-V, NexentaStor is the only product to support VMware, Citrix Xen and Hyper-V virtualization platforms from a single point within one unified environment, VMDC. VMDC allows storage administrators to see their entire virtual environment and to provision storage and storage policies including backup, replication and retention policies from a simple point and click interface.

Both NexentaStor and VMDC run on industry-standard hardware, a fundamental pillar of Open Storage, thereby driving acquisition and upgrade costs dramatically lower than those of proprietary solutions. Further, by making storage and virtualization management more efficient, the products also reduce operational costs.

“The ongoing adoption of Nexenta's OpenStorage solution is proof that there is still room for innovation in the storage market from emerging companies," said George Crump, analyst for Storage Switzerland. “By adding a robust in-line deduplication capability along with their other capabilities in managing storage for virtualized environments, Nexenta has established itself as a vendor to watch in 2010 for organizations with growing storage requirements and restricted budgets.”

Additional capabilities in the Nexenta 3.0 release include:
Greater ease of use for high availability functionality
Enhanced support for a broader array of hardware including 10Gbe Ethernet and SAS-2 controllers for increased performance
Simplified disaster recovery support via multiple enhancements to underlying ZFS based replication.

“NexentaStor 3.0 sets a new bar for not only our company but also the storage industry,” said Evan Powell, Nexenta CEO. “By adding the exact features enterprise customers are demanding – unmatched deduplication and comprehensive support for the virtualization technologies that matter – we are once again proving that open, standards-based approaches will beat proprietary through innovation as well as dramatic cost savings.

NexentaStor is the leading hardware independent storage solution built upon the ZFS file system. NexentaStor runs on industry standard x86 servers and provides NAS and SAN capabilities including support for CIFS, NFS, iSCSI and Fiber Channel storage access. For the first time, customers can experience the benefits of enterprise storage, including high performance and air tight data integrity with multiple replication methods, without the vendor lock-in and aged technologies of legacy storage vendors. NexentaStor customers typically experience 75 percent cost savings versus proprietary solutions from increased efficiency through compression, thin provisioning, and the use of hybrid storage pools that leverage SSDs plus disks. The addition of in-line deduplication and support for Hyper-V will further magnify the value and return on investment of Nexenta OpenStorage solutions.

NexentaStor 3.0 will be available by the end of March 2010. To download a free trial of NexentaStor, please visit www.nexenta.com/freetrial. Upgrades to NexentaStor 3.0 are available, at no additional cost to NexentaStor users. For more information please contact sales@nexenta.com.

About Nexenta Systems
Founded in 2005 and privately held, Nexenta Systems, Inc., has developed NexentaStor(TM), the leading open storage enterprise class hardware independent storage solution and sponsors NexentaCore, an open source operating system that combines the high performance and reliability of OpenSolaris with the ease of use and breadth of applications of Linux. Both solutions leverage the revolutionary file system ZFS. With more than 20,000 total users and more than 975 license sales, Nexenta’s mission is to make enterprise class storage available for everyone.
More information about Nexenta Systems, Inc. and free trials of the ZFS based NexentaStor can be found at www.nexenta.com or call: (877) 862-7770.

Supermicro Showcases Latest Innovations in Server Technology at CeBIT

06/03/2010 11:12 AM

Press Release: HANNOVER, Germany, March 2, 2010 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in application-optimized, high-performance server solutions, is showcasing the very latest innovations in server technology, including its breakthrough TwinBlade solution, at CeBIT 2010 in Hannover, Germany (Hall 17, Stand D70, booth B1). The innovative TwinBlade™ system doubles the number of dual-processor (DP) compute nodes per 7U enclosure to 20 (28), for an incredibly dense and cost-effective 0.35U (0.25U) per node.

"Our 20(28)-node server system based on the SBI-7226T-T2 blade delivers unprecedented performance-per-dollar and performance-per-square-foot," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Available with 40Gb/s QDR InfiniBand switches, this optimized blade solution combines industry-leading 94%* power supply efficiency with our innovative and highly efficient thermal and cooling system designs to deliver exceptional system performance-per-watt, making it the greenest, most power-efficient blade solution in the world today."

For maximum density and computational performance, the TwinBlade™ supports up to 20 dual-socket server blades per 7U enclosure, enabling up to 2,880 processing cores per 42U rack. Combined with dual 40Gb/s InfiniBand, FCoE or 10GbE switches and dual 1/10GbE switches in one 7U enclosure, TwinBlade™ provides the highest performing I/O throughput and scalability in the industry and is a superb solution for high-performance computing (HPC), datacenter, enterprise and cloud computing environments. With successful deployments at CERN, PRACE, and other Fortune 100 organizations, SuperBlade® has already become the preferred solution for a wide range of mission-critical applications.

Another breakthrough product being displayed at CeBIT is Supermicro's Double-Sided Storage™ system. With redundant Platinum Level (94%+ efficiency) power supplies, the SC847 series server chassis feature 36 hot-swap 3.5" hard drive trays (24 in the front and 12 in the rear). For JBOD configurations, the SC847 can support 21 drives in the rear for a total of 45 drives.

