Gigabyte: S251-3O0 26-Bay 2U Storage Server With Xeon Scalable Processor and 7 Expansion Slots

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. announced a design in the storage dense server S251-3O0, for over 400TB of storage.

This Xeon Scalable-based server has up to 26 drive bays and 7 expansion slots, while it targets SDS, big data, virtualization, and media and content storage.

S251-3O0 front and rear

Introduction to S251-3O0:
The S251-3O0 is a dense, 2U, data-centric server that can run a single 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable processor or Xeon W-3200 processor. It supports processors with up to 28 cores (205W TDP). It features a single Xeon processor paired with 8 DIMM slots of DDR4 (up to 2933MHz) or a mix of DDR4 and Optane Persistent Memory (PMem).

To add NICs, storage, or accelerators, PCIe switches expand the number of PCIe lanes to 7, and all are low-profile slots. Expanding the storage capacity in a 2U chassis to allow for 24×3.5″ HDD/SSD bays, a new design took shape with 2 sets of drive bays that have access from the sides. The default setting for the S251-3O0 supports 2(rear)x2.5″ SATA drives and a single M.2 drive. When the included SAS expander pairs with an add-on SAS card in a PCIe slot, 24×3.5″ HDD bays come on line for SATA or SAS drives. Furthermore, adding an optional NVMe HBA card can change support for the 2 rear bays from SATA to NVMe.

Remote and multiple server management:
The firm provides also Gigabyte Management Console (GMC) for BMC server management via a web browser based platform. Additionally, Gigabyte Server Management (GSM) software is free to download and used to monitor and manage multiple servers. GMC and GSM offer value while reducing license and customer maintenance costs.