Supermicro debuts new 3rd generation Intel Xeon Processors, PCI-E 4.0 with NVMe cache for high-capacity cloud-scale storage

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, announced new versions of its market-proven top-loading storage solutions with 60-bay and 90-bay systems along with new Simply Double storage systems fully optimised for the latest 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and PCI-E 4.0 NVMe drives.

These best-in-class high-capacity storage and expansion systems are ideal for cloud-scale storage implementations as well as HPC storage workloads.

High-capacity storage systems

Supermicro helps data centers to rapidly modernise their infrastructure to leverage flexible configuration"

"As the growth in software-defined, cloud-based storage continues to accelerate, Supermicro helps data centers to rapidly modernise their infrastructure to leverage flexible configuration, tool-less modular designs that can be serviced by a technician, and simple expansion capabilities with our new X12 60-bay or 90-bay single, dual node and high availability architecture innovation," said Charles Liang, president, and CEO, Supermicro.

"Our new high-capacity storage systems continue Supermicro's focus on resource-saving and deliver industry-leading capacity for a lower total cost of ownership (TCO)."

Top-loading storage systems

Supermicro’s new top-loading architecture delivers improved flexibility, modularity, and serviceability that customers require. Both 60-bay and 90-bay systems are available in single-node, dual-node, and dual-node high availability (HA) configurations.

The dual-node HA and single-node configurations control access to all drives in the systems. The dual-node configuration evenly split the drive control access between each node. With a modtool-lessolless design, all critical onboard systems, hot-swap server nodes, expanders, fan modules, power supplies, and drives are fully optimised for easy serviceability by one technician.

Enterprise and cloud-scale storage

4U systems feature 60 or 90 hot-swap 2.5" or 3.5" SAS3/SATA3 bays plus two onboard PCI-E M.2 slots

Supermicro's new high-capacity top-loading systems are optimised for enterprise and cloud-scale storage environments. This scale-up and scale-out architecture design offer customers the configuration options of PCI-E 4.0-based RAID or IT mode SAS controller.

These 4U systems feature 60 or 90 hot-swap 2.5" or 3.5" SAS3/SATA3 bays plus two onboard PCI-E M.2 slots and two internal slim SATA SSD slots.

Dual-socket configuration

The single-node system also supports two rear hot-swap 2.5" bays for OS mirroring and four optional NVMe U.2 bays for fast caching.

The system supports 1.6 petabytes of cost-optimised storage at the maximum configuration, plus up to 60TB of SSD flash via the rear-accessed NVMe. The single- and dual-node systems use 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors in a dual-socket configuration with 16 DIMM slots per server node. 

Simply double storage systems

Performance and serviceability enhancements to support 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors

Supermicro's Simply Double storage server is a solution for content delivery. The announcement introduces performance and serviceability enhancements to the overall design to support 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors in a dual-socket configuration with 16 DIMMs while maintaining the same dense storage footprint.

Up to four rear hot-swap U.2 NVMe bays are supported, allowing users to add flash without sacrificing any of the 24 SAS/SATA 3.5” storage bays.

Innovative chassis design

Innovative chassis design enhances airflow and streamlines system service accessibility to components such as the motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI-E slots, internal drive bays, and rear drive bays.

Along with these mechanical improvements, the system can be configured with the options of PCI-E 4.0-based RAID or IT mode SAS controller.

Supermicro Storage Summit

Supermicro is launching these new systems in conjunction with its Open Storage Summit 2021, highlighting software-defined storage technology innovations. The Open Storage Summit 2021 will take place from July 27 - 29, 2021.