We had the opportunity to check out some of the new and upcoming Gigabyte server platforms at Computex 2016 and can share some of the details now.
The AIC HA202-PH spotted at Computex has two dual processor nodes and 24x dual port NVMe drives for active-active storage architectures
We toured the Tyan room at Computex 2016 and saw Tyan's flexible Intel Xeon D platform first hand. Tyan showed us a bare motherboard and a 1U storage system
We saw a 12x 1GbE networking appliance platform from Jetway at Computex 2016 based on the 6th generation Core i3/ i5/ i7 CPUs and Intel network controllers
We got to see the ASRock Rack 3U16N in-person at Computex 2016. The 3U server has 16x Xeon D nodes in a single chassis with a unique twist: optional Mellanox 50GbE multi-host adapters for streamlined connectivity
We stopped by the Supermicro booth at Computex 2016 and saw a number of new platforms for the first time including a few that we were not expecting
ASRock Rack is one of the first manufacturers we have seen to release a new Skylake-H based platform. The ASRock Rack C236WSI4 is a compact platform that takes advantage of the Intel Xeon E3-1500 V5 family providing a very interesting building block. The Intel Xeon E3-1500 V5 series was just launched to support VDI and video transcoding applications.
ASRock Rack C236WSI4 Key Specs
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The Intel Xeon E3-1500 V5 series processors are aimed at video transcoding workloads as well as virtual desktop and application workloads with GVT-g support
We take a look at the Gigabyte R120-T30 1U server, the first production Cavium ThunderX system we have in the data center lab
Our review of the QCT QuantaMesh T3048-LY9 we utilize in the STH data center lab. We have over 8 months of experience with the switch at this point