Supermicro Delivers Platinum Level Servers

Quote:  These solutions feature Supermicro's 920-watt power supply, which has achieved Platinum certification, the highest certification possible, from the 80PLUS® organization.  These new SuperServers and SuperChassis also employ Supermicro's advanced cooling subsystems to deliver maximum performance-per-watt.(Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100408/AQ82701)"While more and more high-efficiency servers today use Silver or Gold level power supplies, Supermicro continues to raise the computing efficiency standard to Platinum level, which saves customers more money and contributes to a greener earth," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro.  "Addressing the primary challenges facing datacenters today, these servers also help IT managers reduce data center cooling costs, improve the cost-effectiveness of server deployments, and reduce the typical TCO up to $300 per system during its lifetime." Available in 2U, 3U and 4U convertible tower form factors, Supermicro's Platinum Level SuperServers are packed with the industry's most advanced feature sets.  While the 94%+ Platinum-level power supplies with PMBus come standard on these new systems, Supermicro also provides the ultimate in storage and networking flexibility with its Universal I/O (UIO) interface on the 2U SuperServers 6026T-URF4+ and 2026T-URF4+.  UIO empowers customers to choose from an extensive selection of Supermicro I/O cards including 6Gbps SAS, 10GbE, FibreChannel and QDR/DDR InfiniBand subsystems.  These 2U servers feature redundant power, four GbE ports, and 18 DIMMs for up to 192GB of ECC registered DDR3 memory.  While the 6026T-URF4+ supports eight 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA hard drives, the 2026T-URF4+ supports sixteen 2.5" hot-swap drives.In addition to the 2U models, Supermicro offers the 3U SuperServer 6036T-6RF and 4U/tower SuperServer 7046T-6F.  Like their 2U counterparts, these servers also support up to 192GB ...
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