Bull unveils NovaScale blade servers boosted by the new Dual-Core IntelŽ XeonŽ 5100 processor
The NovaScale B260 and the NovaScale B280 models:
• Reduce power and cooling costs by doubling their computing power and tripling their performance per watt
• Take advantage of powerful virtualization capabilities and administration facilities for server consolidation
• Provide pay-as-you-grow scalability with upgrade path from the NovaScale B260 to B280 model
Paris,
September
25, 2006 -
Bull unveils the new NovaScaleŽ B260 and B280 blade servers based on the Dual-Core IntelŽ XeonŽ 5100 - previously codenamed Woodcrest. These new servers benefit from lower thermal design power, using IntelŽ Demand-based switching (DBS) with Enhanced SpeedstepŽ technology.
The NovaScale B260 model is mostly destined to be used as a server for ERP applications, Java and Service Oriented Architecture applications, while the features of the NovaScale B280 model in particular in terms of memory and storage solutions make it ideal for consolidation of multiple servers.
Outstanding performance per Watt
The NovaScale B260 and B280 are based on the Intel 5000P chipset with dual Front-Side Bus, Fully Buffered DIMM technology and new Dual-Core Xeon processor 5100 series. NovaScale B260 and B280 are expected to deliver up to 3 times the performance and over 3 times the performance/watt of the NovaScale Blade 2021, providing one of the highest performances per Watt in the industry. They take full advantage of the new IntelŽ XeonŽ core architecture and the low thermal design, making it ideal for high-performance, thermally-sensitive, space-constrained environments, helping enterprises' IT managers to reduce power consumption and cooling cost.
Simplified administration based on Open Source components
The NovaScale Blade Chassis Management Module, integrated into the Blade Chassis, streamlines and simplifies the management of all components in the chassis. It allows the configuration of multiple NovaScale Blade servers in one easy step through an easy-to-use web browser-based user interface integrated into the NovaScale Master Management Suite independent of the state of the blade servers or I/O modules. Furthermore, IT administrators can manage several blades inside one chassis at the same time, providing even more flexibility and lower TCO.
Designed and developed by Bull, the NovaScale Master Management Suite is a software suite based on open source components. It provides an optional deployment tool, to provision and deploy instantly multiple blades automatically. Additionally, NovaScale Master provides standard-based interfaces for ease of integration into today's enterprise management consoles. It drives down system management cost and ease provisioning and optimization of blade utilization.
Technical characteristics
NovaScale B260 model:
Up to 16GB of DDR-2 Fully Buffered DIMM RAM memory, up to two small form factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives on each blade and one I/O slot for either two additional Fibre Channel - or Ethernet channels.
Storage expansion can be obtained through a SAS Storage Expansion Unit, adding 3 additional hot-swap SFF hard disk drives with optional RAID5 support. The Expansion unit also provides two additional I/O slots for further I/O expandability. Extra storage expansion can be obtained by connection to Storage networks. Boot on those networks is also supported.
Upgrade path available to the NovaScale B280, for pay-as-you-grow scalability.
NovaScale B280 model:
Up to 32GB of DDR-2 Fully Buffered DIMM RAM memory, two internal disks for an optimum performance, four independent 1GB/s Ethernet channels and one I/O slot for either two additional Fibre Channel - or Ethernet channels; up to two small form factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives on each blade.
Storage expansion can be obtained through an SAS Storage Expansion Unit, adding 3 additional hot-swap SFF hard disk drives with optional RAID5 support. The Expansion unit also provides two additional I/O slots for further I/O expandability. Extra storage expansion can be obtained by connection to Storage networks. Boot on those networks is also supported
Prices and availability dates
The price of a NovaScale B260 configuration including 1GB memory, 1x IntelŽ XeonŽ 5110 processor and one 36GB SFF SAS disk is
€ 2.590
The price of a NovaScale B280 configuration including 8GB memory, 2x IntelŽ XeonŽ 5140 processors and two 36GB SFF SAS disks is
€ 7.720
Servers will be available starting September 2006.
About Bull, Architect of an Open World
Bull is an Information Technology company, dedicated to helping Corporations and Public Sector organizations optimize the architecture, operations and the financial return of their Information Systems and their mission-critical related businesses.
Bull focuses on open and secure systems, and as such is the only European-based company offering expertise in all the key elements of the IT value chain.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com
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