Supermicro Workstations based on NVIDIA Maximus

NVIDIA Maximus

NVIDIA Maximus-powered workstations combine the visualization and interactive design capability of NVIDIA Quadro® GPUs and the high-performance computing power of NVIDIA Tesla® GPUs into a single workstation. Tesla companion processors automatically perform the heavy lifting of photorealistic rendering or engineering simulation computation. This frees up CPU resources for the work they are best suited for – I/O, running the operating system and multi-tasking – and also allows the Quadro GPU to be dedicated to powering rich, full-performance, interactive design.

Designers and engineers can now perform simultaneous CAE, rendering or structural/fluid analysis on the same system being used for design work. And content creation professionals can perform faster video editing, effects and animation.

SuperWorkstations

Supermicro’s enterprise-class X9 solutions incorporating the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600/1600 technology and for the first time, NVIDIA® Maximus™ technology to the Broadcast Media Industry

Supermicro’s SuperWorkstations will take center stage demoing accelerated applications for digital video/film, 3D/CGI, motion graphics and VFX production. SuperServers optimized for real-time video transcoding and streaming will also be on display. To serve increasing demands for digital media content, Supermicro will highlight its SuperStorage products offering high-capacity, scalable and portable solutions. And for mobile media production environments Supermicro will show solutions from its embedded appliance product line. Supermicro products lead the industry with “We Keep IT Green®” designs featuring Platinum Level (94%+) high-efficiency power supplies for earth friendly energy conservation.

More details:

NVIDIA Maximus

http://www.nvidia.com/object/maximus.html

GPU SuperWorkstation

http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/4U/7047/SYS-7047GR-TRF.cfm

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Intel Xeon Processor E5-1600/2600 Product Families: Overview, Features & Comparison

Product Overview

Based on the latest generation Intel® microarchitecture (codenamed Sandy Bridge), the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 series is the first Intel® platform to offer solutions ranging from eight-core/singlesocket
up to 16-core/two-socket, providing significant performance improvement over previous-generation Intel Xeon processors.

Today’s private clouds enable greater business agility and efficiency by delivering innovative and scalable services that drive value back into the organizations they serve. Building and managing these services require systems that scale to meet your ever changing needs, while delivering solutions to the challenges IT managers face every day. Server and storage platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family are built to be at the heart of today’s data centers and enable powerful, versatile private cloud solutions.

The Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family support key cloud requirements that make your data center agile and more responsive to changing business needs. Maintaining industry leadership for power efficiency and continuing Intel Xeon processor performance advancements, the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family gives you additional performance when you need it for single- and multi-threaded applications, including increased floating-point performance for technical computing workloads.

Table 1. Intel Xeon processor E5-1600/2600 product families features

Higher performance for peak workloads

• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.03 takes advantage of power and thermal headroom to increase processor
frequencies for peak workloads
• Provides more and higher performance boosts and improved efficiency versus the previous generation

Higher performance for HPC applications

• Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) accelerates vector and floating point computations by
increasing maximum vector size from 128 to 256 bits
• Provides up to 2x performance boost4 for floating point operations, which can significantly increase
performance for high performance computing (HPC)5 applications

The first integrated storage and server processor

• Supports key storage processor features, including non-transparent bridging to increase scalability; the
ability to connect multiple systems, each with access to the other’s memory window; accelerated RAID,
which eliminates the need for a custom ASIC to perform RAID 5 and 6 operations

Hardened protection for virtual/cloud environments

• Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT) lets IT establish trusted pools of virtualized resources
for stronger security in virtual and cloud environments

Industry-leading energy-efficiency

• Intel® Intelligent Power Technology11 dynamically manages CPU and memory energy states as workloads vary
to minimize power without slowing performance
• More sensors, finer-grained control, faster control loops, and greater accuracy increase power savings versus
the prior generation

One Solution, Multiple Advantages

This is the first dual-socket server-class Intel® processor series with PCI Express 3.02 integrated on the processor die, to boost performance, reduce latency and save power. Integrated PCI Express 3.0 saves board real estate over previousgeneration three-chip platforms by eliminating the need for a separate I/O hub.

Developers can create a single design, then deliver a family of products due to a broad range of processor features, including eight cores (16 threads) or six cores (12 threads) and a thermal design power (TDP) range of 70 W to 95 W. Single- or dual-socket configurations, when paired with the Intel® C604 or Intel® C602-J chipset,  maintain compatibility with enterprise platform requirements.

