Supermicro boosts capacity per 1U server

 Super Micro on Monday announced new 2U twin servers that increase the maximum storage capacity per 1U server node by 50%. The new servers support six hot-swap 3.5” hard disk drives. Each 2U twin system also features two hot-plug dual-processor server nodes and redundant power for high availability. The architecture’s hard drives, power supplies and compute nodes are hot-swappable which facilitates ease of maintenance and reduces downtime. They feature non-blocking native Gen2 PCI-Express connectivity and redundant 1400-watt power supplies for maximum availability. Each server node features IPMI 2.0 remote management, optional onboard QDR InfiniBand and support for six hot-swappable 3.5” Serial ATA drives.