Dell on Monday introduced a server that can host up to 96 CPU cores--a big boost of computational power provided by your hardware.
The Dell PowerEdge server C6145 is one of the fastest ever introduced the company, "said Armando Acosta, product manager at Dell PowerEdge-c. The server includes two nodes to four sockets for up to eight 12 AMD Opteron 6100 series quad-core.
The server is designed to run in scientific or mathematical applications and can also be used in the cloud and virtualized computing environments, says Acosta. An outer frame with multiple graphics processors can also be connected to the server for applications such as video rendering.
There is a growing demand from customers for more benefits in servers that consume less power, said Tim Carroll, Director and lead global research computing at Dell. Power plugs are designed buildings, so that customers are looking to consolidate servers to save energy.
Dell is working with suppliers of components to meet these requirements of power and performance. The company is offering low power Samsung memory with the server and the chips from Advanced Micro Devices because those who have more CPU cores more Intel chips, offering up to eight cores. Dell not offering Intel chips on the server for now, says Acosta.
Most customers are also looking to add graphics processors at the side of the CPU to create clusters for some applications, said Acosta. Server with GPUS may use more power, but they can also handle more work, which can reduce the need to pack more servers in a datacenter.
The company is working with clients to set the test benches which can be exploited the CPU and GPU power of parallel processing, Carroll said. Customers can use parallel programming tools, including the Nvidia CUDA or OpenCL Technology Consortium Khronos Group writing applications. However, Nvidia CUDA is a popular option for now, Carroll said.
The C6145 has up to 1 TB of memory. The server is 44.8 cm (17.6 inches) wide and deep, 79 cm (31 inches). It is based on the design of server rack-mount PowerEdge C6105, which was introduced in September and can accommodate up to 48 processor cores in a 2U box.
The server is also compatible with socket, so that customers will be able to connect AMD's upcoming Interlagos microarchitecture to replace the AMD Opteron 6100. Interlagos chips will include up to 16 processor cores and become available in the third quarter of 2011.
An outer frame C410X with PCI Express slots can be connected to the server to add up to 32 processors. The server is equipped with both Novell Suse, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows HPC Server 2008.
Dell also chose Intel because AMD provides flexibility in server prices, said company officials. The C6145 is priced from US $ 18,000 and will become available on 28 February in 20 countries including the USA, Canada, Germany, Great Britain and France.
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