These high-capacity storage chassis provide direct hot-swap access to all of the storage drives while saving valuable rack space. Featuring the world's first fully redundant Platinum Level power supplies with PMBus™ functionality for superior power management, these reliable storage workhorses support seven low-profile (LP models) or four full size and three low-profile expansion cards (UIO models). The SC847 chassis support both 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS interfaces for high-bandwidth storage applications. Deploying these chassis into a new 42U Supermicro rack with flexible cable management eliminates cable obstructions for a truly optimized total solution.

Also being officially unveiled at CeBIT is the new SuperServer 4146B-3R. This server supports four Intel® Itanium 9300 Series processors. Offering the ultimate in reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS), the 4146B-3R features hot-plug CPU and memory modules, hard drives, power supplies, and expansion cards, making it an excellent solution for high-performance datacenter and mission-critical applications.

In addition, Supermicro is showcasing an extensive selection of new platforms optimized for Intel's upcoming Xeon processors codenamed Westmere (DP) and Nehalem EX (MP), as well as platforms optimized for AMD's upcoming Opteron processors (codenamed Magny-Cours). Supermicro Server Building Block Solutions® offer exceptional flexibility and features. See the very latest innovations in server technology in Hall 17, Stand D70, booth B1.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI)
Supermicro, the leader in server technology innovation and green computing, provides customers around the world with application-optimized server, workstation, blade, storage and GPU systems. Based on its advanced Server Building Block Solutions, Supermicro offers the most optimized selection for IT, datacenter and HPC deployments. The company's system architecture innovations include the Twin server, double-sided storage and SuperBlade® product families. Offering the most comprehensive product lines in the industry, Supermicro provides businesses of all sizes with energy-efficient, earth-friendly solutions that deliver unmatched performance and value. Founded in 1993, Supermicro is headquartered in Silicon Valley with worldwide operations and manufacturing centers in Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.Supermicro.com

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* Peak power efficiency figures based on internal test results.

Supermicro, SuperBlade and Server Building Block Solutions are registered trademarks and TwinBlade and Double-Sided Storage are trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

LSI Introduces New Family of 3ware RAID Controller Cards Based on 6Gb/s SAS Technology

13/02/2010 10:48 AM

Industry News: MILPITAS, Calif., January 19, 2010 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced a new family of high-performance LSITM 3ware® SATA+SAS RAID controller cards based on 6Gb/s SAS technology. The new 3ware 9750 series cards, which are immediately available to indirect channel partners, provide exceptional performance, usability and reliability for small- to mid-sized enterprises, particularly in sequential I/O and multi-stream application environments such as video streaming and data archival.

Designed for inside-the-box connectivity, the low-profile 3ware RAID controllers feature the LSISAS2108 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (ROC) and are available in four- and eight-port configurations. The new controllers deliver up to 2.5 GB/s in sequential read and 1.1 GB/s in sequential write performance, more than doubling the data transfer rates of the previous generation products. The controllers are designed to easily integrate with existing 3Gb/s SATA and SAS infrastructure, allowing customers to protect current investments while significantly improving read and write performance.

"Today's announcement demonstrates our commitment to enhancing the 3ware product line with the first controllers based on 6Gb/s SAS technology," said Brent Blanchard, director of worldwide channel sales and marketing, LSI. "The new family builds upon the heritage, levels of performance and usability that channel customers have come to expect from the 3ware lineup."

Double-Sided Storage Solutions from Supermicro with upto 45 3.5" HDD in 4U

21/12/2009 08:36 PM

Industry News: SAN JOSE, Calif., December 1, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high-performance server and storage solutions, today launched the world's first line of double-sided storage chassis, which enable extra high-density storage. With Platinum Level (94%+ efficiency) redundant power supply support, Supermicro's new 847 series server chassis feature 36 hot-swap 3.5" hard drive trays with 24 in the front and 12 in the rear. For JBOD configurations, the chassis can support 21 HDDs in the rear for a total of 45 hot-swap 3.5" HDDs.

"These double-sided, high-capacity storage chassis provide customers with direct hot-swap access to all of the storage drives while saving valuable rack space," said Charles Liang, CEO and president, Supermicro. "In addition, these chassis feature Supermicro's advanced redundant cooling subsystem design to deliver optimal system efficiency, which saves customers hundreds of dollars per system on their yearly energy bills and helps preserve the environment."

Supermicro's new SC847A series of storage chassis support 36 hot-swap SAS/SATA drives in 4U. These reliable and maintenance-free storage workhorses also support up to seven low-profile add-on cards (LP models) or four full-height, full-length plus three low-profile add-on cards (UIO models). With iPass connectivity mapping four drives per cable for hassle-free maintenance, these new chassis are optimized for direct-attach storage solutions. They support both 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SAS interfaces for high-bandwidth storage applications. When combined with Supermicro's wide selection of networking and storage controller cards, these systems are ideal for SAN or NAS applications as well as Cloud storage, SaaS, disaster recovery, and iSCSI solutions. Deploying these storage chassis into a new 42U Supermicro rack, which virtually eliminates cable obstructions, produces a truly optimized total solution.

Arista Networks' 7100 Switches awarded the 2009 Annual HPCwire Readers' Choice Award for Best HPC interconnect product

26/11/2009 01:17 PM

Industry News: Arista Networks' 7100 Switches awarded the 2009 Annual HPCwire Readers' Choice Award for Best HPC interconnect product.

