14 DAY TRIAL // SGI announced just recently the introduction of the Modular InfiniteStorage integrated server and storage platform, a solution designed to provide Cloud and data storage customers with improved flexibility for compute and data management applications.
According to the company, the SGI Modular InfiniteStorage platform was specially developed for cloud computing and IT storage management environments that require data and compute to be tightly coupled.
At the heart of the InfiniteStorage stands a new chassis design, which relies on so-called “modular drive bricks.”
Each of the bricks can be loaded with either nine 3.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, or 18 2.5-inch SAS or SSD drives, while customers who require more IOPS performance have also the option of going with SSDs.
As a storage server, SGI MIS system includes eight drive bricks and two motherboards, for up to 216TB and four 1.8 to 2.9 GHz processors in a single 4U server chassis.
For additional capacity, an SGI MIS JBOD can be added, which packs nine drive bricks for up to 243TB of disk capacity, into each additional 4U enclosure. When built into SGI's D-Rack cabinet configuration, up to 2.37 PB of capacity and up to forty discrete processors can be supplied within a single standard 19 inch rack footprint.
"The SGI Modular InfiniteStorage platform is designed to couple very dense storage and compute capabilities in an adaptable platform, to give cloud and other storage IT customers important new choices for tuning and growing the system to meet their specific requirements," said Steve Conway, IDC research vice president for HPC.
"The SGI Modular InfiniteStorage platform aims to allow IT managers to design customized solutions based on standards-based components."
SGI MIS Server and SGI MIS JBOD are both available for preorder now from SGI, while pricing is available upon request.