This platform provides the performance, I/O and memory capabilities for a wide range of compute-intensive embedded
and communications applications:
• Communication infrastructure servers, blades and appliances
• Security servers, blades and appliances
• Carrier-grade rack-mount servers
• Proprietary form factors, such as router modules
• AdvancedTCA-based blades
• Medical servers, blades and appliances

Intel Xeon E5-2600 Processors Comparison

Comparison chart

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Supermicro® Launches 100+ New Generation Server Solutions Supporting Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600/1600 Families

Supermicro® Launches 100+ New Generation Server Solutions Supporting Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600/1600 Families

New Generation Server, Storage, and Workstation Platforms Deliver Highest Levels of Performance, Efficiency and Scalability for Data Center, Enterprise IT, Cloud Computing and HPC

San Jose, CA, March 6, 2012 – Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology and green computing unveils its new generation server platforms supporting the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600/1600 families at CeBIT 2012 in Hannover, Germany this week. This comprehensive product launch showcases the vast array of systems, serverboards and computing solutions Supermicro has deployed delivering higher performance with Intel’s newest 8 core, 16 thread processors. Debuting alongside this launch are innovative, free-air cooled systems designed to withstand 47°C operating temperature environments that make it easier to achieve a better PUE (e.g., 1.05). In addition, Supermicro has created a new platform architecture dubbed “FatTwin”, an evolution of Supermicro’s Twin architecture, offering enhanced system cooling, power savings, lower TCO and ultimate flexibility to support any application or upgrade path. Major advances in high-efficiency (95%) Digital Switching power supplies and integrated UPS battery backup module technologies provide increased efficiency and high-availability for mission critical applications. When combined with full rack integration services and new Data Center Management software that manages health, power and maintenance of servers in large deployments, Supermicro provides the most complete, scalable computing solutions with maximized performance and the highest levels of efficiency.

“With the launch of our extensive lineup of new generation server solutions optimized for Intel’s new Xeon processors, computing and cooling power savings and greater storage capacity, Supermicro is delivering a superior computing platform for data center, enterprise, cloud and high performance computing,” said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. “We offer customers a time-to-market advantage with early deployment of production ready solutions across our major new lines of products. In 2012, Supermicro is leading the industry with the widest selection of high-performance, high-efficiency server building block solutions and creating the new paradigm in scalable computing.“

“Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family-based platforms offer the best combination of performance, built-in capabilities, and cost-effectiveness for IT’s diverse needs,” said Boyd Davis, Intel Vice President and General Manager of the Datacenter Infrastructure Group. “Supermicro’s platforms take advantage of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 product family’s new innovations such as Intel ® Advanced Vector Extensions, PCIe 3.0, and Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, to provide optimized power, increased security, flexible performance, and the opportunity to streamline our customer’s data centers.”

For Engineering and Scientific fields, new server platforms deliver greater performance with higher efficiency for HPC applications. SuperBlade® combines 40 CPUs in 7U with FDR/QDR InfiniBand, FCoE and 10GbE connectivity delivering the highest compute-density and high-bandwidth I/O solutions for data intensive applications. For the widest range of supercomputing options, Supermicro offers X9 GPU solutions in 1U 4/3 GPU, 2U 6/4 GPU SuperServers and 7U 20 CPU/20 GPU SuperBlade. The SuperWorkstation line has also been optimized for the latest high performance CPUs and multi GPU configurations to handle the most demanding digital content creation and computer-aided design applications.

Data Center Optimized (DCO) solutions that reduce cooling costs and take full advantage of Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 for maximum performance are also available for Enterprise IT and Cloud Computing applications. 1U Twin™, 2U Twin?reg; and the upcoming FatTwin servers feature high compute-density, energy efficiency and cost effectiveness in dual-processor (DP), multi-node architectures sharing redundant high-efficiency power supplies. I/O optimized systems provide a wide variety of network and storage expansion options via Supermicro’s flexible Wide I/O (WIO) architecture. For cost-effective web, collocation and corporate services, the innovative 3U, 8 hot-swap node MicroCloud offers an easy to manage and maintain multi-node, uni-processor (UP) solution. In addition, new generation SuperStorage solutions provide greater storage capacity and scalability. For SMB and mainstream applications, Supermicro offers the broadest selection of UP/ DP motherboards and chassis that can be paired into a staggering variety of systems and configured to meet practically any application need.

