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In what seems to be the “silicon cycle,” TSMC announced that it's now using AMD-powered servers to manage and control the machines responsible for manufacturing processors for AMD and the rest of its clientele.

Until recently, Intel Xeon processors have been known for being the go-to-choice for mission-critical workloads, but the AMD EPYC series is slowly changing the paradigm. In a recent case study shared on AMD's website, TSMC shows how and why it's using AMD EPYC-powered servers to automate the machinery inside of its fabs.

Each machine on the production line uses an x86 server that has to be easily replaced in case of failure, ensuring high availability to avoid halting production. While a machine goes for up to a few billion pounds, servers are way cheaper, but TSMC has to buy a few. With AMD EPYC processors, TCO (total cost of ownership) is lower and performance on key workloads is better, making them the better choice to build the next generation of chips, according to TSMC.

TSMC has chosen HPE DL325 G10 platform with AMD EPYC 7702P CPUs for general workloads because its systems were already prepared for the company's architecture. As for the R&D teams, they will be using high-frequency EPYC 7F72 processors as they're the best suited for their type of workloads. The server specifications used on the production lines weren't disclosed.

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KitGuru says: It's funny to see TSMC use the chips they produce to power the servers responsible for controlling the machines that manufacture those same chips. It just goes to show how far AMD's server CPUs have come over the last six years. 

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Synology launches new RS1221+ rackmounted storage servers https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/dominic-moass/synology-launches-new-rs1221-rackmounted-storage-servers/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/dominic-moass/synology-launches-new-rs1221-rackmounted-storage-servers/#respond Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:30:14 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=501243 Synology has announced its newest 8-bay rackmounted storage servers, which it claims ‘deliver high performance in a space-efficient manner.' Today we have not one, but two new servers from Synology – the RS1221+ and the RS1221RP+, the latter of which has power redundancy support thanks to its two PSUs. Designed for small businesses, Synology claims …

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Synology has announced its newest 8-bay rackmounted storage servers, which it claims ‘deliver high performance in a space-efficient manner.'

Today we have not one, but two new servers from Synology – the RS1221+ and the RS1221RP+, the latter of which has power redundancy support thanks to its two PSUs. Designed for small businesses, Synology claims these units can offer impressive performance but at a ‘modest depth for 2U units in their class', with the RS1221+ measuring 298mm deep, compared to 399mm for the RS1221RP+.

Powered by the AMD Ryzen V1500B processor, Synology says the RS1221+ is up up to 3.6x faster than than its predecessor in terms of compute performance, and 2.3x faster when looking at sequential write performance. On that topic, these units are rated for up to 2315MB/s sequential reads and 1147MB/s sequential writes.

By default, these units ship with 4GB DDR4 ECC memory, but this is upgradeable to 32GB. A PCIe 3.0 4-lane x8 slot is also built in which allows for an upgrade to a 10GbE NIC if you want more than the 4x 1GbE ports which are natively supported. What's more, if you need more space than can be installed via the 8 bays, the 4-bay RX418 expansion unit is also compatyivle with the RS1221+.

Synology says the RS1221+ and RS1221RP+ are available globally from today. We found the RS1221+ on Span for pre-order, priced at £3797.28.

KitGuru Says: If you own a small business and want to get set up with a storage server, the RS1221+ looks like a good bet.

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AMD adds new Nutanix HCI Solutions to the EPYC ecosystem https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/joao-silva/amd-adds-new-nutanix-hci-solutions-to-the-epyc-ecosystem/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/joao-silva/amd-adds-new-nutanix-hci-solutions-to-the-epyc-ecosystem/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:38:03 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=489977 AMD has expanded the ecosystem of EPYC based cloud and virtualised solutions with the addition of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX, powered by EPYC processors and Nutanix's Hybrid cloud infrastructure solution.  With more companies starting to move to HCI solutions to “modernise and transform their enterprise data centre”, performance, ease of management and efficiency of the data …

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AMD has expanded the ecosystem of EPYC based cloud and virtualised solutions with the addition of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX, powered by EPYC processors and Nutanix's Hybrid cloud infrastructure solution. 

With more companies starting to move to HCI solutions to “modernise and transform their enterprise data centre”, performance, ease of management and efficiency of the data centre increases. By using both AMD EPYC processors and Nutanix hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, it's possible to “accelerate workloads like digital workspaces”,  including VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) with improved performance, security, and support from various ISVs and OEM partners.

Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager of the server business unit at AMD, stated that as “more employees are in a work from anywhere situation”, IT managers have to redesign their systems, offering a more modern and digital environment for their business. Through virtualised and HCI environments powered by AMD EPYC, IT leaders now have the “power to provide a high-performance” and secure solution that not only solve the employees' need to “work from anywhere”, as it also helps to achieve the company goals. Tarkan Maner, chief commercial officer at Nutanix, claimed that the company's objective is to provide their customers “with the best software and hardware solutions to help modernise their data centres, as part of their hybrid and multi-cloud strategies”. Putting Nutanix's software alongside OEM platforms and AMD EPYC processors give customers the performance, flexibility, and freedom of choice they need for their workloads and applications.

AMD EPYC processors have become “a leading choice” for HCI solutions because of their performance, memory capabilities, and security. There are already multiple AMD/Nutanix HCI solutions powering companies such as Diaway and ATIPA Technologies. The OEMs offering these solutions are DELL, with its EMC XC Core XC6515 and AX-6515, Lenovo, with the ThinkAgile HX 3000 and the newly release HX series of HCI solutions, and HPE ProLiant, featuring the HPE SimpliVity 325 Gen10 HCI and the HPE ProLiant DX/DL325 and DX/DL385.

As HCI continues to rise in popularity and functionality, AMD will keep working closely with its associates to provide the “best possible solutions for partners and customers”.

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KitGuru says: EPYC's presence continues to grow in the datacentre, cloud and professional markets. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for EPYC too with Zen 3 versions presumably on the way. 

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AMD and Google join forces to create Confidential VMs on GCE https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/joao-silva/amd-and-google-join-forces-to-create-confidential-vms-on-gce/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/joao-silva/amd-and-google-join-forces-to-create-confidential-vms-on-gce/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2020 09:11:51 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=476914 Today, Google and AMD announced a new partnership, delivering beta availability of Confidential Virtual Machines for the Google Compute Engine platform. This platform is powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors, taking advantage of the CPU's advanced security features.  Confidential VMs is the first product of Google Confidential Computing portfolio. Unlike most VMs, Confidential VMs …

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Today, Google and AMD announced a new partnership, delivering beta availability of Confidential Virtual Machines for the Google Compute Engine platform. This platform is powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors, taking advantage of the CPU's advanced security features. 

Confidential VMs is the first product of Google Confidential Computing portfolio. Unlike most VMs, Confidential VMs allow customers to encrypt data that is being used. Confidential VMs will be based on the N2D family of Google Compute Engine VMs, offering “high performance processing for the most demanding computational tasks” while allowing customers to encrypt any kind of data that is being processed in the cloud.

Vint Cerf, vice president at Google, says that “the future of cloud computing will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services” where confidentiality is controlled by the users. Additionally, Vint also stated that “by using advanced security technology in the AMD EPYC processors, we’ve created a breakthrough technology that allows customers to encrypt their data in the cloud while it’s being processed and unlock computing scenarios that had previously not been possible.”

Besides offering real encryption-in-use and N2d-based high-performance VMs, Confidential VMs also provide Secure Encrypted Virtualisation (SEV), which encrypts VM memory with a dedicated VM key generated by the security processor, and “Lift and shift Confidentiality”, allowing customers to transition to Confidential VMs without making changes to their applications.

Some scenarios that can be created through Confidential VMs include multi-party computation, where multiple organisations share their data with each other while keeping its confidentiality.

Google's Confidential VMs are available in the following GCP regions – asia-southeast1, europe-west1, europe-west4, us-central1 – and also in Google Compute Engine beta.

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KitGuru says: Have you ever used Google Cloud Platform services? How would you use Confidential VMs for your workloads?

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Supermicro unveils new SuperServer for 3rd Gen Xeon processors https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/christopher-nohall/supermicro-unveils-server-for-3rd-gen-xeon-scalable/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/christopher-nohall/supermicro-unveils-server-for-3rd-gen-xeon-scalable/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:00:13 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=472979 Supermicro has launched a new X12 generation 4-socket SuperServer designed to accommodate the new 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. The new SuperServer is capable of supporting “four 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, up to 18TB of System Memory Capacity, 24 Hot-swap NVM-e drives, and Enhanced Security”. Last week, Intel announced its new 3rd Gen …

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Supermicro has launched a new X12 generation 4-socket SuperServer designed to accommodate the new 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. The new SuperServer is capable of supporting “four 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, up to 18TB of System Memory Capacity, 24 Hot-swap NVM-e drives, and Enhanced Security”.