Nexenta Systems Announces Significant Upgrade to Industry’s Leading OpenStorage Software with NexentaStor 2.2

26/11/2009 01:12 PM

Press Release: PORTLAND, Ore. --(Business Wire)-- Nov 17, 2009 Nexenta Systems, the leader in OpenStorage solutions, today announced general availability of NexentaStor 2.2, the latest version of the company’s enterprise class NAS/SAN solution based on the file system ZFS.

The company also introduced an advanced software suite, Pomona, that automates the provisioning and management of multiple NexentaStor and other storage systems. NexentaStor 2.2 includes additional support for VM storage management making it the only OpenStorage solution on the market that is both VMware and Citrix StorageLink certified. Coupled with Pomona, NexentaStor 2.2 offers a robust commercial solution to handle the most extreme enterprise storage requirements at a fraction of the cost of legacy proprietary offerings.

TYAN Showcases FT72 B7015 for up to 8x GPU's in 4U

16/11/2009 03:29 PM

Fremont, CA - November 13th, 2009 - TYAN Showcases FT72 B7015 that designed for HPC and Virtualization applications and supports up to (8) GPU/Graphic adapters.

TYAN FT72-B7015 is a 4U platform that supports(2) Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors with (18) DDR-III R/U-DIMM slots, (8) PCI-Ex16 Gen.2 slots, (2) PCI-E G2 x16 slots (w/ x4 link), (2) PCI-E x1 slots, (1) PCI 32/33MHz slot and (4) GbE ports. With multiple I/O design and various PCI slots, TYAN FT72-B7015 provides outstanding memory/CPU core ratio and GPU expandability for HPC and GPGPU applications.

Supermicro Demonstrates 2U Twin GPU Computing Solution at SuperComputing 2009 (SC '09)

16/11/2009 03:25 PM

PORTLAND, Oregon, November 16, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high-performance server solutions, is demonstrating the company's new 2U Twin servers equipped with two NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPUs at SuperComputing 2009, Oregon Convention Center, booth 2355. A powerful solution for compute-intensive HPC applications, this new architecture increases the maximum storage capacity per 1U server node 50% by supporting six hot-swap 3.5" hard disk drives. Each 2U Twin system features two hot-plug dual-processor (DP) server nodes and redundant power for high availability.

"To further extend our leadership position in GPU computing system architectures, the new 2U Twin GPU architecture features two hot-plug nodes with x16 non-blocking native Gen2 PCI-Express connectivity and redundant 1400-watt Gold Level (93%+ efficiency) power supplies for maximum availability," said Phidias Chou, vice president of worldwide sales, Supermicro. "With Supermicro's efficient thermal design, these highly parallel, dual-GPU systems are optimized for a wide range of graphics and computationally intensive applications in fields like medical imaging, oil and gas exploration, quantum chemistry, financial simulation, genomics and astrophysics."

The latest addition to Supermicro's family of GPU-based systems, this versatile 2U Twin (6026TT-HD Series SuperServer) introduces an innovative architecture with hot-swappable devices to facilitate easy maintenance and eliminate downtime, while also saving power and space by sharing the same chassis and power supplies. Each computing node features onboard QDR InfiniBand for 40 Gb/second high-bandwidth connectivity and supports six hot-swap 3.5" SATA drives to deliver unprecedented I/O performance.

"GPUs are now being broadly deployed for computing applications in data centers," said Andy Keane, general manager, Tesla business at NVIDIA. "This innovative 2U design from Supermicro puts industry-best GPU compute density in a highly scalable and manageable product configuration."

TYAN Announces New RAID Controller Product Line for the Server Channel Market

16/11/2009 03:27 PM

Fremont, CA – September 30th, 2009 - TYAN, an industry-leading server platform provider, announces a new RAID controller card product line for Server Channel Customers. TYAN unveils the new product line, that incorporates LSI? SAS and MegaRAIDR technology, and will be bundled directly with TYAN IntelR XeonR 5500 series processor based platforms in October 2009.

The first TYAN Power HBA/RAID Add-on Cards to be released are the RAID SAS P3204SR, P3208SR, P3214EHR, P3218EHR, P3219EHRX and P3228EHR cards. The TYAN Power HBA/RAID Add-on Cards are based on LSI 3Gb/s SAS controller and RAID-on-Chip (ROC) ICs and MegaRAIDR technology, and offer multiple cutting edge support tools for various server/workstation environments. The TYAN Power HBA/RAID Add-on Cards enable both internal and external RAID storage connectivity for TYAN Intel Xeon 5500 series processor based platforms. By bundling the TYAN Intel Xeon 5500 series processor based platforms with the TYAN Power HBA/RAID Add-on Card, customers can expect a fully validated platform that is designed to provide better serviceability and easier system deployment at a lower overall cost.

Supermicro Presents Double-Density 0.35U TwinBlade™ at SuperComputing 2009 (SC '09)

16/11/2009 03:24 PM

PORTLAND, Oregon, November 16, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high-performance server solutions, is unveiling its new TwinBlade™ the latest addition to its SuperBlade® family of blade servers at SC '09, Oregon Convention Center in Portland (booth 2355).

