Supermicro Unveils 3U Storage Solutions with 16 Hot-Swap Drive Bays

Supermicro Unveils 3U Storage Solutions with 16 Hot-Swap Drive Bays

September 18, 2006

Versatile SC836E1/E2 Expander Models Scale to 128 SAS/SATA Drives

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Super
Micro Computer, Inc., a leading provider of application
optimized, high performance server solutions, today
announced availability of the new SC836 series chassis, its
first chassis to support 16 hot-swappable 3.5-inch hard
drives in a 3U rackmount form factor for high-density
storage. SC836 series chassis feature high-efficiency
(85%+) 800-watt redundant power supplies, an optimized
cooling system design for 100% cooling redundancy, and the
versatility to support a variety of serverboards including
those optimized for dual-core Xeon 5100/5000 as well as the
latest dual-core Opteron processors. 

    The SC836TQ-R800 chassis supports up to 12 terabytes of
storage capacity when deployed with 16 hot-swap 750GB SATA
drives. Significantly, all of Supermicro's versatile 3U
chassis support widely available, high-capacity 3.5-inch
hard drives. They not only feature 100% cooling redundancy
for added system reliability, but SC836 series chassis also
come standard with a DVD-ROM and floppy drive.

    The SC836TQ, 836E1 and 836E2 models all support
high-performance SAS and high-capacity, cost-effective SATA
hard drives.  These models also support SAS SCSI Enclosure
Services (SES2) for enclosure management to provide drive
fault, RAID rebuild, and hot spare LED indications along
with thermal monitoring and fan speed control.

    The E1 models feature a single-port expander for
enterprise SAS and high-capacity SATA disk drives, while
the E2 models feature dual-port expanders for full data
redundancy.  With Supermicro's specially designed cascading
cable configuration, all E1 and E2 models are capable of
cascading up to 128 enterprise SAS or SATA drives.

    "For storage applications, these 3U products
provide exceptional storage density and leverage
high-efficiency 800-watt power supplies to maximize
performance-per-watt savings and reduce TCO," notes
Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "SC836
series chassis are optimized to support a variety of our
latest high-performance serverboards including those that
support 16 memory slots for up to 64GB of fully buffered
(FBD) DDR2 memory."

    For those who prefer parallel SCSI, the SuperServer
6035B-8R+ features the SC836S2-R800 chassis to support 16
hot-swap, dual-channel U320 SCSI drives and 16 memory slots
for up to 64GB FBD DDR2.  Optimized for dual-core Xeon 5100
(Woodcrest) and 5000 (Dempsey) series processors, the
6035B-8R+ also supports six high-performance add-on cards
and a Supermicro Intelligent Management (SIMLP) module.

    For more details and to check out the industry's most
extensive selection of servers, chassis and serverboards,
visit http://www.Supermicro.com . 

    Highlighted Products

    3U High-Density Storage Chassis
    SC836TQ-R800:  16 hot-swap SAS/SATA drives with SES2
enclosure management
    SC836E1-R800:  Single expander supports up to 128
external SAS/SATA drives
    SC836E2-R800:  Dual expanders support redundant
external SAS/SATA storage
    SC836S2-R800:  16 hot-swap dual-channel SCSI drives
with SAF-TE 

    3U SuperServer
    SS6035B-8R+:   High-performance storage server with 16
hot-swap SCSI 
                   drives

    Other 3U High-Density Storage Chassis
    SC933E2-R760:  15 hot-swap SAS/SATA with SES2 and
dual-port expanders
    SC933E1-R760:  15 hot-swap SAS/SATA with SES2 and
single-port expanders
    SC933S2-R760:  14 (7+7) hot-swap dual-channel SCSI
drives with SAF-TE
    SC933S1-R760:  14 hot-swap single-channel SCSI drives
with SAF-TE
    SC933T-R760:   15 hot-swap SATA drive bays and 760-watt
triple-redundant 
                   power

    About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

    Established in 1993, Supermicro, a leading provider of
application optimized, high performance server solutions,
emphasizes superior product design and uncompromising
quality control to produce industry-leading server systems
and components such as serverboards, chassis and power
supplies.  These mission-critical Server Building Block
solutions provide benefits across many environments,
including data center deployment, high-performance
computing, high-end workstations and standalone server
installations. For more information on Supermicro's
complete line of advanced motherboards, SuperServers, and
optimized chassis, visit http://www.Supermicro.com , email
[e-mail] or call the San Jose, CA
headquarters at [phone]. 

    For more information, please contact:

     Tony Keller, 
     SS|PR
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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