Last week, Intel announced its new 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processors and now Supermicro has announced a new X12 generation 4-socket server that is designed for the new series. The server features support for 100Gb/s networking together with “OCP3.0 compliant Advanced IO Module form-factor” as well as Root-of-Trust (RoT) implementation which enhances security.

The server is capable of handling up to a total of 112 Xeon cores with its 4 CPU sockets, while the server interconnects have been doubled from 3 UPI lanes to 6 UPI lanes to improve system latency and throughput. Supermicro's SuperServer also supports up to ten PCI-E expansions or six single-width GPU cards and 2000-watt high-efficiency power supplies, as well as four swappable fans.

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“As Supermicro’s first X12 generation system, this new 4-socket server is our most robust enterprise-class platform featuring the most powerful Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory, and a new silicon based Root-of-Trust implementation for enhanced security” said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. “This new SuperServer provides a powerful and trusted foundation for your most secure and mission critical workloads in enterprise, cloud-scale, or hybrid environments.”

Pricing and availability details for the SuperServer have yet to be announced. The official press release from Supermicro can be read HERE.

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Gigabyte announce R292 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable rack servers https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/gigabyte-announce-r292-3rd-gen-xeon-scalable-rack-servers/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/gigabyte-announce-r292-3rd-gen-xeon-scalable-rack-servers/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:16:47 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=473022 Following the announcement of Copper Lake 3rd generation Xeon Scalable processors by Intel just a few days ago, Gigabyte has now unveiled a new range of serves featuring the Xeon Scalable CPUs. Gigabyte’s R292 server series is equipped with four of the new Xeon’s. The R292 series comprises of two models, the R292-4S0 offering support …

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Following the announcement of Copper Lake 3rd generation Xeon Scalable processors by Intel just a few days ago, Gigabyte has now unveiled a new range of serves featuring the Xeon Scalable CPUs. Gigabyte’s R292 server series is equipped with four of the new Xeon’s.

The R292 series comprises of two models, the R292-4S0 offering support for four double-slot accelerators as well as the R292-4S1 with eight full-height half-length expansion cards. Each of the R292 servers supports four 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs, each able to provide data transfer or share workload with the other processors on the motherboard at up to 20.8GT/s.

Gigabyte R292 servers allow for up to 12TB of DDR4 memory to be installed, meeting the demands of real-time analytics, while the 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable CPU offers a total of 192 PCIe 3.0 lanes to permit the R292-4S0/R292-4S1 to support up to ten hot-swappable 2.5-inch U.2 SSDs as well as eight half-length or four double-height expansion slots for I/O cards or accelerators.

All these combined means that the R292 server series is the ideal candidate for cloud services and deep learning. Gigabyte expects the R292 to be used in rapidly growing computing environments, with the Xeon Scalable CPU offering 112 cores and 224 threads, administrators can start on a small scale and expand according to their needs.

The company also provides a range of free Gigabyte server management software (GSM) for all of its server products. GSM can remotely manage multiple servers and is compatible with IPMI or Redfish API and includes GSM Server browser, GSM CLI command-line interface monitoring tool, GSM agent to obtain server information, as well as GSM Mobile and GSM plug-in for remote management and monitoring from VMware vCentre.

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KitGuru says: Gigabyte’s new R292 servers for Xeon Scalable processors offer plenty of space for expansion options, memory, storage and huge processing power for almost unlimited possibilities. What do you guys think of these new Xeon Scalable servers from Gigabyte?

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EKWB introduce new enterprise grade GPU water blocks https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/james-dawson/ek-water-blocks-introduce-new-enterprise-grade-gpu-water-blocks/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/james-dawson/ek-water-blocks-introduce-new-enterprise-grade-gpu-water-blocks/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:09:18 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=473008 EK Water Blocks has expanded its professional range this week with a host of new workstation/server-grade water blocks for powerful workstation graphics cards from both Nvidia and AMD, including Quadro, Tesla and Radeon Pro WX GPUs. The company claims that this is just the beginning of its push into the enterprise market, with more product …

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EK Water Blocks has expanded its professional range this week with a host of new workstation/server-grade water blocks for powerful workstation graphics cards from both Nvidia and AMD, including Quadro, Tesla and Radeon Pro WX GPUs.

The company claims that this is just the beginning of its push into the enterprise market, with more product releases expected to follow in the coming months. In the first batch of enterprise-grade water blocks comes the EK-Pro GPU WB series designed to directly cool the GPU, VRM and VRAM of these workstation/server graphics cards, with liquid channelled directly across critical components.

EK-Pro GPU water blocks utilise an Open Split-Flow design that EK has proved to be a superior solution for GPU cooling. The water blocks feature a low hydraulic flow restriction, perfect for use with a low speed or a weaker pump setup, while still maintaining high thermal performance. Both the jet plate and fin structure are optimised for even flow distribution and optimal performance in reversed liquid flow situations.

At the base of the EK-Pro GPU WB is a CNC machined nickel-plated copper thermal transfer plate, with a top cover manufactured from a durable industrial-grade stainless steel. EPDM rubber O-rings are used to ensure the block is perfectly sealed, while brass standoffs come pre-installed for simple assembly. Compared with consumer EKWB GPU blocks, the thermal transfer plate has been made thicker and more durable, a G1/4” port terminal is milled directly into the thermal transfer plate for increased reliability.

EK-Pro GPU WB RTX water blocks are compatible with Nvidia Quadro RTX 8000, 6000 and 4000 GPUs. An EK-Pro GPU WB RTX 2080 Ti-Ni + Inox is also available for Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards and the EK-Pro GPU WB WX9100 is designed specifically for the AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100. Additionally, EKWB has a new line of EK-Pro GPU backplates to complement this new series of enterprise GPU water blocks.

The new EK-Pro water blocks and backplates are available to order via the EK Webshop, backplates are on pre-order status and expected to ship on 23rd June 2020. The EK-Pro GPU WB blocks are priced starting from €191.50 and the backplates from €40.24.

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KitGuru says: With its reputation for producing high-quality consumer liquid cooling products, its no surprise that EKWB is expanding its enterprise range with some durable and high-performance products. What do you guys think of these new workstation/server-grade GPU blocks from EKWB?  

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Xilinx unveils real-time server appliances for video streaming https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/christopher-nohall/xilinx-unveils-real-time-server-appliances-for-video-streaming/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/christopher-nohall/xilinx-unveils-real-time-server-appliances-for-video-streaming/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:10:11 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=472682 Xilinx has unveiled new “purpose-built video transcoding appliances” based on a new “Xilinx Real-Time Server reference architecture”. The device is designed to deliver good video quality at lower cost and high channel density per rack.  Just a year ago, few could have predicted the massive upswing in video conferencing that now is a reality. The …

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Xilinx has unveiled new “purpose-built video transcoding appliances” based on a new “Xilinx Real-Time Server reference architecture”. The device is designed to deliver good video quality at lower cost and high channel density per rack. 

Just a year ago, few could have predicted the massive upswing in video conferencing that now is a reality. The increase in activity has lead to heavier loads for ISPs, and to decrease the bandwidth usage many streaming services, such as Netflix and YouTube, lowered image quality settings.

In a bid to combat these problems, Xilinx developed two “real-time computing video appliances for easy-to-scale, ultra-high-density video transcoding applications”. The appliances are said to offer a “4x reduction in cost, footprint, and power for H.264 at 1080p30 resolution and x264 medium preset.”

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“As the volume of video streaming increases exponentially, optimized architectures are becoming critical,” said Donna Yasay, vice president of marketing, Data Center Group, at Xilinx. “With these new reference architectures, Xilinx is enabling solution providers to maximize cost savings, while delivering high-quality video streaming services.”

The products are aimed towards those who do live streaming, eSports, telemedicine, distance learning, video conferencing or broadcasting, and the devices are available now through authorised resellers and OEMs.

Additional information from Xilinx can be found HERE.

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2nd generation AMD EPYC processors set to power Oracle Cloud E3 platform https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/james-dawson/2nd-generation-amd-epyc-processors-set-to-power-oracle-cloud-e3-platform/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/james-dawson/2nd-generation-amd-epyc-processors-set-to-power-oracle-cloud-e3-platform/#respond Sat, 02 May 2020 08:06:08 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=464947 AMD is expanding its arsenal of EPYC powered data centre systems with a new venture in partnership with Oracle that equips the company’s latest Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 platform with 2nd generation EPYC processors, to bring a new level of performance to Oracle Cloud. The Oracle Cloud “E3 Standard” leverages key features of AMD EPYC …

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AMD is expanding its arsenal of EPYC powered data centre systems with a new venture in partnership with Oracle that equips the company’s latest Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 platform with 2nd generation EPYC processors, to bring a new level of performance to Oracle Cloud.

The Oracle Cloud “E3 Standard” leverages key features of AMD EPYC processors found in the EPYC 7742 CPU such as class-leading memory bandwidth and the high core counts required by data centre processors. These features combined allow the Oracle Cloud E3 platform to be perfectly suited to big data analytics, Oracle Business applications and memory-intensive workloads.