With superior processing power and performance-per-watt, TwinBlade™ Supermicro's new breakthrough in blade system design, doubles the number of dual-processor (DP) compute nodes per 7U enclosure from 10 to 20. "Our 20-blade server system based on the SBI-7226T-T2 blade doubles the computing density and is available with 40Gb/s QDR InfiniBand switches," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "In addition to superior processing power, this optimized blade solution combines 94%* power supply efficiency with our innovative and highly efficient thermal and cooling system designs to deliver exceptional system performance-per-watt, making it the greenest, most power-saving blade solution available."

With its SuperBlade® family, Supermicro offers the industry's most extensive selection of application-optimized blade configurations. Supermicro's OfficeBlade™ operates at 50dB with 10 dual-processor blades and is perfect for personal supercomputing applications. Supermicro's enterprise-class SuperBlade® features both dual and quad-processor blades for performance, scalability and flexibility. For maximum density and computational performance, the TwinBlade supports up to 20 dual-socket server blades in one 7U enclosure for 0.35U density per node. With 1,440 processing cores per 42U rack and Mellanox 40Gb/s QDR InfiniBand, SuperBlade is the perfect solution for HPC applications. Additional cost savings from reduced IT space requirements as well as easier maintenance and management make these solutions an attractive option for both enterprise and high performance computing (HPC) applications.

VA Technologies Partner With Samsung at Booth 585, Storage Expo, 14th-15th Oct 2009.

13/10/2009 02:11 PM

Industry News: Join us and our partners Samsung at Storage Expo, the UK’s definitive event for data storage, information and content management, provides you with the opportunity to compare the most comprehensive range of solutions and services from all the leading suppliers. The unrivalled education programme will also enable you to learn how to address today’s key issues with expert advice from a wide range of industry experts and peers.

Learn more about VA Technologies and how their ZFS based solutions can help your business. On the booth, we will demo-ing the latest OpenStor XE Storage Appliance with Samsung SSD Accelerators.

Samsung will be showing off the latest second generation SLC and MLC Solid State Drives (SSD) as well as the latest SAS and SATA high capacity hard drives. Alongside Flash and Hard Disk Drives, Samsung will also be showing their DDR2 and DDR3 Memory Modules for use in high performance systems and storage appliances.

Drop your business card into our bowl on stand 585 to win a iPod Nano every day during Storage Expo 2009. It's free to enter!

Come and watch our presentation about VA Technologies and Samsung's optimized solutions in the Virtualization Presentation Area:

Accelerating your virtualized environment using hybrid storage - Andy Bennett, Technical Director at VA Technologies

Learn how VA Technologies utlize Samsung’s second generation SSD and Hard Drive technology to dramatically improve speed in your virtual environment. By using hybrid pools of both solid state and traditional disk to dramatically increase performance, VA Technologies and Samsung bring together new and exciting optimized solutions for your virtual machine room.

Tyan Unveils the UP Platform that supports the New Intel® Xeon® Processor 3400 series

09/09/2009 07:19 PM

Industry News: Fremont, CA, September 7th, 2009 - TYAN, an industry-leading server platform provider, today unveils its new UP server platform powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 3400 series. The TYAN S5502 single-socket server platform offers a compact design and superior performance at a lower cost compared to previous generation products.

The TYAN S5502, based on the Intel Xeon processor 3400 series and the embedded Intel® 3420 chipset, provides Intel ® Turbo Boost Technology, Intel® VT, and Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology. The Intel® 3420 chipset makes the new TYAN product extremely cost effective when coupled with a with smaller form factor design that together will deliver greater expansion and storage features than what is available in other server environments.

Supermico Ship 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 Solutions

09/09/2009 07:20 PM

Industry News: SAN JOSE, Calif., August 24, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), the industry leader in application-optimized, high performance server, blade, and workstation solutions, today announced the launch of new Server Building Block Solutions® that deliver 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 performance. The launch includes eight systems plus five serverboard platforms, two SuperBlade® servers, and three Universal I/O (UIO) cards. These new product lines incorporate the latest LSI™ 6Gb/s SAS controller IC (SAS2008), 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (SAS2108) and MegaRAID® software stack.

"Supermicro's high-performance 6Gb/s SAS2 solutions raise the bar in enterprise storage by doubling the bandwidth and offering superior scalability, reliability and enhanced features," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Our innovative Server Building Block Solutions®, incorporating proven LSI SAS and RAID technology, enable customers to improve their storage performance and power efficiency, without having to pay a price premium."

Supermicro's initial launch of eight new Intel® Xeon® 5500 (Nehalem) processor-based systems with onboard 6Gb/s SAS technology includes 1U, 2U, 3U and 4U rackmount or tower servers and workstations with both 2.5" and 3.5" hard drive support. Based on the X8DT6-F, X8DA6, X8DTW-6+F, X8DTH-6F and X8DTL-6F serverboards, Supermicro SAS 2.0 systems feature the industry's most advanced thermal and power designs to deliver optimal performance-per-watt and performance-per-dollar. Supermicro also introduced the industry's first blade servers based on 6Gb/s SAS technology, the SBI-7126T-S6 and SBI-7426T-S3, for 10-blade and 14-blade enclosures, respectively.

