New Modular InfiniteStorage From SGI

Silicon Graphics International Corporation announced the 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.

Leveraging leading density in an adaptable design, the core Modular InfiniteStorage platform will be available as either the Modular InfiniteStorage Server (SGI MIS Server) or Modular InfiniteStorage JBOD (MIS JBOD) storage products, for wide-ranging, functional scalability in diverse data environments.

Modular InfiniteStorage is for cloud computing and other IT storage management environments that require data and compute to be tightly coupled. This enables customers to pool processing and storage in the right proportions for greatest efficiency, and in precisely the manner they need to keep pace with the rapidly expanding data and application demands of their business.

Form meets function in Modular InfiniteStorage, with a chassis architecture. Density is achieved with the introduction of modular drive bricks, each of which can accept either 9 3.5 inch SAS or SATA drives, or 18 2.5 inch SAS or SSD drives. As a storage server, MIS Server includes eight drive bricks and two motherboards, for up to 216 TB and 10.8 GHz of processing in a single 4U server chassis. This can be expanded for more density with MS JBOD, which packs nine drive bricks for up to 243TB of disk capacity in each additional 4U enclosure.

When built into SGI’s D-Rack, or ‘destination rack’ cabinet configuration, up to 2.37 PB of capacity and up to 118 GHz of processing power can be supplied within a single standard 19-inch rack footprint. This density enables IT organizations to reclaim floor space and reduce power and cooling costs, all with the specifications that they need for their business applications.

The SGI MIS chassis includes usability functions such as a rail design that enables hot-swappable components to be accessed from either the front or rear of the unit. This feature not only makes the system much easier to service, but it reduces the strain on cables and connectors that is a frequent source of fragility in other large systems that require the unit to be pulled out entirely to access components.

"SGI has always been focused on building products that push the envelope to help customers solve very large data problems," said Jose Reinoso, vice president of storage engineering at SGI. "SGI Modular InfiniteStorage is a system that enables them to have exactly the system they need today, with the ability to scale and adapt it to where their business takes them tomorrow."
 
MIS Server and MIS JBOD are both available for pre-order.