“Today, we are launching our new Oracle Cloud E3 platform built on AMD EPYC processors. Customers will have access to virtual machines that support higher core counts, increased memory bandwidth, and the highest core count for any bare metal instance on any public cloud to run any workload,” said Vinay Kumar, vice president, product management, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Being equipped with AMD EPYC 7742 processors, the Oracle Cloud E3 platform will bring even higher performance capabilities to the company’s customer base and will deliver the ability to launch high core count VMs that include simultaneous multithreading, as well as a higher memory to core ratio to improve the performance of memory-intensive workloads. Due to the high bandwidth capabilities of the AMD EPYC 7742 CPU, Oracle E3 platforms provide double the memory to core ratio of AMD EPYC E2 platforms.

Currently, Oracle Cloud E3 instances are available in the US (East and West), Germany Central and Japan East. Oracle plans to make the E3 platform available in all commercial regions within a quarter of its initial launch.

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KitGuru says: AMD keeps on expanding its data centre operations with 2nd generation EPYC processors at the heart of cloud infrastructure and some of the world fastest supercomputers. What do you guys think of this latest partnership between AMD and Oracle Cloud?

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Kingston DC1000B 480GB SSD Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/simon-crisp/kingston-dc1000b-480gb-ssd-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/simon-crisp/kingston-dc1000b-480gb-ssd-review/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:18:05 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=456989 How good is this drive from Kingston, aimed at the server market?

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The latest drive to be added to Kingston's range of data centre drives is the DC1000B, an NVMe drive aimed at a very small but rapidly growing market segment of boot drives for servers. Built around a Phison controller and 64-layer 3D TLC NAND, the DC1000B also features on-board power loss protection.


The read centric DC1000B product line consists of just two models, a 240GB drive and the 480GB unit we are reviewing here. At the heart of the drive is a second-generation Phison PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe controller, the PS5012-E12, which looks after 64-layer 3D TLC NAND.

The PS5012-E12 is Phison’s second-generation PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe controller. The 8-channel controller is built on a TSMC 28nm process and has been designed to work with TLC and QLC NAND technologies with support for Phison’s SmartECC and the latest LDPC (Low-Density Parity Check) error correction as well as AES256, TCG OPAL and TCG Pyrite hardware encryption support. With 8 NAND channels and 32 NAND chip enable lines, the maximum amount of NAND the controller can support is 8TB.

Kingston quotes Sequential performance for the 480GB drive as up to 3,200MB/s for reads and up to 565MB/s for writes. The 240GB makes do with up to 2,200MB/s for reads and 290MB/s for writes.

4K random performance for the 480GB drive is quoted as up to 205,000 IOPS for reads and up to 20,000 IOPS for writes. The 240GB drive is rated as up to 111,000 IOPS and 12,000 IOPS for reads and writes respectively.

Power consumption wise, the 480GB drive is rated as 1.90W idle, 1.90W and 1.74W for average read and writes respectively. Maximum consumption is listed as 4.88W for reads and 1.81W for writes.

As the drive is a fully-fledged data centre/enterprise drive it comes with PLP (Power Loss Protection) hardware installed on the drive and it supports SED (Self-Encrypting Drive) via AES 256-bit encryption.

Endurance wise, the 480GB is rated as 475TBW or around 0.5 DWPD for the length of the 5-year warranty Kingston backs the drive with.

Physical Specifications:
Usable Capacities: 480GB.
NAND Components: 64-layer 3D TLC NAND.
NAND Controller: Phison PS5012-E12.
Cache: 1TB.
Interface: PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4.
Form Factor: M.2 2280.
Dimensions: 80 x 22 x 3.8mm.
Drive Weight: 9g.

Firmware Version: ECEK22.3

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Memblaze introduce the PBlaze5 920 NVMe SSD series for enterprise systems https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/memblaze-introduce-the-pblaze5-920-nvme-ssd-series-for-enterprise-systems/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/memblaze-introduce-the-pblaze5-920-nvme-ssd-series-for-enterprise-systems/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:52:47 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=459515 Memblaze has announced its new PBlaze5 920 series of NVMe SSDs for enterprise systems. Adopting 96-layer 3D eTLC NAND, the PBlaze5 920 series is available in both 2.5-inch U.2 and HHHL add-in card form factors with maximum capacity of up to 7.68 TB. There are a total of four SKUs in the PBlaze5 920 series …

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Memblaze has announced its new PBlaze5 920 series of NVMe SSDs for enterprise systems. Adopting 96-layer 3D eTLC NAND, the PBlaze5 920 series is available in both 2.5-inch U.2 and HHHL add-in card form factors with maximum capacity of up to 7.68 TB.

There are a total of four SKUs in the PBlaze5 920 series including the PBlaze5 D920, PBlaze5 C920, PBlaze5 D926 and PBlaze5 C926. The series offers up to 5.9 GB/s read bandwidth, with 970,000 read IOPS. Read and write latency is lowered to 90 μs and 12 μs respectively and the series is built to offer a high-speed, reliable and flexible storage solution for mission-critical applications.

To guarantee stable performance, the PBlaz5 920 series is able to shift from empty disk to steady state smoothly under conditions such as 4K random write. Improvements in the GC read efficiency of the Pblaze5 920 NVMe SSD means the overall efficiency of GC is higher than previous generations.

The Memblaze PBlaze5 920 series is one of the first enterprise-class NVMe SSDs to support the new Quota by Namespace feature, which means it can optimise and expand application scenarios by selecting suitable namespaces in accordance with application priority. By using this method, the PBlaze5 920 series can ensure namespaces for high-priority tasks are able to access more I/O resources.

Unlike traditional enterprise-class SSDs which require a server restart to upgrade firmware, the PBlaze5 920 series supports firmware upgrades without reset, to eliminate the complicated and error-prone server restart process. The PBlaze5 920 NVMe SSD also supports 512, 520, 4096, 4104, and 4160 bytes Variable Sector Size, allowing I/Os from server applications to carry 8 bytes or 64 bytes of metadata simultaneously while ensuring consistent performance and high data reliability in distributed file systems.

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Intel’s latest neuromorphic research system provides 100 million neurons computational capacity https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/intels-latest-neuromorphic-research-system-provides-100-million-neurons-computational-capacity/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/intels-latest-neuromorphic-research-system-provides-100-million-neurons-computational-capacity/#respond Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:14:05 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=458017 Intel is focusing its 3rd generation of AI on neuromorphic computing, which is the idea of emulating the neural structure and operation of the human brain. The key challenge Intel faces with neuromorphic computing is matching a human's flexibility, and ability to learn with the energy efficiency of the human brain and emulating that in …

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Intel is focusing its 3rd generation of AI on neuromorphic computing, which is the idea of emulating the neural structure and operation of the human brain. The key challenge Intel faces with neuromorphic computing is matching a human's flexibility, and ability to learn with the energy efficiency of the human brain and emulating that in neuromorphic computing systems.

A measure of neuromorphic computing systems power is known as neurons, the higher number of neurons, the more computational capacity a system will have. Intel has announced this week that it has scaled its latest neuromorphic research system, Pohoiki Springs, to provide the computational capacity of 100 million neurons.

The new cloud-based system is expected to be made available to members of the Intel Neuromorphic Research Community (INRC) soon, to extend neuromorphic work, enabling them to solve more complex problems. The Intel Pohoiki Springs system is a data-centre style rack-mounted solution and is the company’s largest neuromorphic computing system yet. It is equipped with 768 Loihi neuromorphic research chips, all packed into a chassis the size of five traditional servers.

“Pohoiki Springs scales up our Loihi neuromorphic research chip by more than 750 times, while operating at a power level of under 500 watts. The system enables our research partners to explore ways to accelerate workloads that run slowly today on conventional architectures, including high-performance computing (HPC) systems.” -Mike Davies, director of Intel's Neuromorphic Computing Lab.

Like the human brain, Loihi chips can process workloads up to 1,000 times faster than conventional CPUs and are 10,000 times more efficient. Pohoiki Springs will step up scaling of this type of architecture to increase the performance of solving computationally difficult problems, as well as AI. It is claimed that with 100 million neurons, Pohoiki Springs has the neural capacity of a small mammal brain and is a step towards supporting much larger and more sophisticated neuromorphic workloads.

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KitGuru says: This increase neuromorphic computing architectural capacity will assist researchers in solving more complex problems to help with the evolution of new technologies such as automation and AI, where there is a need for computer systems to act more like humans.

