Double-Sided Storage by Super Micro Computer

Super Micro Computer, Inc. introduced new Double-Sided Storage server and JBOD solutions at Storage Networking World (SNW) in Dallas at The Gaylord Texan.

Supermicro was also showcasing its storage bridge bay, the Super SBB (SYS-6036ST-6LR), which is a redundant fault-tolerant RAS (reliability, availability and serviceability) system that provides hot-swappable canisters for all active components, and the SSE-X24S, a new top-of-rack twenty-four port 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch that provides a high-speed interconnect between 10-Gigabit Ethernet-enabled servers while giving them access to the corporate high-speed backbone network.

"Besides providing huge storage capacity, our Double-Sided Storage family of solutions provide customers with direct hot-swap access to all storage drives while saving valuable rack space," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "For example, our SC417 series supports up to 88 hot-swap SAS2 drives in 4U of rack space with 48 2.5-inch drive trays in the front and 40 in the rear, while the new SC837 supports up to 28 hot-swap 3.5-inch SAS drives in 3U of rack space." With Platinum Level (94%+ efficiency) redundant power supplies, the new SC837 JBOD chassis features 28 hot-swap 3.5" hard drive trays with 16 in the front and 12 in the rear.

As the world’s only dual-processor (DP) Storage Bridge Bay (SBB) system, Supermicro’s SYS-6036ST-6LR offers DP computing power with the advantages of dual-node high-speed cache mirroring for enterprise, mission-critical storage applications. The Supermicro system is a superset of the new SBB standard. The 3U Super SBB supports sixteen 3.5" hot-swap HDDs (SAS1, SAS2 or Enterprise SATA) with the option to expand beyond sixteen HDDs by using Supermicro’s SBB JBOD system (SYS-937R-E2JB). Each of the two serverboard canisters supports dual-Xeon 5600/5500 series processors, six DIMM slots, three PCI-E Gen2 slots and 6Gbps SAS (SAS 2.0) connections. Equipped with 1200W (Gold Level) high-efficiency redundant power supplies and redundant cooling fans, the SYS-6026ST-6LR is a 100% availability, high-reliability storage system offered at a competitive price. Dual 10-gigabit Ethernet connections between each of the two dual-Xeon serverboard canisters coupled with the system midplane deliver high-speed cache mirroring. If one serverboard fails, the other serverboard can control and access the hard drives to keep the system up and running.

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The addition of Supermicro’s new 10GbE switch extends Supermicro’s portfolio of GbE and InfiniBand switches to enable powerful networking with the most cost-effective switches available. This switch is designed from the ground up to deliver enterprise-class performance with advanced switching capabilities. Available in a 1U form factor for either stand-alone or top-of-rack deployments, this Layer 3 switch allows connectivity to 10GbE routers, servers, backbones, and data centers. A comprehensive routing and protocol software suite ensures exceptional performance in even the most demanding enterprise-class networking environments, making them ideal for organizations with growing and consolidated data centers. Supermicro customers will further appreciate the common set of features and a management interface that matches those of existing Supermicro 1/10G Layer 2/3 Ethernet switches and the companion Layer 2/3 switch for the SuperBlade.