{"id":4127,"date":"2013-10-07T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T12:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2013-10-07T15:30:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:30:45","slug":"verizon-selects-amds-seamicro-sm15000-for-enterprise-class-services-verizon-cloud-compute-and-verizon-cloud-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/4127-verizon-selects-amds-seamicro-sm15000-for-enterprise-class-services-verizon-cloud-compute-and-verizon-cloud-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Selects AMD<\/span>\u2019s SeaMicro SM15000<\/span> for Enterprise Class Services: Verizon Cloud Compute and Verizon Cloud Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veri\u00adzon and AMD<\/span> crea\u00adte tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that trans\u00adforms the public cloud, deli\u00adve\u00adring the industry\u2019s most advan\u00adced cloud capabilities<\/i><\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif., Oct. 7, 2013<\/b> \u2013 AMD<\/span> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced that Veri\u00adzon is deploy\u00ading Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span><\/a>\u2122 ser\u00advers for its new glo\u00adbal cloud plat\u00adform and cloud-based object sto\u00adrage ser\u00advice, who\u00adse public beta was recent\u00adly announ\u00adced. AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> ser\u00adver links hundreds of cores tog\u00ade\u00adther in a sin\u00adgle sys\u00adtem using a frac\u00adtion of the power and space of tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal ser\u00advers. To enable Verizon\u2019s next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon solu\u00adti\u00adon, tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy has been taken one step fur\u00adther: Veri\u00adzon and AMD<\/span> co-deve\u00adlo\u00adped addi\u00adtio\u00adnal hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy on the SM15000<\/span> ser\u00adver that pro\u00advi\u00addes unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted per\u00adfor\u00admance and best-in-class relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty backed by enter\u00adpri\u00adse-level ser\u00advice level agree\u00adments (SLAs). The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of the\u00adse tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies co-deve\u00adlo\u00adped by AMD<\/span> and Veri\u00adzon ushers in a new era of enter\u00adpri\u00adse-class cloud ser\u00advices by enab\u00adling a hig\u00adher level of con\u00adtrol over secu\u00adri\u00adty and per\u00adfor\u00admance SLAs. With this tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy under\u00adpin\u00adning the new Veri\u00adzon Cloud Com\u00adpu\u00adte and Veri\u00adzon Cloud Sto\u00adrage, enter\u00adpri\u00adse cus\u00adto\u00admers can for the first time con\u00adfi\u00addent\u00adly deploy mis\u00adsi\u00adon-cri\u00adti\u00adcal sys\u00adtems in the public cloud.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We reinven\u00adted the public cloud from the ground up to spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adcal\u00adly address the needs of our enter\u00adpri\u00adse cli\u00adents,\u201d said John Con\u00adsidi\u00adne, chief tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy offi\u00adcer at Veri\u00adzon Ter\u00adre\u00admark.  \u201cWe wan\u00adted to give them back con\u00adtrol of their infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre \u2013 pro\u00advi\u00adding the speed and fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of a gene\u00adric public cloud with the per\u00adfor\u00admance and secu\u00adri\u00adty they expect from an enter\u00adpri\u00adse-gra\u00adde cloud. Our col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with AMD<\/span> enab\u00adled us to deve\u00adlop revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, and it repres\u00adents the back\u00adbone of our future plans.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of its joint deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, AMD<\/span> and Veri\u00adzon co-deve\u00adlo\u00adped hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware to reser\u00adve, allo\u00adca\u00adte and gua\u00adran\u00adtee appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon SLAs.  AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro Free\u00addom\u2122 fabric-based SM15000<\/span> ser\u00adver deli\u00advers the industry\u2019s first and only pro\u00adgramma\u00adble ser\u00adver hard\u00adware that includes a high band\u00adwidth, low laten\u00adcy pro\u00adgramma\u00adble inter\u00adcon\u00adnect fabric, and pro\u00adgramma\u00adble data and con\u00adtrol pla\u00adne for both net\u00adwork and sto\u00adrage traf\u00adfic.  Lever\u00adaging AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adgramma\u00adble ser\u00adver hard\u00adware, Veri\u00adzon deve\u00adlo\u00adped uni\u00adque soft\u00adware to gua\u00adran\u00adtee and deli\u00adver relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, unhe\u00adral\u00added per\u00adfor\u00admance gua\u00adran\u00adtees and SLAs for enter\u00adpri\u00adse cloud com\u00adpu\u00adting services.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Veri\u00adzon has a clear visi\u00adon for the future of the public cloud services\u2014services that are more fle\u00adxi\u00adble, more relia\u00adble and gua\u00adran\u00adteed,\u201d said Andrew Feld\u00adman, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Ser\u00adver, AMD<\/span>. \u201cThe tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy we deve\u00adlo\u00adped turns the cloud para\u00addigm upsi\u00adde down by crea\u00adting a ser\u00advice that an enter\u00adpri\u00adse can con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre and con\u00adtrol as if the equip\u00adment were in its own data cen\u00adter.  With this inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in cloud ser\u00advices, I expect enter\u00adpri\u00adses to migra\u00adte their core IT<\/span> ser\u00advices and mis\u00adsi\u00adon cri\u00adti\u00adcal appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to Verizon\u2019s cloud services.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The rapid, relia\u00adble and sca\u00adlable deli\u00advery of cloud com\u00adpu\u00adte and sto\u00adrage ser\u00advices is the key to com\u00adpe\u00adting suc\u00adcessful\u00adly in any cloud mar\u00adket from infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, to plat\u00adform, to appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon; and enter\u00adpri\u00adses are con\u00adstant\u00adly asking for more as they alter their busi\u00adness models to thri\u00adve in a mobi\u00adle and ana\u00adly\u00adtic world,\u201d said Richard Vil\u00adlars, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter &<\/span> Cloud at IDC<\/span>.  \u201cNext gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon inte\u00adgra\u00adted IT<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons like AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00adde a fle\u00adxi\u00adble yet high-per\u00adfor\u00admance plat\u00adform upon which com\u00adpa\u00adnies like Veri\u00adzon can build the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of cloud ser\u00advice offerings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve Veri\u00adzon Cloud Capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties on AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> Ser\u00adver Indus\u00adtry Firsts<\/b><\/p>\n