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Western Digital introduce WD Gold U.2 enterprise SSDs https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/western-digital-introduce-wd-gold-u-2-enterprise-ssds/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/western-digital-introduce-wd-gold-u-2-enterprise-ssds/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:46:31 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=455128 Western Digital has announced a new line of NVMe SSDs for enterprise systems, the WD Gold series offers small and medium-size enterprises a range of products for a simple transition to NVMe storage and improved system performance. The new series of Western Digital enterprise SSDs are the company’s first to be added to the Gold …

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Western Digital has announced a new line of NVMe SSDs for enterprise systems, the WD Gold series offers small and medium-size enterprises a range of products for a simple transition to NVMe storage and improved system performance.

The new series of Western Digital enterprise SSDs are the company’s first to be added to the Gold line and are expected to start shipping to customers in early Q2 2020. The WD Gold enterprise SSD series will be available in a range of capacities including 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84Tb and 7.68TB, to offer superior performance compared to traditional SATA drive solutions.

“Transitioning to NVMe is fundamental to unlocking the performance potential of high-speed storage media, enabling new applications, use cases and workloads. The addition of WD Gold NVMe SSDs to our currently shipping high-capacity WD Gold HDDs means channel partners and customers have expanded, robust options to achieve faster time-to-value.” said Phil Bullinger, senior vice president and general manager, Data Center Business at Western Digital.

Western Digital Gold devices are designed to provide enterprise users with high performance and low latency via an NVMe SSD built on 3D TLC NAND with a purpose-built firmware and integrated controller. Power loss and data-path protection is also provided to give users added protection against data loss, along with a five-year warranty for peace of mind.

The WD Gold NVMe SSD series for enterprise features a PCIe Gen 3.1 x4 U.2 interface for high-speed enterprise-class performance. WD Gold enterprise SSD series will be available in Q2 2020. Prices start from $241.99 for the 960GB model, $434.99 for the 1.92TB model and the 3.84TB version is priced at £870.99.

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Kingston introduce the DC1000M SSD series for enterprise https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/kingston-introduce-the-dc1000m-ssd-series-for-enterprise/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/kingston-introduce-the-dc1000m-ssd-series-for-enterprise/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2020 08:31:15 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=454919 Kingston has announced the availability of a new DC1000M SSD series of enterprise-grade SSDs for data centre deployments. The DC1000M series is designed for data-intensive workloads such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence and deep learning applications. The new DC1000M U.2 NVMe PCIe SSD series joins the Kingston range of enterprise-class storage devices, to provide a …

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Kingston has announced the availability of a new DC1000M SSD series of enterprise-grade SSDs for data centre deployments. The DC1000M series is designed for data-intensive workloads such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence and deep learning applications.

The new DC1000M U.2 NVMe PCIe SSD series joins the Kingston range of enterprise-class storage devices, to provide a powerful yet affordable solution for data centre customers. Kingston DC1000M is equipped with high storage capacity and best in class performance for enterprise via a high-performance Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe PCIe interface.

Using this high-speed interface, the Kingston DC1000M is capable of delivering high throughput and low latency on standardised platforms, with up to 540K IOPS and random read performance over 3GB/s throughput. DC1000M is manufactured to strict QoS requirements, meaning I/O performance and latency is predictable during a wide range of server workloads.

Kingston DC1000M specifications:

  • Form Factor: U.2, 2.5″ x 15mm
  • Interface: NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x4
  • Dimensions: 100.09mm x 69.84mm x 14.75mm
  • NAND: 3D TLC

Sequential Read/Write:

  • 960GB – 3,100MBs/1,330MBs
  • 92TB – 3,100MBs/2,600MBs
  • 84TB – 3,100MBs/2,700MBs
  • 68TB – 3,100MBs/2,800MBs

Steady-State 4k Read/Write2:

  • 960GB – 400,000/125,000 IOPS
  • 92TB – 540,000/205,000 IOPS
  • 84TB – 525,000/210,000 IOPS
  • 68TB – 485,000/210,000 IOPS
  • Latency: TYP Read/Write: <300 µs / <1 ms

Kingston DC1000M U.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs feature enterprise class end-to-end data path protection, power-loss protection and telemetry monitoring for improved data centre reliability. The DC1000M SSD series is available in capacities of 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB and 7.68TB. The entire range is backed by a five-year warranty for peace of mind with a 2 million-hour MTBF life expectancy.

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KitGuru says: This new range of SSDs from Kingston offers some great specifications for enterprise with data consistency being a key feature. Any of you guys interested in this high capacity U.2 NVMe SSD series from Kingston?

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Kioxia announce PCIe 4.0 SSDs for enterprise https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/kioxia-announce-pcie-4-0-ssds-for-enterprise/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/kioxia-announce-pcie-4-0-ssds-for-enterprise/#respond Sun, 23 Feb 2020 11:48:04 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=453316 Kioxia has announced that its CM6 and CD6 series of PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives for enterprise customers are now being shipped, this means that Kioxia is the first company to ship these next-generation PCIe 4.0 SSDs to enterprise and data centre partners. Both the CM6 and CD6 SSDs are compliant with the latest NVMe specification, …

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Kioxia has announced that its CM6 and CD6 series of PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives for enterprise customers are now being shipped, this means that Kioxia is the first company to ship these next-generation PCIe 4.0 SSDs to enterprise and data centre partners.

Both the CM6 and CD6 SSDs are compliant with the latest NVMe specification, with key features built-in such as in-band NVMe-MI, namespace granularity, shared stream writes and persistent event log, as well as being SFF-TA-1001 (U.3) conformant, allowing the drives to be used in tri-mode enabled backplanes that can accommodate SATA, SAS or NVMe SSDs.

Kioxia CM6 series enterprise PCIe 4.0 SSDs provide best-in-class performance with sequential and random transfer speed of up to 6.9GB/s and up to 1.4M input/output operations per second (IOPS). This performance offers customers with bandwidth improvements of up to 2x PCIe Gen 3 device performance and is 12x faster than traditional SATA drives. The CM6 series is designed for enterprise applications such as AI, caching layer, data analytics, financial trading and is available in 800Gb to 30.72TB capacities.

The CD6 PCIe 4.0 SSD series from Kioxia are single-ported drives designed for data centre use, aimed at large-scale deployments and general use scenarios, such as cloud computing, web servers and media streaming. The CD6 PCIe Gen 4 (1×4) NVMe SSDs are available in capacities from 960GB up to 15.36TB with 6.2GB/s throughput and 1.0M IOPS.

“For more than a year, OEM customers have been providing cutting-edge storage performance to end-users thanks to KIOXIA's CM5 and CD5 Series NVMe SSDs,” noted Alvaro Toledo, vice president of SSD marketing and product planning at KIOXIA America, Inc. “We're continuing our commitment to lead in the NVMe space by delivering the fastest available 2.5-inch4 PCIe 4.0 SSD solutions.”

Both of Kioxia’s PCIe 4.0 enterprise SSD series include security and encryption features such as self-encryption and FIPS, as well as being on the UNH-IOL Integrator's list for NVMe 1.4 device compatibility. The CM6 series also successfully passed PCI-SIG Workshop compliance.

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KitGuru says: Kioxia was the first company to demonstrate PCIe 4.0 SSD devices and has now become the first to ship next-generation SSDs to enterprise customers. What do you guys think of these CM6 and CD6 SSDs from Kioxia?

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EKWB introduce professional line of water cooling products https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/james-dawson/ekwb-introduce-professional-line-of-water-cooling-products/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/james-dawson/ekwb-introduce-professional-line-of-water-cooling-products/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:12:05 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=451614 EK Water Blocks has a great reputation for producing some top-quality consumer-grade PC water cooling products. The company has now announced a brand-new line of water cooling gear aimed at professional use. The new professional range of products feature a robust design, making them ideal for industrial use in applications such as servers, data centres …

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EK Water Blocks has a great reputation for producing some top-quality consumer-grade PC water cooling products. The company has now announced a brand-new line of water cooling gear aimed at professional use. The new professional range of products feature a robust design, making them ideal for industrial use in applications such as servers, data centres and deep learning workstations.

The new professional series of water cooling products from EKWB are manufactured from high-quality industrial materials, capable of withstanding many hours of use inside harsh environments. New products from the EK Professional Line include the EK-Pro Manifold and EK-Pro Quick Disconnect Kits, which allow multiple graphics cards installed inside the system to be silently liquid-cooled.

Unlike EK’s consumer-grade products, designed for desktop systems, the new professional line-up has a more understated appearance with absolutely no RGB. The new EK-Pro Quick Disconnect Kit is the ideal solution for quickly installing additional graphics cards, which reduces system downtime. The kit includes everything that is required to convert an existing GPU water block into a quick-disconnect ready product. In the kit is one meter of black ZMT tubing, two barb fittings, four tube clamps, an angled GPU terminal and a set of quick-disconnect fittings.

Combining the EK-Pro Quick Disconnect Kit with the new EK-Pro Manifold makes the installation of multiple GPUs even more simple since all the GPUs connected directly to the manifold, for even distribution of coolant to each GPU. There are two versions of the EK-Pro Manifold to support various system configurations. One is designed for systems with two water-cooled CPUs and two GPUs, while a larger version is available to support two CPUs and four GPUs.