Intel Introduces Core™ i7, Xeon® 3400 and First Core™ i5 Processors

09/09/2009 07:23 PM

Industry News: SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2009 – Intel Corporation introduced several high-performance desktop and server processors today, bringing the next level of integration and intelligence to computers. The new Intel Core™ i5 processor family, two new Intel Core™ i7 processors and the Intel® Xeon processor 3400 series bring Intel's latest Nehalem microarchitecture to mainstream desktop and entry server markets.

Small businesses requiring 24/7 operation and educators now have more reasons than ever to buy a purpose-built server with Intel's new Xeon processors and Intel® 3400 and 3420 chipsets. These new products improve small business productivity by running email, file, print and dynamic Web serving tasks more efficiently. They also improve education by enabling dependable classroom collaboration and making school administrative services more productive.

Servers based on Xeon 3400 processors provide more dependability over desktop systems through differentiated features such as Error Correcting Code memory and RAID 0/1/5/10 for server operating systems. They are designed to help small businesses grow by enabling up to 64 percent2 more sale transactions and up to 56 percent faster business response time. This improvement is enabled with Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture and a 4x improvement in memory capacity (32 GB). Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enable these servers to automatically adapt their performance to unique business needs.

The processors launched today also include the Intel® Xeon® L3426, a low-power variant that delivers up to 188 percent improvement in energy efficiency per dollar than the previous-generation Intel® Xeon® X3380, and enables innovative server form factors for space and thermally constrained environments.

NexentaStor 2.1 released: Improves Industry-Leading Hardware Independent NAS/SAN Storage Solution

09/09/2009 07:12 PM

Industry News: MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- August 17th, 2009 – Nexenta Systems, Inc., delivering on its promise to continuously improve functionality and performance, today announced the release of NexentaStor 2.1. NexentaStor is a unified storage solution delivering enterprise class NAS and SAN functionality, based on the revolutionary ZFS file system. Now with over 11,000 users and in excess of 500 paid customers, NexentaStor offers an unmatched combination of enterprise class features and an open technology and business model that promises to end storage vendor lock-in forever.

VA Technologies Launch New Range of Openstor Storage Appliances at ISC 09

24/06/2009 04:12 PM

Press Release: Hamburg, Germany 24th June 2009 - VA Technologies today announced the immediate availability of the OpenStor FXR Head Node Storage Appliance with SSD and DRAM Accelerators utilising Fast-file I/O Technology to dramatically increase IOPs whilst significantly reducing costs by using high performance commodity hardware and advances in ZFS based file-systems. VA Technologies are leading the way in Open-Storage for HPC.

Flexible and fast, The Openstor FXR Head Node Storage Appliance allows for multiple Openstor EX expansion JBODs to be added to the headnode and choice of 1Gbps, 10Ge, Infiniband and Fibre Channel for external connectivity to suit storage needs.

VA Technologies to Exhibit at International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) 2009

02/06/2009 04:03 PM

Press Release: VA Technologies are pleased to announce that they are to exhibit at International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) 2009, Europe's Premier HPC event in Hamburg, Germany. The conference and exhibition will be taking place between 23-26th June 2009. VA Technologies will be demonstrating the latest range of High Performance Storage Solutions as well as Clustered Compute Blades. The VA Technologies stand is located in Hall H, Stand 542.

Wrapping Up a Successful Seminar and Showcase! Thanks for attending!

02/06/2009 05:33 PM

Press Release: After wrapping up a successful New Technology Showcase and Seminar at the Trinity Center in Cambridge Science Park, we wish to thank our guests who bravely ignored the lovely weather outside to come and talk to VA Technologies and representatives from the world's leading IT vendors and listen to some presentations.

Everyone at VA Technologies would like to thank the guests and our vendors who supported us on the day. We would like to mention the following people who contributed to the event directly:

Mark - Intel
Mani - Supermicro
Jas - Supermicro
Per - AMD
Mike - Nvidia
Martin - Samsung
Thomas - Nexenta

Photos from the event will be posted online shortly.

New Six-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Delivers Up to Thirty-Four Percent More Performance-per-Watt in Exact Same Platform

02/06/2009 05:24 PM

Industry News: SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- 1st June 2009 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced availability of the world’s first six-core server processor with Direct Connect Architecture for two-, four- and eight-socket servers. Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors (code-named “Istanbul”) extend AMD’s commitment to offering server customers superior value at every price point with unmatched platform flexibility.

Across a single platform, AMD can address the need for more cores and greater scalability with the new Six-Core AMD Opteron processor and offer a cost- and power-efficient solution with Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. Systems based on Six-Core AMD Opteron processors are expected to be available beginning this month from VA Technologies. HE, SE and EE versions of the Six-Core AMD Opteron processor are planned for the second half of 2009.

Supermicro Launches 4W and 8W Atom Server Solutions

02/06/2009 05:22 PM

Industry News: SAN JOSE, Calif., May 4, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced the launch of 4-watt and 8-watt Intel® Atom™ processor-based Server Building Block Solutions®. These extreme low-power and quiet solutions deliver the best expansion and storage features of any Atom-based platform and are designed for embedded industrial PC (IPC) applications.