Veri\u00adzon lever\u00ada\u00adged the Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> server\u2019s abili\u00adty to dis\u00adag\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adte ser\u00adver resour\u00adces to crea\u00adte a cloud opti\u00admi\u00adzed for com\u00adpu\u00adting and sto\u00adrage ser\u00advices. Veri\u00adzon and AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro engi\u00adneers work\u00aded for over two years to crea\u00adte a revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry public cloud plat\u00adform with enter\u00adpri\u00adse class capabilities.<\/p>\n

The\u00adse new capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Vir\u00adtu\u00adal machi\u00adne ser\u00adver pro\u00advi\u00adsio\u00adning in seconds, a frac\u00adtion of the time of a lega\u00adcy public cloud;<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Fine-grai\u00adned ser\u00adver con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon opti\u00adons that match real life requi\u00adre\u00adments, not just small, medi\u00adum, lar\u00adge sizing, inclu\u00adding pro\u00adces\u00adsor speed (500 MHz to 2,000 MHz) and DRAM<\/span> (.5 GB<\/span> incre\u00adments) options;<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Shared disks across mul\u00adti\u00adple ser\u00adver ins\u00adtances ver\u00adsus requi\u00adring each vir\u00adtu\u00adal machi\u00adne to have its own dedi\u00adca\u00adted drive;<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Defi\u00adned sto\u00adrage qua\u00adli\u00adty of ser\u00advice by spe\u00adci\u00adfy\u00ading per\u00adfor\u00admance up to 5,000 IOPS<\/span> to meet the demands of the appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon being deploy\u00aded, com\u00adpared to best-effort performance;<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Con\u00adsis\u00adtent net\u00adwork secu\u00adri\u00adty poli\u00adci\u00ades and pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adres across the enter\u00adpri\u00adse net\u00adwork and the public cloud;<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Strict traf\u00adfic iso\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, data encryp\u00adti\u00adon, and data inspec\u00adtion with full fea\u00adtured fire\u00adwalls that achie\u00adve Depart\u00adment of Defen\u00adse and PCI<\/span> com\u00adpli\u00adance levels;<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Gua\u00adran\u00adteed net\u00adwork per\u00adfor\u00admance for every vir\u00adtu\u00adal machi\u00adne with reser\u00adved net\u00adwork per\u00adfor\u00admance up to 500 Mbps com\u00adpared to no gua\u00adran\u00adtees in many other public clouds.<\/p>\n

The public beta for Veri\u00adzon Cloud will launch in the fourth quar\u00adter. Com\u00adpa\u00adnies inte\u00adres\u00adted in beco\u00adming a beta cus\u00adto\u00admer can sign up through the Veri\u00adzon Enter\u00adpri\u00adse Solu\u00adti\u00adons web\u00adsite: www.verizonenterprise.com\/verizoncloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> Server<\/b><\/p>\n

AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> sys\u00adtem is the hig\u00adhest-den\u00adsi\u00adty, most ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent ser\u00adver in the mar\u00adket. In 10 rack units, it links 512 com\u00adpu\u00adte cores, 160 giga\u00adbits of I\/O net\u00adwor\u00adking, more than five peta\u00adbytes of sto\u00adrage with a 1.28 tera\u00adbyte high-per\u00adfor\u00admance super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adte fabric, cal\u00adled Free\u00addom\u2122 Fabric. The SM15000<\/span> ser\u00adver eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtes top-of-rack swit\u00adches, ter\u00admi\u00adnal ser\u00advers, hundreds of cables and thou\u00adsands of unneces\u00adsa\u00adry com\u00adpon\u00adents for a more effi\u00adci\u00adent and simp\u00adle ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal environment.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro ser\u00adver pro\u00adduct fami\u00adly curr\u00adent\u00adly sup\u00adports the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron\u2122 (\u201cPiledri\u00adver\u201d) pro\u00adces\u00adsor, Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae E3-1260L<\/span> (\u201cSan\u00addy Bridge\u201d) and E3-1265L\u00adv2  (\u201cIvy Bridge\u201d) and Intel\u00ae Atom\u2122 N570<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors. The Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> ser\u00adver also sup\u00adports the Free\u00addom Fabric Sto\u00adrage pro\u00adducts, enab\u00adling a sin\u00adgle sys\u00adtem to con\u00adnect with more than five peta\u00adbytes of sto\u00adrage capa\u00adci\u00adty in two racks. This approach deli\u00advers the bene\u00adfits of expen\u00adsi\u00adve and com\u00adplex solu\u00adti\u00adons such as net\u00adwork atta\u00adched sto\u00adrage (NAS<\/span>) and sto\u00adrage area net\u00adwor\u00adking (SAN<\/span>) with the sim\u00adpli\u00adci\u00adty and low cost of direct atta\u00adched storage.<\/p>\n

For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on the Veri\u00adzon Cloud imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, plea\u00adse visit: www.seamicro.com\/vzcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About AMD<\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) designs and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that powers mil\u00adli\u00adons of intel\u00adli\u00adgent devices, inclu\u00adding per\u00adso\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adters, tablets, game con\u00adso\u00adles and cloud ser\u00advers that defi\u00adne the new era of sur\u00adround com\u00adpu\u00adting. AMD<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons enable peo\u00adp\u00adle ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre to rea\u00adli\u00adze the full poten\u00adti\u00adal of their favo\u00adri\u00adte devices and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit www.amd.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AMD<\/span>, the AMD<\/span> Arrow logo, Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro, AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron, SM15000<\/span>, Free\u00addom and com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons the\u00adreof, are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for infor\u00adma\u00adtio\u00adnal pur\u00adpo\u00adses only and may be trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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