The EK-Pro Manifold is constructed from an acetal body and features multiple G1/4” outlets with stainless steel end caps and nickel-plated brass plugs. Out of the box, the manifold is ready to use in a parallel configuration and comes with a universal mounting system with a stainless-steel mounting plate which enables the manifold to be mounted on 120mm or 140mm standard fan mounting locations.

In terms of availability and pricing, you can purchase the EK-Pro Manifold and Quick Disconnect Kits direct from the EKWB Webstore or from official EKWB retail outlets now. The EK-Pro Manifold starts from €75.53 for the two CPU two GPU version and the EK-Pro Quick Disconnect Kits are priced at €90.66. EK Water Blocks also has an EK-FC GV100 Pro water block for workstation graphics cards such as the Nvidia Quadro GV100, Tesla V100 and the Titan V, which makes the ideal partner for these new professional-grade products.

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KitGuru says: I really like the look of these new products from EKWB. The Manifold provides a simple solution for installing multiple water-cooled graphics cards into the system and combined with the EK-Pro Quick Disconnect Kit, it should offer easier tube routing and less system downtime when it comes to upgrading or maintenance.

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QNAP Launch an expandable Intel dual-core CPU powered NAS https://www.kitguru.net/professional/networking/james-dawson/qnap-launch-an-expandable-intel-dual-core-cpu-powered-nas/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/networking/james-dawson/qnap-launch-an-expandable-intel-dual-core-cpu-powered-nas/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:30:23 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=448221 QNAP has announced today that it is releasing a new 2-bay NAS device that is powered by an Intel dual-core processor. The TS-251D NAS can be used with the QuMagie, the smart AI photo management app from QNAP that uses AI recognition to group similar photos together in a relevant album. The TS-251D is equipped …

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QNAP has announced today that it is releasing a new 2-bay NAS device that is powered by an Intel dual-core processor. The TS-251D NAS can be used with the QuMagie, the smart AI photo management app from QNAP that uses AI recognition to group similar photos together in a relevant album.

The TS-251D is equipped with 4K media transcoding and streaming capabilities to offer users with an excellent cross-device multimedia experience while also providing a PCIe expansion slot so users can expand its core functions further. The built-in AI recognition groups photos into People, Things or Places albums, making them easier to find later.

Powering the QNAP TS-251D NAS is an Intel dual-core J4005 processors with a burst core frequency up to 2.7GHz, paired with up to 8GB DDR4 memory for high performance. The TS-251D includes a Gigabit LAN port and supports 6Gbps SATA drives to provide dependable read/write speeds with Intel AES-NI 256 hardware data encryption to ensure sensitive data is protected.

Users are able to quickly expand the TS-251D via the included PCIe slot with add-in cards such as a QNAP QXG – 10GbE/5GbE network card to upgrade the NAS for high-speed network environments. Alternatively, a QM2 expansion card could be installed to add M.2 SSD caching or a compatible wireless card could turn the TS-251D into a wireless storage and streaming platform.

QNAP’s TS-251D App Centre offers a wide range of productivity tools including QmailAgent for managing multiple email accounts, Qfiliing automates workflows for efficiency, Qsirch searches for files fast and a range of streaming applications allow for a smooth multimedia experience. Users can also purchase the QNAP RM-IR004 remote control to remotely navigate menus.

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Gigabyte and Incooling create new class of phase-change server cooling https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/james-dawson/gigabyte-and-incooling-create-new-class-of-phase-change-server-cooling/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/james-dawson/gigabyte-and-incooling-create-new-class-of-phase-change-server-cooling/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:07:57 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=447712 Gigabyte has announced a new partnership with cooling specialists Incooling to design a prototype model for a new class of two-phase liquid cooling solution...

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With every new generation of CPUs comes an increase in performance, in recent years the number of cores in each processor has increased rapidly which in turn drive up TDP. This increase in CPU TDP ratings means conventional air cooling becomes less effective, so manufacturers of high-performance systems are looking for innovative new ways of keeping processor temperature under control.

Gigabyte has announced a new partnership with cooling specialists Incooling to design a prototype model for a new class of two-phase liquid cooling solution for overclockable servers used in the high-frequency trading market. Gigabyte has provided its overclockable R161 series server platform as a testbed for Incooling to work with.

“We are always looking into new cooling technologies that help our customers push the boundaries of performance and efficiency in their data centres. Incooling offers a unique solution, different from others in the market place, and we are looking forward to working with them to see what new possibilities we can achieve using our servers together with their cutting edge two-phase cooling technology” said Mike Chang, Thermal R&D Manager at Gigabyte.

The cooling system that Incooling is working on will be capable of pushing temperatures way below what’s possible from traditional data centre air cooling systems. This is done by leveraging special refrigerants and using a phase-change solution inside a pressure-controlled loop. This method is highly efficient and exchanges heat from the processor with the air in the data centre.

Initial tests of this cooling solution on the Gigabyte R161 server has shown up to 20°C lower core temperatures, which means performance can be pushed even further and contributes up to a 10% increase in CPU clock speed while lowering overall power draw by 200 watts. The partnership will continue its R&D efforts to push these boundaries even further, Incooling is planning on adopting this cooling technology to other Gigabyte server systems in the future.

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Kingston launch the DC1000B NVMe SSD for data centre https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/kingston-launch-the-dc1000b-nvme-ssd-for-data-centre/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/kingston-launch-the-dc1000b-nvme-ssd-for-data-centre/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:00:31 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=446426 Kingston Technology has announced a new range of NVMe SSDs for data centre solutions. The Data Centre DC1000B M.2 NVMe is optimised for server boot applications and equipped with power-loss protection (PLP). The new Data Centre DC1000B range from Kingston is a high-performance M.2 (2280) NVMe PCIe SSD utilising the latest generation PCIe Gen 3.0 …

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Kingston Technology has announced a new range of NVMe SSDs for data centre solutions. The Data Centre DC1000B M.2 NVMe is optimised for server boot applications and equipped with power-loss protection (PLP).

The new Data Centre DC1000B range from Kingston is a high-performance M.2 (2280) NVMe PCIe SSD utilising the latest generation PCIe Gen 3.0 interface and 64-layer 3D TLC NAND, to offer data centres a cost-friendly M.2 NVMe solution specifically designed for server use.

Kingston claims the DC1000B is optimally suited for server boot applications in high-volume rack mount systems, as well as being suitable for use in purpose-built systems needing a high-performance M.2 SSD that includes onboard power loss protection (PLP). The DC1000B provides an efficient server boot solution while preserving front-loading bays for data storage drives.

Kingston Data centre DC100B features:

  • Data Center Class SSD for Enterprise applications
  • Optimized Boot Drive for Server Use
  • M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4
  • Up to 3,400MB/s Read, 600MB/s Write
  • Part Number: SEDC1000BM8/240G

The DC1000B is designed to offer enterprise-level performance and consistency, with low latency features not typically included in client SSDs. Kingston has launched the DC1000B available in two capacity options of 240GB and 480GB, to keep the price relatively low. However, at the moment, specific pricing information is unavailable.

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KitGuru says: Kingston says the DC1000B will offer a cost-effective NVMe solution for server boot drives. However, there is no reason why the DC1000B couldn’t be used as a desktop storage drive too. It will be interesting to see how cost-effective it is once it hits retailers.

 

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Huawei announce industrial servers pass SAP HANA certification https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/huawei-announce-industrial-servers-pass-sap-hana-certification/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/huawei-announce-industrial-servers-pass-sap-hana-certification/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:00:53 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=444346 Huawei has announced that its FusionServer Pro 2488H V5 rack server and KunLun 9008 V5 mission-critical servers have passed SAP HANA certification for BWoH/BW4H/DM and S4H scale-out appliance solutions. The range of SAP HANA certified solutions from Huawei accelerates real-time decision making and provides faster data monetization for enterprise customers. In addition to the FusionServer …

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Huawei has announced that its FusionServer Pro 2488H V5 rack server and KunLun 9008 V5 mission-critical servers have passed SAP HANA certification for BWoH/BW4H/DM and S4H scale-out appliance solutions.

The range of SAP HANA certified solutions from Huawei accelerates real-time decision making and provides faster data monetization for enterprise customers. In addition to the FusionServer Pro and KunLun 9008 V5, Huawei OceanStor Dorado V6 all-flash storage passed SAP HANA certification for enterprise storage too.

The Huawei KunLun 9008 V5 is a mission-critical server powered by eight Intel Xeon Platinum Scaleable processors with a 6 TB memory capacity. The KunLun 9008 V5 can scale up to 16 compute nodes with a massive 96 TB available memory while the FusionServer Pro 2488H V5 is a rack-mounted server, configured with four Intel Xeon Platinum 8276 Scaleable processors and 3 TB memory that has the potential to be expanded to 48 TB total.