With 48 port 10GbE top-of-rack aggregation switches, Supermicro’s Data Center Management solutions (NMView and SSM), redundant high-efficiency power supplies, integrated UPS battery backup modules and full integration services for 42U/14U SuperRack® enclosures, Supermicro provides the full spectrum of end-to-end Server Building Block Solutions® for any scale IT operation.

Supermicro’s X9 platforms provide E5-2600/1600 performance advantages across its entire product suite from serverboards, SuperServer®, SuperBlade® and Twin Architecture to GPU Supercomputers, SuperWorkstation, SuperStorage and DCO solutions. Supermicro is once again first-to-market with the industry’s largest selection of advanced high-performance, high-efficiency computing solutions. For more information about Supermicro’s complete X9 server and computing platforms contact www.sentralsystems.com

Supermicro® Servers Offer Industry-First N+N+N Redundant UPS Module Technology

Patent Pending Hot-Swappable, Battery Modules Provide Maximum Protection from Power Interruptions

San Jose, CA, January 24, 2012 – Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology and green computing, today unveiled its new, innovative, patent pending redundant uninterruptable power supply (UPS) technology providing a cost-effective infrastructure solution for mission-critical server and storage operation. The PWS-1K03B-1R is an industry-first redundant battery backup UPS module contained in the same form factor as a Supermicro redundant AC power supply (76W x 360D x 40.4H mm). This module is hot-swappable and fits Supermicro 1U/2U/3U/4U chassis providing high output power in 1200W/1.5min and 1000W/3min options. These can be implemented in 1+1+1 (2 AC modules + 1 UPS Module), 1+2 (1 AC + 2 UPS @ 2000W) or 2+2 (2 AC + 2 UPS @ 2000W) configurations. For Supermicro’s 1U servers, the PWS-206B-1R (54.5W x 220D x 40H mm) provides UPS protection in 200W/5min and 100W/15min options.

“Innovation and total server reliability drive product development at Supermicro,” said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. “Our new redundant, UPS modules strengthen Supermicro server and storage solutions with the most robust protection against power disruption, eliminating power delivery as a single point of failure. Using less than 1W at 99.9% power efficiency to maintain a full charge, we are lowering power consumption with a cost-effective infrastructure solution and saving our customers $2K/rack/year when compared to single-rack 20KVA online UPS systems running at 95% efficiency.”

Supermicro’s UPS battery backup modules are designed for high-availability, easy maintenance and are completely self-contained hot-swappable units, charging and delivering power through the internal connector. In the event of an AC power interrupt, reaction time of the module is real-time for the battery to take over and maintain load, providing time for failsafe switchover to an alternative power source or an orderly shutdown. Incorporating the latest rechargeable Lithium-Ion cell technology, these modules features I2C/Smart battery monitoring through remote management and provide long-life durability with 500 full charge/discharge cycles. This technology is ideally suited for environments with AC reliability issues or in need of backup power solutions. Supermicro’s servers configured with the redundant UPS feature provide maximum system protection for Enterprise and SMB server deployments running mission-critical HPC, cloud computing, data center and storage applications.

The PWS-206B-1R has been deployed to early adopter customers and will ramp to full production in February. The PWS-1K03B-1R will be widely available in the April 2012 timeframe. For more information about Supermicro and our complete product offerings, go to www.supermicro.com

About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI)
Supermicro® (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions® for HPC, Enterprise IT, Data Center, Cloud Computing and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its “We Keep IT Green®” initiative by providing customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

Supermicro, Building Block Solutions and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

About Sentral IT Ltd

Supermicro based rackmount and tower servers offer great build quality at an affordable cost. The majority of Sentral’s server solutions is based on Supermicro technology as it has proved itself as some of the most reliable server technology available.

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Supermicro® Ultra-Configurable Product Line Targets CAD/CAM/CAE, 3D Modeling/Visualization, Design and Game Development

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology innovation and green computing, is taking its SuperWorkstations to the next level. Check out Supermicro’s 2012 CES SuperWorkstation Showcase highlighting SuperWorkstations ranging from a high-end NVIDIA® professional GPU-equipped system, (SS7046GT-TRF) designed for use with CAD/CAM/CAE, 3D visualization and scientific applications, to mainstream and entry-level systems for game development and creative design. These Enterprise-grade systems offer the highest levels of performance, efficiency, expandability and reliability, delivering unrivaled configuration options to a broad spectrum of industry professionals.