Tyan Announce Its New Yellow River Series of Optimized Products for Cloud Computing

02/06/2009 05:19 PM

Industry News: Taipei, Taiwan- June 2nd, 2009- TYAN announced its new Yellow River (YR) series products during the Computex 2009 (booth # M112). TYAN YR series is featured with high computing density along with superior server ingredients targeting at both enterprise and IPDC applications. TYAN also showcases the latest platforms supporting the new Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors (codename: Istanbul) and the Intel® Xeon® 5500 processors (codename: Nehalem) at Computex.

TYAN YR series brings in the new era for cloud computing. It easily doubles the computing power within the same rack space compared to traditional implementation. Other than density, TYAN YR provides much superior designs that perfectly match the IT requirement such as serviceability, expandability, manageability, and dedicate power per node. The Light-weight design of YR170 was also awarded by major OEM and deployed in Japan market.

Supermicro Unveils Fastest 1U Server on the Planet atComputex Taipei 2009

02/06/2009 05:20 PM

Industry News: TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server solutions, is introducing the fastest 1U server on the planet this week at Computex (booth N806, Nangang Upper Exhibition Hall). As the first 1U multi-GPU (graphics processing unit) system with a fully non-blocking architecture, Supermicro’s new 2-Teraflop SuperServer 6016T-GF Series features dual Nehalem processors and two Gen2 PCI-Express x16 interfaces to support two double-width GPUs.

Tyan Announces 19 Products that support the Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor

02/06/2009 05:15 PM

Industry News: Fremont, CA, June 1st, 2009 - TYAN, an industry-leading server platform provider, today announced its line of 17 current platforms and 2 new products that fully support the new Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processor (codenamed: "Istanbul"). Customers can achieve superior performance, low power consumption and low total cost of ownership with the TYAN platforms powered by the new Six-Core AMD Opteron processor built on 45nm process technology.

Supermicro Optimizes Full Line of AMD-based Server, Blade, and Workstations for New Six-Core Processors

02/06/2009 05:21 PM

Industry News: SAN JOSE, Calif., June 1, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced that its full range of A+ Server, SuperBlade® and workstation platforms have been fully optimized to support the new Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors (code-named Istanbul). This comprehensive line of solutions includes the new 2U Twin2 with four hot-swappable dual-processor computing nodes which supports up to 48 processing cores, as well as 1U Twin™ and quad-processor 1U servers which support up to 24 processing cores in a 1U form factor.

Computer Technology Showcase and Seminar at Cambridge Science Park hosted by VA Technologies

29/04/2009 05:00 PM

Press Release: VA Technologies would like to welcome you to our free open day and seminar "Computer Technology Showcase and Seminar" at The Trinity Centre, Cambridge Science Park.

It’s a chance to see and hear about fantastic new IT solutions as well as hear presentations from guest speakers who are part of the worlds leading technology companies to talk us through new product solutions and up-and-coming technology trends and roadmaps for the future.

In addition, exciting new product solutions will also be on display, allowing you to get up close to some of the latest computer hardware available from VA Technologies and our partners.

The open day will focus on a number of key topics in today’s IT environment: Data Storage, Green IT solutions, Power Efficient Computing, Server Consolidation and Blade Technology, GPU Computing, Virtualization

We welcome you to join us for either a morning or afternoon session and enjoy tea, coffee and lunch with us. Later in the afternoon, post-seminar drinks will be held in Bar 2wenty4 in the Trinity Centre.

Guest speakers will be confirmed shortly.

Supermicro Shows Advanced Twin Technology withFour Nehalem DP Servers in 2U at ISS EMEA

02/06/2009 05:17 PM

Industry News: PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 22, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high-performance server solutions, is showcasing a 2U Twin2 SuperServer with four hot-pluggable computing nodes in a 2U chassis and several other new Nehalem-based solutions today at the Intel Solution Summit (ISS) EMEA 2009, April 22-24 at the Hilton Prague. These new systems are optimized to fully leverage the benefits of the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 (Nehalem) Series to deliver the best performance-per-watt and performance-per-dollar in the industry. Compared to previous generation Xeon platforms, Nehalem features more than double the CPU, triple the memory and triple the I/O bandwidth to deliver the largest increase in performance in the history of Intel's Xeon product line.

New Intel® Server Processors Boost Speed, Efficiency, Add More Intelligence, Adapt to Energy Usage Needs

01/04/2009 08:24 AM

Industry News: SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 30, 2009 – Intel Corporation introduced 17 enterprise-class processors today, led by the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series. They are Intel's most revolutionary server processors since addressing the market with the Intel Pentium® Pro processor almost 15 years ago.

The new enterprise-class chips can automatically adjust to specified energy usage levels, and speed data center transactions and customer database queries. They also will play a key role in scientific discoveries by researchers who use supercomputers as their foundation for research, all whilst delivering great energy efficiency for reduced electricity costs.

The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, previously codenamed "Nehalem-EP," offers several breakthrough technologies that radically improve system speed and versatility. Technologies such as Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, integrated power gates, and Next-Generation Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) improved through extended page tables, allow the system to adapt to a broad range of workloads.