Huawei claims the scale-out solution protects customers hardware investment while increasing customers data continuously. These scale-up and scale-out solutions are based on the latest SUSE 15.1 version and are due to be released soon.

Huawei says it will deepen collaboration with SAP in the FusionServer Pro V6 series and expand into more innovative fields in the future, to provide more integrated appliance solutions for industrial customers. So far the SAP Integration and Certification centre has released ten Certified Enterprise Storage solutions and sixteen Certified IaaS Platforms based on Huawei SAP HANA devices, to provide customers with full-stack on-premises or Certified IaaS Platform solutions.

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Western Digital launch world’s first 20TB SMR HDD https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/james-dawson/western-digital-launch-worlds-first-20tb-smr-hdd/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/hard-drives/james-dawson/western-digital-launch-worlds-first-20tb-smr-hdd/#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:00:49 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=443627 Western Digital has announced it is shipping new HDD samples to enterprise OEMs and hyperscale customers worldwide. The new devices are the industry’s highest capacity HDDs featuring up to a huge 20TB capacity in SMR form. First announced in September 2019, the new high-capacity HDDs from Western digital include the 20 TB Ultrastar DC HC650 …

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Western Digital has announced it is shipping new HDD samples to enterprise OEMs and hyperscale customers worldwide. The new devices are the industry’s highest capacity HDDs featuring up to a huge 20TB capacity in SMR form.

First announced in September 2019, the new high-capacity HDDs from Western digital include the 20 TB Ultrastar DC HC650 SMR and 18 TB Ultrastar DC HC550 CMR and utilise the company’s first implementation of energy-assisted magnetic recording on a nine disk platform to enable more efficient provision and scale of data centre environments with unmatched total cost.

With data growth reaching a zettabyte scale, high capacity enterprise HDDs are the way to efficiently store data across a broad spectrum of applications. Western Digital’s new 18TB and 20TB Ultrastar HDD’s enable customers to deploy as many as 22% fewer racks and reduce TCO by up to 11%. This also means a reduction in power consumption, cooling costs and a reduction in data centre infrastructure when compared with today’s 14TB CMR HDDs.

Western Digital’s use of innovative energy-assisted magnetic recording, together with the company’s HeliosSeal and SMR technology means the new Ultrastar HDDs achieve the industry’s highest areal density performance and a dramatic gain in drive capacity.

“Delivering samples of our Ultrastar 20 TB SMR and 18 TB CMR HDDs marks a significant milestone for Western Digital—demonstrating our enduring commitment to the open SMR-based ecosystem, as well as our strong track record of innovation to provide great value for our customers,” said Phil Bullinger, senior vice president and general manager of Western Digital's Data Center Business Unit.

Western Digital has started sampling the 20 TB Ultrastar DC HC650 SMR and 18 TB DC HC550 CMR HDDs, with volume shipments expected to begin in the first half of 2020.

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Gigabyte announces new server motherboards for Intel Xeon W-3200 processors https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/james-dawson/gigabyte-announces-new-server-motherboards-for-intel-xeon-w-3200-processors/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/james-dawson/gigabyte-announces-new-server-motherboards-for-intel-xeon-w-3200-processors/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:10:04 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=442513 Gigabyte is updating its series of Intel Xeon compatible motherboards with new lines for single-socket Intel Xeon W-3200 and dual-socket Xeon scalable workstation and server motherboards added to its range. The company has announced two new motherboards engineered to build workstation and server systems in 2020. The MU71-SU0 is a single socket ATX motherboard that …

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Gigabyte is updating its series of Intel Xeon compatible motherboards with new lines for single-socket Intel Xeon W-3200 and dual-socket Xeon scalable workstation and server motherboards added to its range.

The company has announced two new motherboards engineered to build workstation and server systems in 2020. The MU71-SU0 is a single socket ATX motherboard that supports Intel’s new Xeon W-3200 processor. The MU71-SU0 is designed and optimised for fast virtualisations, simulations and renderings from up to 28 cores and 56 threads, with a maximum base 3.7GHz and Turbo 4.6GHz frequency single socket solution.

Gigabyte MU71-SU0

The MU71-SU0 also supports 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scaleable processors with Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Modules. A total of eight DIMM slots means the MU71-SU0 is capable of housing up to 1TB of DDR4 memory with seven PCIe Gen 3.0 expansion slots and a high-speed M.2 slot for NVMe storage. The MU71-SU0 also includes an Aspeed AST2500 and a dedicated MLAN port for remote management.

Gigabyte MD71-HB0

In addition, Gigabyte has launched an updated version of its dual-socket 2nd generation Intel Scalable processor motherboard for server solutions. The MD71-HB1 features a dual-socket E-ATX form factor similar to the MD71-HB0 but with fewer number of DIMM slots, with six DIMM slots per socket included on the MD-HB1. The reduction in DIMM slots has allowed for more PCIe expansion since the MD-HB1 now includes a total of PCIe slots to provide better flexibility for add-on cards such as accelerators, storage or networking devices.

For a full rundown of specification and more information about the new Intel Xeon compatible motherboards from Gigabyte, check out the official Gigabyte server motherboard product pages.

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Schneider Electric, Avnet and Iceotope introduce a new immersive liquid cooled rack https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/schneider-electric-avnet-and-iceotope-introduce-a-new-immersive-liquid-cooled-rack/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/james-dawson/schneider-electric-avnet-and-iceotope-introduce-a-new-immersive-liquid-cooled-rack/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:25:30 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=441797 Schneider Electric has collaborated with Avnet and Iceotope to announce the industry’s first commercially available integrated rack with chassis-based immersive liquid cooling, designed for compute-intensive applications. The joint solution was unveiled at the Schneider Electric booth during the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference in Las Vegas. The integrated rack combines a high-specification …

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Schneider Electric has collaborated with Avnet and Iceotope to announce the industry’s first commercially available integrated rack with chassis-based immersive liquid cooling, designed for compute-intensive applications. The joint solution was unveiled at the Schneider Electric booth during the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference in Las Vegas.

The integrated rack combines a high-specification GPU server in a 1U tray with Iceotope’s liquid cooling. The Avnet liquid-cooled server is integrated with Schneider’s NetShelter liquid-cooled enclosure to provide easy deployment into data centres with increased efficiency. The liquid-cooled rack solution is available with next-generation data centre management software and is Schneider Electric EcoStruxure ready.

Schneider Electric hopes the new immersive liquid cooling solution will be ideal for applications in big data centre analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithm training environments as it will provide improved efficiency and reduce energy usage.

“This latest development marks a significant step toward industrializing chassis-based immersion solutions which offer the efficiency and effectiveness of tanks based solutions while providing the compatibility and serviceability of more traditional, ‘direct-to-chip’ liquid-cooling designs. Given the growth of compute-intensive applications, we believe this approach is very promising.” Said Kevin Brown, CTO and SVP of Innovation, Secure Power, Schneider Electric.

In a recent report by Gartner, analyst Henrique Cecci advised data centre operators that liquid cooling solutions will increase cooling energy efficiency in their systems as it offers lower operating costs, increases reliability and requires a smaller footprint compared to traditional designs while offering near-silent operation despite the high-power density of the GPUs. Schneider Electric plans to extend this relationship with Avnet and Iceotope by offering the solution to more OEMs as demand grows.

“Iceotope is thrilled to be making its innovative chassis-level, immersive liquid cooling technology available to the general market,” said David Craig, CEO of Iceotope. “And compared to direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, our approach is more efficient, more reliable, saves more space, eliminates fans, and when deployed across the data centre, it lowers cost.”

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AMD partners with Fujitsu in the new Primergy LX1430 server https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/james-dawson/amd-partners-with-fujitsu-in-the-new-primergy-lx1430-server/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/james-dawson/amd-partners-with-fujitsu-in-the-new-primergy-lx1430-server/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:00:43 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=439207 Fujitsu has announced a collaboration with AMD in its new Primergy LX1430 single-slot rack server designed specifically for Internet Service Provider data centres. The new Fujitsu rack server will feature 2nd generation AMD EPYC processors. The new single-slot rack server from Fujitsu is designed to meet the needs of scale-out cloud environments and will provide …

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Fujitsu has announced a collaboration with AMD in its new Primergy LX1430 single-slot rack server designed specifically for Internet Service Provider data centres. The new Fujitsu rack server will feature 2nd generation AMD EPYC processors.

The new single-slot rack server from Fujitsu is designed to meet the needs of scale-out cloud environments and will provide significant TCO savings for customers, with its high performance and lower power consumption. The Primergy LX1430 systems feature a single 2nd generation AMD EPYC 7002 series processor with up to 64 cores and 16 memory slots with a maximum of 512GB capacity 3200MHz DIMMs supported.

