SGI intros server, storage platform for cloud

CALIFORNIA, USA: SGI, a provider of technical computing services, announced the introduction of SGI Modular InfiniteStorage, an integrated server and storage platform designed to provide cloud and data storage customers with the maximum flexibility for compute and data management applications.

SGI Modular InfiniteStorage platform will be available as either SGI Modular InfiniteStorage Server (SGI MIS Server) or SGI Modular InfiniteStorage JBOD (SGI MIS JBOD) storage products, for wide-ranging, functional scalability in diverse data environments.

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"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 Modular InfiniteStorage is perfect for cloud computing and other IT storage management environments that require data and compute to be tightly coupled, says a press release.

Its design enables each of the bricks to be loaded with either nine 3.5 inch SAS or SATA drives, or 18 2.5 inch SAS or SSD drives.

As a storage server, SGI MIS Server 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. The modularity of the system means that the same platform could be configured for IOPs applications.

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. This density enables IT organizations to reclaim valuable floor space and reduce power and cooling costs, all with the precise specifications that they need for their unique business applications, the release adds.