AMD's Seamicro Uncovers Ultra-Dense MicroServers for Big Data Industries

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has announced the SeaMicro SM15000 server, the industry's first microserver for big data. AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000 server revolutionizes computing with the invention of Freedom fabric storage, which extends its Freedom fabric beyond the SeaMicro chassis to connect directly to massive disk arrays, enabling a single ten rack unit system to support more than 5PB of low-cost, easy-to-install storage.

AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000 system is available today and currently supports the Intel Xeon E3-1260L “Sandy Bridge”. In November, it will support the next generation of AMD Opteron processors featuring the “Piledriver” core, as well as the newly announced Intel Xeon E3-1265Lv2 “Ivy Bridge”. In addition to these latest offerings, the AMD SeaMicro fabric technology continues to deliver a key building block for AMD’s server partners to build extremely energy efficient micro servers for their customers. According to AMD, SeaMicro SM15000 server uses one-quarter the power, takes one-sixth the space and delivers 16 times the bandwidth of the best-in-class alternatives.

AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000 server will be available with 64 compute cards, each holding a new custom-designed single-socket octal core 2.0/2.3/2.8GHz AMD Opteron processor based on the “Piledriver” core, for a total of 512 heavy-weight cores per system or 2048 cores per rack. Each AMD Opteron processor can support 64GB of DDR3 memory, enabling a single system to handle more than 4TB of DRAM and over 16TB of DRAM per rack. AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000 system will also be available with a quad core 2.5GHz Intel Xeon E3-1265Lv2 “Ivy Bridge” for 256 2.5GHz cores in a ten rack unit system or 1024 cores in a standard rack. Each processor supports up to 32 gigabytes of memory so a single SeaMicro SM15000 system can deliver up to 2TB of DRAM and up to eight terabytes of DRAM per rack.

AMD’s SeaMicro SM15000 server also contains 16 fabric extender slots, each of which can connect to three different Freedom fabric storage arrays with different capacities:

FS 5084-L is an ultra-dense capacity-optimized storage system. It supports up to 84 SAS/SATA 3.5" or 2.5" drives in 5 rack units for up to 336TB of capacity per-array and over 5PB per SeaMicro SM15000 system;
FS 2012-L is a capacity-optimized storage system. It supports up to 12 3.5" or 2.5" drives in 2 rack units for up to 48TB of capacity per-array or up to 768TB terabytes of capacity per SeaMicro SM15000 system;
FS 2024-S is a performance-optimized storage system. It supports up to 24 2.5" drives in 2 rack units for up to 24TB of capacity per-array or up to 384TB of capacity per SM15000 system.

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