“We are pleased to strengthen the business relationship with AMD with the new Fujitsu server PRIMERGY LX1430 M1 based on the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processor. This joint collaboration will accelerate to deploy AMD EPYC based systems to help customers achieve digital transformation and innovate their businesses.” said Kenichi Sakai, Corporate Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, Head of System Platform Business Unit.

2nd generation AMD EPYC processors are specifically designed for modern data centre workloads. With up to 64 ‘Zen 2’ cores and a 7nm manufacturing process combined with PCIe 4.0, it provides customers with the ideal combination of features to unlock maximum performance in virtualisation, cloud and HPC applications. The Fujitsu PRIMERGY LX1430 also features enhanced RAS functions and a ‘proactive fan function’ that adjusts fan speed depending on ambient temperature to reduce internal temperature and maintain reliability.

“Cloud and Enterprise customers are looking for leadership performance and lower total cost of ownership to support increasingly complex workloads,” said Scott Aylor, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Datacenter Solutions Group, AMD. “The 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors deliver single-socket performance at price points that set a new standard for the modern datacentre.”

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KitGuru says: AMD is expanding its data centre server partnerships in this collaboration with Fujitsu and further increasing its cloud solutions portfolio. What do you guys think about this news? Do you think we will see Zen 2 dominating the data centre market as we have seen in desktop PCs?

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Firmware bug causing premature failure of HP enterprise SSDs fixed https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/firmware-bug-causing-premature-failure-of-hp-enterprise-ssds-fixed/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/james-dawson/firmware-bug-causing-premature-failure-of-hp-enterprise-ssds-fixed/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:45:07 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=438861 HP has identified a bug with its enterprise SSDs that is causing devices to fail prematurely, the company has released a support bulletin outlining a firmware update to prevent drive failure at 32,768 hours. Enterprise SSD devices affected by the premature failure problem are from certain models of the HPE SAS solid-state drive range. HP …

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HP has identified a bug with its enterprise SSDs that is causing devices to fail prematurely, the company has released a support bulletin outlining a firmware update to prevent drive failure at 32,768 hours.

Enterprise SSD devices affected by the premature failure problem are from certain models of the HPE SAS solid-state drive range. HP was notified of the issue from an SSD manufacturer that firmware was detecting certain SAS SSD models used in a number of HPE server and storage products including HPE ProLiant, Synergy, Apollo, JBOD D3xxx, D6xxx, D8xxx, MSA, StoreVirtual 4335 and StoreVirtual 3200 are affected.

HP has released an updated HPD8 firmware that is considered a critical fix required to address the failure issue. HP strongly suggests that users with the affected drive should update to the new firmware immediately to prevent failure and potential data loss.

The company warns that neglecting this information will result in drive failure at 32,768 hours of operation and will require restoration of data from backup in non-fault tolerance, such as RAID 0. If customers ignore this guidance, then HP says they must accept the risk of incurring future related errors. The issue affects SSDs with firmware prior to HPD8 and after the failure occurs, neither the SSD or data from it can be recovered.

For users to determine total power-on hours of affected devices, they are advised to refer to the Smart Storage Administrator page. HP has provided a full list of affected devices on its support bulletin for the issue.

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KitGuru: If you are unsure if you have one of the affected devices in your systems then make sure you check the official HP table and update firmware if required to prevent important data loss and extend the lifespan of the device.

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Gigabyte launch seven new servers for accelerated computing platforms https://www.kitguru.net/professional/networking/james-dawson/gigabyte-launch-seven-new-servers-for-accelerated-computing-platforms/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/networking/james-dawson/gigabyte-launch-seven-new-servers-for-accelerated-computing-platforms/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:30:46 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=436689 For the past few years, Gigabyte has been bolstering its reputation in the accelerated computing platform sector by building new systems featuring the highest GPU density in the market, combined with excellent cooling and power efficiency. Gigabyte is adding five new systems to its 2nd generation AMD EPYC powered server lineup, bringing the total in …

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For the past few years, Gigabyte has been bolstering its reputation in the accelerated computing platform sector by building new systems featuring the highest GPU density in the market, combined with excellent cooling and power efficiency.

Gigabyte is adding five new systems to its 2nd generation AMD EPYC powered server lineup, bringing the total in its stable up to 28 launched this year so far. The G291 series has been one of the company’s most popular servers platforms, featuring an ingenious design that allows for a maximum of eight GPGPUs to be housed in a single U2 chassis. Inside the U2 chassis are four huge GPU bays with four large riser cards that can accommodate two dual width GPGPU cards each.

The Chassis design is not only optimised for GPU density but also for cooling, the bays being situated on either side of the chassis creates airflow tunnels, with air being pushed/pull through by fans on either end of the chassis. Gigabytes G929 series continues with this tried and tested design in its new 2nd generation AMD EPYC powered systems.

The new systems are available in both single (G292-Z22) and dual-socket (G929-Z42) models, specifically designed for different workloads and support up to eight PCIe Gen 3.0 GPUs, such as the Nvidia Tesla V100. Two additional models, the G929-Z20 and G929-Z40 offer native PCIe Gen 4.0 support and will be released early in 2020.

Gigabyte has also announced other models adding to the G482 series. The G482-Z50 can support up to ten PCIe Gen 3.0 GPGPU cards in balanced mode, with five GPU cards able to connect with a single CPU downstream via a PCIe switch, that minimises GPU to CPU latency. Meanwhile, the G428-Z51 is one of the world’s first PCIe Gen 4.0 servers released on the market, featuring up to eight GPUs supporting PCIe Gen 4.0, with each GPU connected directly to the CPU via PCIe root.

Gigabyte’s T181-Z70 is the company’s server product based on the Open Compute Project Standard and is designed for a 21” OCP rack featuring a separate PSU. Power is supplied to each server node by a bus-bar system running along the rear of the rack. The T181-Z70 is a 1OU RACKOLUTION-OP GPU computing node that features 1st or 2nd generation AMD EPYC 7001 / 7002 processors with four PCIe Gen 3.0 dual-width GPGPU bays in the rear, two 2.5” SSD hot-swap bays in the front and two additional PCIe Gen 3.0 low profile slots for add-in networking or storage expansion cards.

Gigabyte has further extended its server series with the G591-HS0, a 5U system that can house up to 40 PCIe Gen 3.0 x16 low profile add-on cards via two expansion slot trays. Along with a G241-G40 2U system featuring four PCIe Gen 3.0 x16 bays for GPUs, as well as offering optimal storage capacity via four hot-swap SATA / SAS drive bays and two onboard M.2 slots.

The complete range of Gigabyte servers include the Gigabyte Management Console as standard. The management console is based on an AMI MegaRAC SP-X web-browser platform and is compliant with the latest Redfish API standards. The Gigabyte Management Console can provide remote management via an HTML5-based iKVM remote management client as a standard feature, with no additional license needing to be purchased.

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KitGuru says: Gigabyte certainly offers an extensive range of servers, customers wishing to get a closer look at the new systems will be able to check them out at the SC19 international conference for high-performance computing, which is taking place at the Denver Convention Centre from 18th – 21st November.

 

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New Azure virtual machines powered by AMD EPYC https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/joao-silva/new-azure-virtual-machines-powered-by-amd-epyc/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/joao-silva/new-azure-virtual-machines-powered-by-amd-epyc/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:13:12 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=434612 A year ago, Amazon added AWS EC2 instances powered by AMD EPYC processors. A few months later, Microsoft did the same to its Azure instances. Now, it's expanding the array of instances to choose from with new v4 Azure D-series and E-series with AMD EPYC processors, and the latest NV-series instances with Radeon Instinct GPUs. …

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A year ago, Amazon added AWS EC2 instances powered by AMD EPYC processors. A few months later, Microsoft did the same to its Azure instances. Now, it's expanding the array of instances to choose from with new v4 Azure D-series and E-series with AMD EPYC processors, and the latest NV-series instances with Radeon Instinct GPUs.

Microsoft Azure, the cloud platform from Microsoft, is expanding the choice of instances it has to offer. The NV-series, D-series, and E-series will receive 4th generation instances: NV v4, Ea v4, Eas v4, Da v4, and Das v4.

Starting with the NV v4 series, powered by 2nd gen AMD EPYC CPUs and Radeon Instinct GPUs, these instances are targeted for everyday use of the employees. Previously, you had to choose between non-GPU accelerated VMs that “struggle to deliver” the proper application experience for the daily office use or pay for a GPU-accelerated VM with workstation capabilities, an expensive choice.

With NVv4 instances, being “the first VMs on Microsoft Azure to take advantage of SR-IOV technologies (Single-root input/output virtualisation)  and introducing GPU partitioning”, it will be able to share a GPU with as many as 8 VMs. Due to this flexibility, you can deliver a better experience for the users, without spending as much. The NV v4 instances are not yet available, but you can sign in a customer preview.

