Boston Quattro 1332-T wins PC Pro Recommended Award
"Combines high server density and low power consumption to form an ideal cloud platform"
02 January 2012 Source: www.pcpro.co.uk
Cloud computing is driving a huge demand for ever greater rack density, and Boston's latest server takes this to the next level. In this exclusive review, PC Pro examine the new Quattro 1332-T, which packs eight modular server nodes into a 3U chassis.
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This isn't Boston's first microserver: its Green Power 2200-T also delivered eight server nodes in a 2U chassis. That was certainly innovative, but it actually had four nodes, each with two integrated servers, and its Intel Atom processors limited it to running undemanding business apps...
...The 1332-T has no such weakness. It showcases Supermicro's MicroCloud initiative, and its Intel Xeon E3 processor is aimed firmly at microserver applications...
...Power is now a major issue in rack-dense server rooms, so it's a good job the 1332-T proved to be undemanding...
...Remote management is also an essential ingredient for a microserver, and each node has an embedded RMM and a dedicated Fast Ethernet port...
...Businesses providing cloud services will find the Boston Quattro 1332-T offers a rack density that's capable of matching blade servers. It's much better value as well: the power draw per node is impressively low, and each node in this review system effectively costs just below £1,000...
...Combines high server density and low power consumption to form an ideal cloud platform.
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