SeaMicro Unveils x86 Server- SM10000

SeaMicro, launched a new Internet-optimised x86-server that reduces by 75 percent the power and space used by servers. SeaMicro’s SM10000 integrates 512 Intel Atom processors with Ethernet switching, server management and application load-balancing to create a “plug and play” standards-based server that dramatically reduces power draw and footprint without requiring any modifications to existing software.

A few features of the SM10000 include:

• Using one-quarter of the power and taking one-quarter of the space to do the same work as the best-in-class volume server,
• Industry leading density: 2,048 central processing units (CPUs) per standard rack,
• Drop-in adoption by running off-the-shelf OSs and applications without change,
• Flexible architecture that can support any CPU.

The SM10000 simplifies data centre operations and management by eliminating layers of switches, terminal servers and load-balancing devices. The system is built on standards-based x86 CPUs, which means it is plug and play – customers can deploy the SM10000 without modifications to existing operating systems, application software or management tools.

SeaMicro’s SM10000 system is comprised of:

• 512 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processors
• 1 terabyte of DRAM
• 0 - 64 SATA solid state or hard disk drives
• 8 - 64 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks; or 2 - 16 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks
• The entire system is 10 rack units tall (17.5 inches tall).