SILICON MECHANICS ANNOUNCES NEW CLUSTER PRODUCTS
RackScale Clusters, Intel Cluster Ready Membership, and ScaleStation Workstations Broaden Silicon Mechanics' Product Line
BOTHELL, WA – November 13, 2007 – Silicon Mechanics, Inc., a leading provider of rackmount servers, storage, and high-performance computing solutions, today announced the launch of new products designed to serve the cluster marketplace, including its industry-leading online cluster configuration tool. The new products from Silicon Mechanics include:
RackScale Clusters: Clusters online for the first time.
Introducing the industry's first online-configurable Cluster
Solution. The cluster configurator tool helps customers quickly
and easily create the right cluster for their applications and
immediately understand the impact to their budgets.
The RackScale Clusters
product line is an aggregate of servers and storage, cluster solutions,
and cluster infrastructure — tied together in an online cluster
configuration tool.
Intel Cluster Ready: Making it easier to acquire and use clusters.
Silicon Mechanics is now a member in the Intel Cluster Ready program,
working closely with Intel and other members of the Intel
Cluster Ready program to develop cluster solutions that will
support multiple ISV applications certified by the Intel Cluster
Ready program. The combination of Silicon Mechanics'
hardware and the Intel Cluster Ready program offers customers
tremendous value through the reduction of installation, deployment,
and maintenance times for applications in their clusters.
ScaleStation Workstations: The power of a cluster in the footprint of a workstation.
ScaleStation Workstations
are high-performance, deskside computers for users with applications
requiring high processor and memory counts. The first in an upcoming
line of powerful workstations, the AMD Opteron™-based
ScaleStation G4401 is
a versatile, high-power workstation with the potential to do the
work of a small cluster.
Pricing and Availability
The
RackScale iServ Cluster and
ScaleStation G4401 are available for immediate purchase and delivery
via the Silicon Mechanics
website.
About Silicon Mechanics
Established in 2001, Silicon Mechanics is a leading manufacturer of
rackmount servers and storage solutions with one of the most
comprehensive product offerings available. Silicon Mechanics focuses
on the needs of customers deploying rackmount server and storage
installations, taking into consideration density, power, thermal
efficiency, performance, and reliability to create the best fit for
each customer. Silicon Mechanics' products are supported by some of
the best warranty offerings in the industry and are backed by a team
of sales and service engineers dedicated to total customer
satisfaction. To learn how to custom-configure a system for any
computing environment, visit
www.siliconmechanics.com
or call +1-866-352-1173.
Silicon Mechanics and the Silicon Mechanics logo are registered trademarks of Silicon Mechanics, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.