Supermicro Sets New Performance-per-Watt and per-Dollar Standard for x86 Server Market

01/04/2009 08:23 AM

Industry News: SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2009 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high-performance server solutions, today launched a comprehensive new line of server and workstation solutions specially designed to support the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 series (formerly codenamed Nehalem). Supermicro has started shipping its new 2U Twin2 (“Twin Squared” with four hot-pluggable DP nodes), newly invented Twin GPU 1U server/workstation, the award-winning 1U Twin™, SuperBlade®, flexible Universal I/O (UIO) server, SAS2 storage systems, as well as its strong line of traditional application-optimized server solutions. Featuring the highest efficiency in the industry power supplies (93%+*), cooling subsystems and motherboard designs, Supermicro solutions set a new record for the best performance-per-watt (375 GFLOPS/kW*) and also deliver the best performance-per-dollar and performance-per-square-foot.

Tyan announces 6 new platforms that support the new Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series

01/04/2009 08:20 AM

Industry News: TYAN, an industry-leading server platform provider, today announced that its new product line will fully support the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series (formerly codenamed "Nehalem"). Customers can now experience superior performance with lower total cost of ownership and greater virtualization compatibility via TYAN platforms. All 6 new products are powered by the enhanced Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with built-in Quick Path Interconnect（QPI）technology.

TYAN launched 6 new products that fully support the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, 4 are server/workstation motherboards and 2 are barebone solutions. For the motherboards, TYAN's S7002, S7010, S7012, and S7016 are perfect platforms that meet various customers' needs in general server, HPC cluster and workstation requirements. For barebone solutions, TYAN also launched the GT20-B7002 and GT24-B7016 systems for both entry and high-end computing requirements. Powered by Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, all these platforms will have better performance-per-watt with lower energy cost saving.

Leading UK integrator offers NexentaStor ZFS based Storage Appliance with HA and High Performance

24/03/2009 09:28 AM

Press Release: Palo Alto, CA/Luton, UK — March 24, 2009 — Nexenta Systems, Inc., developer of NexentaStor™, the leading open storage solution based upon the revolutionary file system ZFS, has announced a partnership with VA Technologies, a leading supplier of High Performance Servers, Storage and Workstations in the UK and Europe. VA Technologies and Nexenta are partnering to deliver Enterprise Class storage solutions with optional clustering capabilities. The NexentaStor based solutions offered by VA Technologies, including their OpenStor storage array and their COBALTSTOR-Z NAS cluster, are delivering enterprise class performance at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.

Recent benchmark test results using Bonnie++ and Iozone demonstrate COBALTSTOR-Z performance at: - 1.2 GB/sec per second writes - 2 GB/sec per second reads These results are in a standard configuration with the COBALTSTOR-Z connecting to 5 OpenStor arrays via 10GbE. More details about the engineering behind these impressive results are available directly from VA Technologies.

“We’re very excited about joining the community of Nexenta partners. NexentaStor allows us to deliver enterprise class storage appliances that provide unprecedented scalability, resilience and performance to the marketplace” said Andy Bennett Technical Sales Manager of VA Technologies. “Our OpenStor storage appliance based on NexentaStor™ brings high performance, high availability Block and File I/O to a single platform. OpenStor also provides a wealth of connectivity options from standard Gigabit Ethernet as well higher performing connectivity such as 10GbE and low latency Infiniband for HPC clusters all of which can be configured so that multiple interfaces work together to accelerate aggregate performance.”

The OpenStor storage appliances provide storage for the VA Technologies COBALTSTOR-Z clustered NAS which is also based upon NexenaStor. The COBALSTOR-Z delivers Enterprise Class features such as automatic failover of head nodes, virtually unlimited file system size, single namespace, integrated search features, block level real time mirroring and infinite snapshots for backup and for disaster recovery. The revolutionary ZFS file system at the heart of NexentaStor eliminates the growing risk of silent data corruption through an integrated approach that includes RAIDZ and RAIDZ2 as well as end to end checksum algorithms for every transaction that together identify and correct data corruption before it has a chance to proliferate through the storage system.

Evan Powell, CEO of Nexenta Systems, said “we are growing quickly thanks in large part to partners like VA Technologies who are delivering the storage industry’s best price/performance and price/capacity to their customers. We’re extremely pleased to see the work that VA Technologies has done particularly in the areas of high availability and high performance. The COBALSTOR-Z is more proof that high quality systems integrators can deliver industry leading solutions that incorporate NexentaStor.”

About Nexenta Systems Nexenta Systems, Inc., has developed NexentaStor(TM), the leading open storage enterprise class NAS/iSCSI solution and sponsors NexentaCore, an open source operating system that combines the high performance and reliability of OpenSolaris with the ease of use and breadth of applications of Linux. Both solutions leverage the revolutionary file system ZFS. More information about Nexenta Systems, Inc. and free trials of the ZFS based NexentaStor can be found at www.nexenta.com or call: (877) 862-7770.

About VA Technologies VA Technologies is one of the UK's leading suppliers of High Performance Servers, Storage and Workstations. VA specialises in designing complete solutions to solve today’s IT Infrastructure issues. The Company has been involved in building bespoke systems for some of the UK’s largest Film and Television Studios, Research Establishments and Universities, Financial Institutions and FTSE 500 Companies. VA Technologies sells, supports and integrates NexentaStor in the UK and Europe.

