Intel Itanium 2 Server Modules for Hitachi BladeSymphony 10U
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BladeSymphony is the fi rst true enterprise-class blade server. It combines Hitachi’s Virtage” embedded virtualization technology, a choice of dual-core Intel® Xeon® and/or Itanium® 2 server modules, integrated management capabilities, and powerful, reliable, scalable system resources—so you can run mission-critical applications with confidence. The new dual-core Intel Itanium 2 64-bit processor delivers superior processing power for enterprise-class workloads. It gives you access to continued advancements in mainframe class reliability with Intel Cache Safe Technology and Enhanced Machine Check Architecture.
The BladeSymphony 10U system takes maximum advantage of the built-in performance and reliability characteristics of the dual-core Itanium 2 processor (Montecito). With a 19” rack-compatible chassis, BladeSymphony supports up to eight blades. The eight blade slots accommodate a total of up to 16 Itanium 2 CPU sockets, or 32 cores, with 16 cores per SMP, running Microsoft® Windows® or Linux®. You can interconnect Itanium 2 server modules via a high-speed backplane to form a high-performance SMP server of up to 16-way, so you get the performance you need for your most compute-intensive applications.
As you incrementally add server modules, you can harness Hitachi’s Virtage embedded virtualization solution, leveraging Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), to create multiple virtual machines and securely run multiple operating systems on a single SMP configuration. This capability, combined with BladeSymphony’s large I/O bandwidth, large addressable memory space, and mainframe-class memory management features, makes BladeSymphony with Itanium 2 server modules an excellent platform for consolidation, migration away from proprietary UNIX platforms, and workload optimization. |
