Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the launch of solid-state drive (SSD) servers in co-operation with Intel. The SSD servers use new-generation Intel SSDs, which solves storage bottlenecks, improves server performance, and enables realtime access to massive data for users.
The rapid development of cloud computing, big data, HPC, and other data centre applications boost requirements for realtime data access. For enterprises that are sensitive to market trends, data is the service itself.
Besides the challenge of big data, the other challenge is the requirements for realtime access to the big data. To balance requirements of big data and realtime access and provide optimal server performance, Huawei released the solution with SSD servers.
“Computer technologies are making breakthroughs, and the new advanced technologies help enhance computer performance and improve user experience. Because of the rapid read speed and channel locating, the SSDs, as the system disks, shorten the time for startup and program loading,” says GM of Huawei Servers, Qiu Long.
“As the primary system storage devices, the SSDs store hot data such as data indexes, frequently accessed data lists or temporary storage areas, and log files, greatly improving system operating efficiency. To meet the requirements of high IOPS for core applications, such as database applications, the PCIe SSD cards are used to achieve high IOPS and low latency.
“Huawei SSD servers successfully solve the bottlenecks of data transmission and speed limits of traditional hard disks, and the accelerated storage performance increases storage throughput for concurrent multithreaded computing. This shortens application response time and provides a smooth user experience.”
“The service capability of data centres is determined by the balanced development of computing capability and storage capability. The data explosion poses a unique challenge for the storage systems of data centres. The storage solutions based on traditional hard disks become the bottleneck,” says Bill Liu, marketing director of the SSD Product at Intel Corporation.
“The high latency and poor storage I/O performance impair data centres’ response capability for big data, cloud computing, and mobile applications. The new-generation Intel SSD DC S3700 series solves the problems caused by the hard disk bottlenecks that limit data centres’ service capabilities, remarkably improving SSD performance by providing stable performance, excellent durability, and data protection.
“In particular, the write performance is increased by 1 500%, which enables data centre applications to improve their service capabilities by using the Intel SSD DC S3700. Huawei SSD servers that use the Intel® SSD DC S3700 lead the development trend.”
Huawei SSD servers provide the following features:
* Superb performance to enrich service applications;
* Uses two Intel Xeon TM E5-2600 series processors. Each processor has eight cores and a 20Mb L3 cache and supports intelligent power adjustment, providing excellent performance and energy efficiency;
* Provides 24 DIMMs with up to 768Gb memory capacity, supporting flexible configurations based on service requirements and enabling optimal service performance;
* Flexible scalability for application acceleration;
* Provides up to six PCIe slots, facilitating high-availability I/O expansion and improving storage and network I/O performance for application acceleration;
* Supports high-performance GPU cards, improving the graphics processing and floating-point computing performances;
* Reliable high-speed SSD storage;
* Supports up to eight Intel SSD DC S3700 series SSDs, providing 75 000 IOPS for random read performance at 4Kb and 36 000 IOPS for random write performance at 4Kb to meet requirements of I/O-sensitive applications;
* The total power consumption of an SSD server is decreased by up to 60 W, reducing energy and cooling costs thanks to the reduced heat;
* Intelligent energy consumption management improving energy efficiency;
* Uses 80 Plus Gold PSUs that comply with the ENERGY STAR standards and have passed the China Energy Conservation and Environmentally-Friendly Certification. The power conversion efficiency reaches above 92%; and
The rapid development of cloud computing, big data, HPC, and other data centre applications boost requirements for realtime data access. For enterprises that are sensitive to market trends, data is the service itself.
Besides the challenge of big data, the other challenge is the requirements for realtime access to the big data. To balance requirements of big data and realtime access and provide optimal server performance, Huawei released the solution with SSD servers.
“Computer technologies are making breakthroughs, and the new advanced technologies help enhance computer performance and improve user experience. Because of the rapid read speed and channel locating, the SSDs, as the system disks, shorten the time for startup and program loading,” says GM of Huawei Servers, Qiu Long.
“As the primary system storage devices, the SSDs store hot data such as data indexes, frequently accessed data lists or temporary storage areas, and log files, greatly improving system operating efficiency. To meet the requirements of high IOPS for core applications, such as database applications, the PCIe SSD cards are used to achieve high IOPS and low latency.
“Huawei SSD servers successfully solve the bottlenecks of data transmission and speed limits of traditional hard disks, and the accelerated storage performance increases storage throughput for concurrent multithreaded computing. This shortens application response time and provides a smooth user experience.”
“The service capability of data centres is determined by the balanced development of computing capability and storage capability. The data explosion poses a unique challenge for the storage systems of data centres. The storage solutions based on traditional hard disks become the bottleneck,” says Bill Liu, marketing director of the SSD Product at Intel Corporation.
“The high latency and poor storage I/O performance impair data centres’ response capability for big data, cloud computing, and mobile applications. The new-generation Intel SSD DC S3700 series solves the problems caused by the hard disk bottlenecks that limit data centres’ service capabilities, remarkably improving SSD performance by providing stable performance, excellent durability, and data protection.
“In particular, the write performance is increased by 1 500%, which enables data centre applications to improve their service capabilities by using the Intel SSD DC S3700. Huawei SSD servers that use the Intel® SSD DC S3700 lead the development trend.”
Huawei SSD servers provide the following features:
* Superb performance to enrich service applications;
* Uses two Intel Xeon TM E5-2600 series processors. Each processor has eight cores and a 20Mb L3 cache and supports intelligent power adjustment, providing excellent performance and energy efficiency;
* Provides 24 DIMMs with up to 768Gb memory capacity, supporting flexible configurations based on service requirements and enabling optimal service performance;
* Flexible scalability for application acceleration;
* Provides up to six PCIe slots, facilitating high-availability I/O expansion and improving storage and network I/O performance for application acceleration;
* Supports high-performance GPU cards, improving the graphics processing and floating-point computing performances;
* Reliable high-speed SSD storage;
* Supports up to eight Intel SSD DC S3700 series SSDs, providing 75 000 IOPS for random read performance at 4Kb and 36 000 IOPS for random write performance at 4Kb to meet requirements of I/O-sensitive applications;
* The total power consumption of an SSD server is decreased by up to 60 W, reducing energy and cooling costs thanks to the reduced heat;
* Intelligent energy consumption management improving energy efficiency;
* Uses 80 Plus Gold PSUs that comply with the ENERGY STAR standards and have passed the China Energy Conservation and Environmentally-Friendly Certification. The power conversion efficiency reaches above 92%; and
* Uses sensors for key components to monitor the server heat in realtime, and the server dynamically adjusts the fan speed for better heat dissipation, which ensures the normal server operating.
