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Traditional storage, tiered storage, ZFS storage solutions and JBOD sales are growing in record numbers. Aspen Systems continues to get high volumes of requests for higher-data capacity storage solutions. The Storage servers we are building today are a reflection of the times; with the utilization of larger, 3 and 4TB traditional spinner drives. But, it is not only the demand for greater data capacity storage that is growing at a staggering rate. The development and manufacturing of improved SSD drives can barely keep up with the latest storage models requiring higher iOPS and longer durability.
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Since Aspen Systems gets a fair number of questions on new processors before they are released, it makes sense to clarify what we know about Intel’s pending launch of the new, 4th-Generation Haswell, 22-nanometer processors. The first and most important thing to understand is that the Intel Xeon E5-2600 is still the number one performance choice for servers and that is not likely to change any time soon. Intel is expected to launch the new, Haswell (4th-Gen) processors at the 2013 Comdex show in Taiwan on June 4th. Versatility, might be the word that best described Intel’s new, 22-nanometer CPU architecture.
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Today’s data center is about more than just performance alone. Servers and storage solutions in our thriving, growing data centers must meet the ever-increasing demand for improved space utilization, cooling, density and scalability. When it comes to adding necessary technology hardware, IT departments face more challenges besides monetary budgets. Additional servers and storage must be able to fit into the data center’s space, energy and cooling budgets as well. While it is true that rackmount servers are getting faster, denser and more energy efficient, they are also expected to do more than ever before. For IT administrators in data centers and cloud computing environments, acquiring the proper equipment has become more strategic and challenging than every before. Supermicro has released a series of new servers which are specifically optimized to run cooler in high-temperature environments, as well as save space and energy costs.
 
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The Supermicro 7047GR-TRF continues to be our best selling GPU workstation to date. The capabilities and features of this highly expandable unit, make it extremely flexible and suitable for a wide variety of applications and hardware configurations. Today’s GPUs and MIC accelerators are available in a wide variety of form factors, meaning not all chassis and workstation motherboards will support them. Additionally, not all server-class units area built with the power and space requirements to handle the increasing demand for multiple GPU configurations. Today’s Tesla’s, GTX Cards, Quadro, Titans and Xeon Phi’s open up a world of configuration possibilities for research and application engineers wishing to maximize the performance of their computational demands. The 7047GR-TRF makes it possible to explore a virtually unlimited number of high-performance computing solutions using the latest GPU/MIC Accelerators.

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There is no such thing as ever reaching the point of diminishing returns when it comes to adding extra computational capabilities to power-intensive applications. If and when 4 GPU’s are not enough, Tyan offers the FT77A-B7059 GPU server which supports up to 8 x x16, full-length, PCI-E Gen 3.0 GPU’s.
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