Tyan recently launched several new server products during CeBIT 2013. Tyan has been a notable manufacturer of server building blocks for many years now, recently as a division of MiTac International. The computer server market currently has a number of vendors competing for the higher-margin space, especially as traditional desktop sales slow. One way server vendors differentiate themselves is by releasing new products that fill niches such as GPU computing. CeBIT is arguably the server industry’s leading trade show often unleashing a wave of product announcements. Let’s see what the company released this year.
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Tyan TA77-B7061 2U GPU Compute Barebones
The Tyan TA77-B7061 is designed to be a 2U GPU supported platform. It supports up to four GPUs or accelerator cards in a 2U server chassis. The system is designed to work with the Intel Xeon Phi processors, NVIDIA Tesla K20 Series and ATI FirePro series products. On the CPU side, the Tyan TA77-B7061 supports dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors each with 8 DIMM Slots. With redundant 80+ Platinum power supplies, Tyan can feed high-end accelerator cards.
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| Processor | 2 LGA2011 Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 Series up to 130w TDP |
| Chipset | Intel C602 |
| Memory | 16 DDR3 DIMM slots up to 128GB UDIMM / 256GB RDIMM / 512GB LRDIMM |
| Expansion Slots | (1) PCI-E x8 Gen.3 slot / (4) PCI-E Gen3 x16 slots unit comes Pre-installed with M2091-R, M2207-R32-2F and M2208-L32-2F riser cards |
| LAN | Intel I350-AM2 Dual GigE |
| Drive Bays | 8x 2.5″ hot swap bays |
| SAS Controller | Onboard LSI SAS2308 8-port 6.0gbps SAS |
| Motherboard | S7061WGM2NR |
| Graphic | Aspeed AST2300 D-Sub 15-pin |
| Power Supply | 1600w 80+ Platinum Redundant (1+1) |
| Form Factor | 2U Rackmount 30.31″ x 17.32″ x 3.43″ (770 x 440 x 87mm) |
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Tyan S7042 Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series Motherboard
Another product released for CeBIT 2013 is the Tyan S7042 which is an entry-level dual socket motherboard targeted at the SMB market segment. The Tyan S7042 supports dual Intel Xeon E5-2400 processors with 8 DIMMs each. The board also has basic audio capabilities and support for up to 14 drives onboard. One interesting thing is that the board comes in a 4 DIMMs/ CPU configuration, something seen in the Intel 5520 series chipset generation which adds an extra RDIMM option.
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| Processor | 2 LGA1356 Intel Xeon Processor E5-2400 Series up to 95w TDP |
| Chipset | Intel C602 |
| Memory | 8 DDR3 DIMM slots up to 288GB LRDIMM / 144GB RDIMM / 72GB UDIMM |
| Expansion Slots | (1) PCI-E x8 Gen.3 slot / (2) PCI-E Gen3 x16 slots / (2) PCI-E Gen3 x8 slot ( w/ x4 link) |
| LAN | Intel I210 LAN (2) GbE ports (1 port shared with IPMI) |
| SAS | 8x 3.0gbps SAS Intel C602 w/ TRK-5 upgrade ROM module RAID 0/1/10 (Intel Integrated RAID upgrade ROM 5) |
| SATA | (6) SATA (2) 6.0 Gb/s, (4) 3.0 Gb/s RAID 0/1/10/5 (Intel RST) |
| Graphic | Aspeed AST2300 D-Sub 15-pin |
| Audio | Realtek ALC262 |
| USB | (9) USB2.0 ports (4 at rear, 4 via cable, 1 type A onboard) |
| Form Factor | SSI CEB Board Dimension 12″x10.5″ (305x267mm) |
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Tyan GT20A-B7040 1U Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series Barebones
The Tyan GT20A-B7040 is a 1U server supporting dual Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series Processors. The barebones supports up to nine DDR3 DIMMS in a 6+3 configuration. The front of the chassis is made up of 4x hot-swap 3.5″ bays for SAS/SATA drives. This is clearly targeted to be a low cost high density 1U server and it does appear to be fairly packed.
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| Processor | 2 LGA1356 Intel Xeon Processor E5-2400 Series up to 95w TDP |
| Chipset | Intel C602 |
| Memory | 9 (6+3) DDR3 DIMM slots up to 288GB LRDIMM / 144GB RDIMM / 72GB UDIMM |
| Expansion Slots | PCI-E Gen3 x8 slot (left) using a M2210-L8-1F riser |
| LAN | Dual Intel 82574L |
| Drive Bays | 4x 2.5″ or 3.5″ hot swap bays |
| Motherboard | S7040GM2NR-1U-B |
| Graphic | Aspeed AST2300 D-Sub 15-pin |
| Power Supply | 500w 80+ Gold |
| Form Factor | 1U Rackmount 24.6″ x 17.2″ x 1.72″ (625.4 x 436 x 43.6mm) |
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Other Notes
Tyan also released the GT62A-B5512 a 1U barebones with 10x 2.5″ hot swap bays and based on the Tyan S5512 motherboard we reviewed. The Tyan GT62A-B5512 is a 1U rackmount server that supports up to ATX sized motherboards.
It is good to see Tyan still actively releasing products in the market. One thing is for sure: Gigabyte, Supermicro, traditional players such as Dell, HP and IBM, Quanta and new players such as ASRock are keeping competition healthy.
Yes, a mighty list of competitors these days. Considerations for more industrial high performance boards and rackmounts might want to also consider Advantech. I support their server line and many of the others don’t go 2-year, with better thermal considerations, shockproof drives.