The Da v4 and Das v4 (s stands for premium SSD storage) are powered by AMD EPYC 7452 processors, and “the fastest Azure VMs in their class, with a balanced core-to-memory ratio”. They are recommended for enterprise-grade applications such as applications, relational databases, in-memory caching, and analytics. The specifications range goes from 2-96 vCPUs, 8-384GB of DDR4 RAM, and up to 2,4TB of SSD storage or 768GB of premium SSD storage. They are available for everyone, and the cost starts at $0.188/hour, up to $9.024/hour.

The latest E-series generation, the Ea v4 and Eas v4 are powered by EPYC 7452 CPUs too. These instances deliver the best performance for memory-intensive applications such as relational databases, caching servers, and in-memory analytics. It offers the same range of vCPUs and SSD storage as the Da v4 and Das v4 series:2-96 vCPUs, up to 2,4TB of SSD storage. The amount of RAM is 16-672GB DDR4 RAM, the maximum premium SSD storage is 1344GB, and the price goes from $0.218/hour to $10.464/hour. They are available to be used now, as well.

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KitGuru says: Unlike AWS, which gives you the chance to choose between AMD and Intel for its latest generation of virtual machines, Azure is building all of its 4th generation instances (edit: all those detailed in this article) with AMD processors. This decision will make Microsoft lower its costs, but customers may not want to use AMD on their workloads. What do you think of Microsoft's decision?

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Cray Shasta Supercomputer selected by AWE to support security and defence of the UK https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/joao-silva/cray-shasta-supercomputer-selected-by-awe-to-support-security-and-defence-of-the-uk/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/server/joao-silva/cray-shasta-supercomputer-selected-by-awe-to-support-security-and-defence-of-the-uk/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:17:54 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=434601 Another day, another Cray. The HP supercomputer specialist subsidiary just signed another big contract on UK soil. Cray's latest supercomputer will be handed to AWE, Atomic Weapons Establishment, a company contracted by the UK government responsible for providing and maintaining warheads. Only last month, Cray was chosen by the UK government to build Europe's most powerful …

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Another day, another Cray. The HP supercomputer specialist subsidiary just signed another big contract on UK soil. Cray's latest supercomputer will be handed to AWE, Atomic Weapons Establishment, a company contracted by the UK government responsible for providing and maintaining warheads.

Only last month, Cray was chosen by the UK government to build Europe's most powerful supercomputer, the ARCHER2. Now it seems that Cray just landed a new customer in the UK. AWE has decided on the Cray Shasta supercomputer system to “support security and defence of the U.K”. The company's Shasta system was built for the exascale-era, but with TCO (total cost ownership) in mind, claiming to have the best “for a system across five years”.

The supercomputer named Vulcan will have a single Shasta supercomputer expected to achieve more than 7 petaflops. It will include the Cray Slingshot interconnect, ClusterStor Lustre storage, and will be powered by AMD EPYC 7542 processors. With these specifications, it's possible to “offer nearly 100 gigabytes per second of I/O performance.”

The Vulcan will be used by AWE to maintain the UK nuclear deterrent, just as it's been doing for more than 60 years. The supercomputer will be built to “underpin the vast majority of our science-based programs”, said Andy Herdman, head of HPC at AWE. As determined by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits the emission of nuclear yield, AWE will be “verifying the safety and reliability of nuclear warheads” through the previously mentioned programs, planned to be hosted on Vulcan.

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KitGuru says: This is the second contract in a short span of time for Cray. First the ARCHER2, and now the Shasta, always alongside AMD and its Epyc CPUs. It seems that a trend is starting in the HPC market, and Cray together with AMD may be the culprits.

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Gigabyte unveil motherboards ready for Intel Xeon E-2200 processors https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/james-dawson/gigabyte-unveil-motherboards-ready-for-intel-xeon-e-2200-processors/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/james-dawson/gigabyte-unveil-motherboards-ready-for-intel-xeon-e-2200-processors/#respond Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:00:56 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=434050 While most of the attention from Gigabyte over recent months has been on new motherboards for the 3rd generation AMD Ryzen platform, the company has been quietly working on boards for the upcoming Intel Xeon server platform too. To coincide with the recent announcement from Intel regarding new Xeon E-2200 entry-level server CPUs, Gigabyte has …

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While most of the attention from Gigabyte over recent months has been on new motherboards for the 3rd generation AMD Ryzen platform, the company has been quietly working on boards for the upcoming Intel Xeon server platform too.

To coincide with the recent announcement from Intel regarding new Xeon E-2200 entry-level server CPUs, Gigabyte has made new products available for the same platform. The company has announced a range of new motherboards to support the Intel Xeon E-2200 processors, which are ideal for entry-level workstations and server systems.

The Intel Xeon E-2200 is engineered to provide entry-level performance and value to a variety of workloads such as CAD workstations, content creation or entry-level servers. Socket compatibility of the New Xeon CPUs will be the same as previous generation Xeon E-2100 CPUs – the same microarchitecture will be retained too, along with dual-channel DDR4 2666 MHz memory, PCIe Gen 3.0, USB 3.1 and SATA III support.

Gigabyte has four new motherboards on offer that are compatible with the Xeon E-2200 processors that have been optimised for specific workloads and applications. Both the Gigabyte MX32-4L0 and MX32-BS0 are micro ATX form factor, designed for server applications. The boards feature onboard ASPEED AST2500 controllers and dedicated MLAN ports for remote management.

The MX32-4L0 is based on the Intel C246 chipset and features eight onboard SATA III 6GB/s ports, four 1GbE LAN ports and two PCIe Gen 3.0 ports. Meanwhile, the MX32-BS0 is a basic, cost-effective motherboard for general-purpose computing. The MX32-BS0 is based on the Intel C242 chipset which features dual onboard 1GbE Lan ports, six SATA III 6GB/s ports along with two PCIe Gen 3.0 ports. Both MX32 boards also include onboard M.2 ports for NVME storage or Intel Optane devices.

Additionally, Gigabyte has unveiled two more motherboards designed for workstations. The MW32-SP0 is an ATX form factor board which should provide high performance for professional workstations. The MW32-SP0 is based on the Intel C246 chipset and features Intel UHD Graphics P630 integrated iGPU with DisplayPort v1.2 and HDMI v1.4 connectivity, to allow for dual 4K display output.

The M32-SP0 also provides excellent storage options with a total of ten SATA III 6GB/s ports, a SlimSAS port for U.2 storage and M.2 support. Gigabyte has also announced an MW22-SE0 motherboard to provide a cost-effective solution for entry-level workstations, based on the Intel C242 chipset with six SATA III 6GB/s ports, M.2 support and two PCIe Gen 3.0 expansion slots, an Aspeed AST2510 Is included for VGA output along with a Realtek ALC887 audio controller.

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Kitguru says: It seems that Gigabyte has been hard at work to provide a good selection of motherboards covering various scenarios and budgets in time for the Intel’s Xeon E-2200 processor release.

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Intel announce Xeon E-2200 processors featuring up to eight cores and 5.0 GHz https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/james-dawson/intel-announce-xeon-e-2200-processors-featuring-up-to-eight-cores-and-5-0-ghz/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/james-dawson/intel-announce-xeon-e-2200-processors-featuring-up-to-eight-cores-and-5-0-ghz/#respond Sun, 03 Nov 2019 09:00:18 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=434047 An area which Intel still has a vast share of the market is with server CPUs – the company has announced that the new Xeon E-2200 processors are available now for entry-level servers. Intel’s Xeon E-2200 is designed to deliver essential performance for businesses, with advanced security features for cloud-based services. The Intel Xeon E-2200 …

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An area which Intel still has a vast share of the market is with server CPUs – the company has announced that the new Xeon E-2200 processors are available now for entry-level servers.

Intel’s Xeon E-2200 is designed to deliver essential performance for businesses, with advanced security features for cloud-based services. The Intel Xeon E-2200 builds on the company’s twenty years of Xeon based platforms and now delivers entry-level server customers, higher core frequencies, larger core count and further advancements in security.

The refreshed Xeon line up consists of processors with four and six-core SKUs featuring faster core speeds, while new eight-core variants will enable servers to operate at frequencies up to 5.0 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and hardware-level security through Intel Secure Guard Extensions (SGX).

Intel claims the Xeon E-2200 processors are designed to benefit small businesses with essential performance, reliability, security and expandability to help fuel their growth. New Intel Xeon processors support the latest operating systems with performance to run the most demanding tasks such as file sharing, data storage and backup to support the needs of modern small businesses.

The new generation of Intel Xeon processors offer enhanced security features and supports Intel SGX, which delivers an additional layer of hardware-based security to further protect sensitive customer data when used with cloud-based applications. Intel SGX is used to partition applications code and data into processor-hardened, encrypted areas of execution memory. The new eight-core Xeon has double the capacity of these encrypted areas over previous generations.

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KitGuru says: Intel still has a firm grip on the server CPU market and this will be something it is looking to hold onto. The release of new Xeon CPUs with huge security benefits and high core frequencies will surely be a key selling point to owners of small businesses with sensitive data.

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