Supermicro Unveil 2U Twin2 (Twin Squared) Server Optimized for High Performance Computing

06/03/2009 12:01 PM

Industry News: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced that the company will unveil its new 2U Twin2 (Twin Squared) family of servers at CeBIT 2009 in Hannover, Germany, March 3-8, Hall 21, Stand C72. Building upon its innovative 1U Twin™ server technology, Supermicro’s high-density 2U Twin2 architecture achieves breakthrough x86 server performance-per-watt (353 GFLOPS/kW*) and performance-per-dollar while facilitating easy maintenance.

VA Technologies become Certified VMWare System Builder

12/02/2009 05:06 PM

Press Release: Today VA Technologies announce that they had been granted certified VMWare System Builder Status. System Builder status enables VA to specify, design and build complete systems to VMWare's exacting standards, ready for straight deployment in to you Virtual Data Center as ESX or ESXi Hosts. A range of certified systems are available ready for shipping now, please contact us for more details.

AMD Release 5 New Highly Efficient (HE) Opteron Processors

26/01/2009 02:42 PM

Industry News: Addressing the number one challenge for data center managers, AMD today announced widespread availability of five new low-power 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ HE processors. At 55-watt ACP, these new highly efficient processors help meet the industry’s rising demand for low power, cost-saving data center technology. Now available in eight server systems from HP, the new processors can help customers immediately recognize power savings and increased virtualization performance. Rackable Systems will also have Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processor-based servers available immediately and additional systems from global OEMs including Dell, Sun, and other solution providers are expected later this quarter.

The 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processor, with speeds ranging from 2.1 to 2.3 GHz, is designed to address a vast segment of the business computing market that must maximize performance during peak hours while managing the energy costs during idle and low-utilization hours. Server platforms based on these new AMD Opteron HE processors can offer up to 20% lower idle power compared to similarly configured competing systems2, helping cut energy costs without compromising any of the processor features of the standard power options.

Tyan TA26 B5397 Passes VMWare Top Server Validation

15/01/2009 11:32 AM

Industry News: As a partner of the VMware Alliance Partnership Program, TYAN plays an aggressive and important role in utilizing the combination of TYAN hardware capabilities and VMware virtualization software technology in order to meet customers' needs and the IT market's trends and requirements. The TYAN TA26 B5397, which will be demonstrated at the TYAN booth, is a powerful 2U server Intel platform that is designed to fit into an HPC, datacenter, or virtualization server environment and capable of running the most memory intensive applications. The TA26 B5397 passed VMware's latest top server validation process called Server ESX 3.5 and ESX Server 3i Installable. With Sixteen (16) 240-pin DDR2 FBDIMM sockets on board, the TA26 B5397 can fully utilize VMware's virtualization technology, thereby increasing the resources allocated to the individual virtual machines and improving their performance, thereby generating a much lower total cost of ownership. A variety of TYAN products are currently being validated by VMware and the results will be announced soon.

Promise Technology updates high-performance VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystems for Mac OS X

12/01/2009 02:37 PM

Industry News: MILPITAS, Calif. January 6, 2009-- Promise Technology Inc., a leading supplier of sophisticated RAID storage solutions for enterprise and SMB customers, today announced that Promise VTrakTM E-Class RAID subsystem models sold by Apple now include 1TB hard drives, Bonjour support and a new pro, aluminum look. Using an enterprise-class 1TB drive, the VTrak now offers capacities up to 16TB per 3U shelf. For customers looking for peak performance, the E-Class now offers systems configured with 450GB 15,000-rpm SAS drives for a capacity of 7.2TB per 3U shelf. With Bonjour, it is now easier than ever to discover and configure a VTrak for Mac OS X system out of the box. Featuring a new, pro aluminum look, the VTrak E-Class looks even better next to Apple hardware such as Xserve.

VA Technologies Launch New Storage Range for 2009

15/01/2009 11:30 AM

Press Release: Kicking off 2009, VA Technologies are launching a range of brand new storage products consisting of discreet 1U or 2U storage servers all the way to complete Clustered Storage Solutions.

AMD Announces Widespread Availability for New Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor

12/01/2009 11:15 AM

Industry News: AMD announces the widespread availability of its 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, which delivers up to 35 percent more performance with up to a 35 percent decrease in power consumption at idle. With IT decision-makers looking to do more with less, the newest Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor can help drive data center efficiencies and reduce complexities with innovations that offer superior virtualization performance and increased performance-per-watt. Global OEMs are expected to immediately offer enterprise and SMB customers more than 27 systems, available between launch today and the end of the year, based on the 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, formerly code-named "Shanghai."

Tyan Announces 23 Existing Products and 1 New Platform Supporting New Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor

12/01/2009 11:14 AM

Industry News: TYAN, an industry-leading server platform provider, today announced at SC’08 that its current line of 23 AMD Opteron™ processor-based platforms and 1 new AMD Opteron™- processor based product will support the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor (codenamed “Shanghai”). Customers can achieve superior performance, low power consumption and low total cost of ownership by upgrading to the new TYAN platforms powered by the enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor built on 45nm process technology. TYAN platforms that support the previous Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors are socket compatible and will only require a BIOS update to support this next-generation processor.