Pluribus software on ITRenew hardware means an open architecture for compute and storage infrastructure. Credit: Cookie Cutter / Getty Images ITRenew, the reseller of slightly used hyperscalar servers, has partnered with Pluribus Networks to add Pluribus’s Netvisor ONE operating system and Adaptive Cloud Fabric controllerless SDN cloud networking software to its hardware. ITRenew resells servers it buys from hyperscalers like Amazon and Google that are retiring them, typically after a year or so. It refurbishes them, offers a warrantee, and sells them to enterprises for half the price of new hardware. ITRenew sells the servers under the Sesame brand, which will now include Pluribus’s open networking software with their hyperscale-grade compute, storage and networking infrastructure for a fully integrated hardware and software solution. “The availability of Pluribus’ networking software on Sesame systems will make it even easier for our customers to deploy, optimize and scale their critical infrastructure around the globe,” said Ali Fenn, president of ITRenew in a statement. The ITRenew Sesame offerings use Pluribus Networks’ Netvisor ONE operating system and Adaptive Cloud Fabric (ACF) for software-defined networking, both of which are compatible with Open Compute Project (OCP)-compliant solutions for enterprises and service providers. OCP is an effort to create hardware and software standards to reduce the hassle of interoperability between systems. ITRenew has integrated the Pluribus Netvisor ONE OS into top-of-rack switches for disaggregated networking. Both the network underlay and overlay fabric are automated with built-in per-flow telemetry and analytics, allowing for fast, simple deployment of one-touch automated fabric-wide services and policy provisioning. The ACF solution enables fabric scale up of 140 switches today with a design to support up to 1024 switches per fabric, whether inside a single data center or across distributed data centers. Sesame with ACF can be implemented in a single data center or distributed geographically to support Data Center Interconnect (DCI) requirements over WAN or dark fiber connections without network re-engineering. ACF has been designed to stretch the fabric across and unify multiple data center locations, allowing consistent configuration of the network across all switches in all locations. Sesame with Pluribus Networks’ software is available now from ITRenew. Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news Omdia: AI boosts server spending but unit sales still plunge A rush to build AI capacity using expensive coprocessors is jacking up the prices of servers, says research firm Omdia. By Andy Patrizio Dec 04, 2023 4 mins CPUs and Processors Generative AI Data Center news AWS and Nvidia partner on Project Ceiba, a GPU-powered AI supercomputer The companies are extending their AI partnership, and one key initiative is a supercomputer that will be integrated with AWS services and used by Nvidia’s own R&D teams. By Andy Patrizio Nov 30, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Generative AI Supercomputers news VMware stung by defections and layoffs after Broadcom close Layoffs and executive departures are expected after an acquisition, but there's also concern about VMware customer retention. By Andy Patrizio Nov 30, 2023 3 mins Virtualization Data Center Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe