{"id":5262,"date":"2013-11-05T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T10:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=5262"},"modified":"2013-11-05T11:45:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T10:45:23","slug":"amds-seamicro-sm15000-is-the-first-server-to-provide-bare-metal-provisioning-to-scale-massive-openstack-compute-deployments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/5262-amds-seamicro-sm15000-is-the-first-server-to-provide-bare-metal-provisioning-to-scale-massive-openstack-compute-deployments\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span>\u2019s SeaMicro SM15000<\/span> Is the First Server to Provide Bare Metal Provisioning to Scale Massive OpenStack Compute Deployments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro\u00advi\u00addes Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon to Levera\u00adge Open\u00adStack Com\u00adpu\u00adte for Lar\u00adge Net\u00adworks of Vir\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adzed and Bare Metal Servers<\/i><\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. and Hong Kong, Novem\u00adber 5, 2013, Open\u00adStack Sum\u00admit<\/b> \u2013 AMD<\/span> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced that the Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span>\u2122 ser\u00adver sup\u00adports bare metal fea\u00adtures in Open\u00adStack\u00ae Com\u00adpu\u00adte<\/a>.  AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> ser\u00adver is ide\u00adal\u00adly sui\u00adted for mas\u00adsi\u00adve Open\u00adStack deploy\u00adments by inte\u00adgra\u00adting com\u00adpu\u00adte, sto\u00adrage and net\u00adwor\u00adking into a 10 rack unit sys\u00adtem. The sys\u00adtem is built around the Free\u00addom\u2122 fabric, the industry\u2019s pre\u00admier super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting fabric for sca\u00adle out data cen\u00adter appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. The Free\u00addom fabric dis\u00adag\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtes com\u00adpu\u00adte, sto\u00adrage and net\u00adwork I\/O to pro\u00advi\u00adde the most fle\u00adxi\u00adble, saleable and resi\u00adli\u00adent data cen\u00adter infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre in the indus\u00adtry.  This allows cus\u00adto\u00admers to match the com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance, sto\u00adrage capa\u00adci\u00adty and net\u00adwor\u00adking I\/O to their appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon needs.  The result is an adap\u00adti\u00adve data cen\u00adter whe\u00adre any ser\u00adver can be map\u00adped to any hard disk\/SSD<\/span> or net\u00adwork I\/O to expand capa\u00adci\u00adty or reco\u00adver from a com\u00adpo\u00adnent failure.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Open\u00adStack Compute\u2019s bare metal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties pro\u00advi\u00adde the sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to build and mana\u00adge lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle public and pri\u00adva\u00adte clouds with vir\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adzed and dedi\u00adca\u00adted ser\u00advers,\u201d said Dhi\u00adraj Mallick, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Data Cen\u00adter Ser\u00adver Solu\u00adti\u00adons, at AMD<\/span>. \u201cThe Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> server\u2019s bare metal pro\u00advi\u00adsio\u00adning capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties should sim\u00adpli\u00adfy enter\u00adpri\u00adse adop\u00adti\u00adon of Open\u00adStack and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte mass deploy\u00adments sin\u00adce not all work loads are opti\u00admi\u00adzed for vir\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adzed environments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bare metal com\u00adpu\u00adting pro\u00advi\u00addes more pre\u00addic\u00adta\u00adble per\u00adfor\u00admance than a shared ser\u00adver envi\u00adron\u00adment using vir\u00adtu\u00adal ser\u00advers.  In a bare metal envi\u00adron\u00adment the\u00adre are no delays cau\u00adsed by dif\u00adfe\u00adrent vir\u00adtu\u00adal machi\u00adnes con\u00adten\u00adding for shared resour\u00adces, sin\u00adce the enti\u00adre server\u2019s resour\u00adces are dedi\u00adca\u00adted to a sin\u00adgle user ins\u00adtance.  In addi\u00adti\u00adon, in a bare metal envi\u00adron\u00adment the per\u00adfor\u00admance penal\u00adty impo\u00adsed by the hyper\u00advi\u00adsor is eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adted, allo\u00adwing the appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon soft\u00adware to make full use of the processor\u2019s capabilities<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon to lea\u00adding in bare metal pro\u00advi\u00adsio\u00adning, AMD<\/span>\u2019s Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> ser\u00adver pro\u00advi\u00addes the abili\u00adty to boot and install a base ser\u00adver image from a cen\u00adtral ser\u00adver for mas\u00adsi\u00adve Open\u00adStack deploy\u00adments.  A cloud image con\u00adtai\u00adning the KVM<\/span>, the Open\u00adStack Com\u00adpu\u00adte image and other appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons can be con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adred by the cen\u00adtral ser\u00adver.  The coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon and sche\u00addu\u00adling of this work\u00adflow can be mana\u00adged by Heat, the orchestra\u00adti\u00adon appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon that mana\u00adges the enti\u00adre life\u00adcy\u00adcle of an Open\u00adStack cloud for bare metal and vir\u00adtu\u00adal machines.<\/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<\/a> pro\u00adduct fami\u00adly curr\u00adent\u00adly sup\u00adports the next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron\u2122 (\u201cPiledri\u00adver\u201d core) pro\u00adces\u00adsor, Intel\u00ae Xeon\u00ae E3-1260L<\/span> (\u201cSan\u00addy Bridge\u201d), E3-1265L\u00adv2  (\u201cIvy Bridge\u201d), E3-1265L\u00adv3  (\u201cHas\u00adwell\u201d) and Intel\u00ae Atom\u2122 N570<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors. The AMD<\/span> Sea\u00adMi\u00adcro SM15000<\/span> 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

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