“Supermicro specializes in building high-performance, high-efficiency computing solutions for the most challenging applications,” said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. “Our dual CPU, 4 GPU SuperWorkstation is unique in the industry with its high memory and storage capacity alongside 1,792 GPU cores delivering 4.12 Teraflops of performance. With scientific, engineering, entertainment and gaming applications evolving in sophistication and relying on increasingly photo realistic CG visuals, our SuperWorkstations provide ideal platforms for engineers, artists and consumers alike.”

The diverse SuperWorkstation line supports Intel® Xeon® and 2nd generation Core™ processors, NVIDIA Quadro® and Tesla™ GPUs, as well as high memory capacities up to 288GB. This wide range of solutions is optimized for engineering, research, creative design and hardcore gaming applications. Server grade components such as high-efficiency redundant power supplies minimize energy consumption while providing the highest reliability and maximum uptime. And with the greatest choices of PCI-E and HDD configurations, these SuperWorkstations offer incredible expansion capacity.

Also on exhibit, world-renowned League of Legends players ColbyCheeze and Carlos Rodriguez Santiago of Spain (aka “ocelote” of Team SK), will rock the house with live, online 3vs3 matches. These seasoned gamers will offer insights into the culture of pro-gaming and play League of Legends live with audience members on Supermicro SuperWorkstations. Live streaming will take place on Twitch.TV and clips can be viewed later on ColbyCheeze’s and Ocelote’s web channels.

Stop by Supermicro’s South Hall S2 booth 25600 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, January 10-13 to see our latest high-performance, high-efficiency SuperWorkstations in action or visit www.supermicro.com/SuperWorkstations for full product details and live streaming from CES.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI)
Supermicro® (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions® for HPC, Enterprise IT, Data Center, Cloud Computing and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its “We Keep IT Green®” initiative by providing customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

Supermicro, Building Block Solutions and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

About Sentral IT Ltd

Supermicro based rackmount and tower servers offer great build quality at an affordable cost. The majority of Sentral’s server solutions is based on Supermicro technology as it has proved itself as some of the most reliable server technology available.

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All other brands, names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Qsan Technology Launch 1U 9TB Storage Appliance

Qsan P110V04 is the 4-bay, 1U iSCSI disk array system designed for small and medium businesses or office workgroups. This high performance, compact system is a good choice to consider if your budget wont stretch to a high density disk array system. Especially when HDD prices are at their current high point.

Feature highlights include :

1. 2x 1GbE iSCSI ports to provide up to 45K IOPS and 300MB/sec throughput
2. Advanced data protection : RAID 6, QSnap snapshot, Clone
3. Green storage design : auto disk spin down & 80 PLUS energy-efficient power supply
4. High connection availability : load balancing & failover

Up to 9TB of centralized, RAID protected capacity, the full range of RAID levels support helps guard your precious data day and night. Powerful volume management functions give you more freedom in deploying your own storage solutions. P110V04 is your best choice to enable enterprise-class applications with limited budget and expense.

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About Qsan Technlogy

QSAN is the world’s leading provider of hardware iSCSI controller manufacturer focusing on iSCSI IP SAN and targeting at small and medium businesses (SMB) worldwide. Qsan products are designed and positioned to respond to leading storage technology trends (e.g. iSCSI, SAS, FCoE) as well as customer requirements (e.g. business continuity).

Based on the vision “making data smart”, Qsan’s technology is aimed to make business data smart enough to be always available under any unexpected circumstances, efficient enough not wasting any IT investment, and easy retrieval during the whole ILM (information life-cycle management).

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Press release

http://www.qsantechnology.com/en/news_view.php?NID=AG000041

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Sentral

http://www.sentralsystems.com/qsan-raidsystem-storage/

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Happy Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is just a short message from all of us at Sentral IT to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and all of our BEST WISHES for 2012!!!!!

On behalf of the entire team, we would like to sincerely thank all our clients and contacts for their interest/business during 2011 and we look forward to being of further help with your IT projects and technology purchases in the New Year.

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