Supermicro expands its storage solution portfolio for I/O intensive workloads with industry-standard, all-flash servers leveraging EDSFF E3.S and E1.S storage drives across multiple product lines

New server meets critical need for high-density petascale storage system in balanced NUMA architecture

SAN JOSE, California., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a total IT solution provider for cloud, AI/ML, storage and 5G/Edge, announces the latest addition to its revolutionary ultra-high-performance, high-density, petascale, all-flash NVMe server family. Supermicro systems in this high-performance storage family support the next-generation EDSFF form factor, including the E3.S and E1.S devices, in form factors that accommodate 16 and 32 high-performance PCIe Gen5 NVMe drive bays.

The initial offering of the updated product line supports up to half a petabyte of storage in a 1U, 16-bay rackmount system, followed by a full petabyte of storage in a 2U, 32-bay rackmount system for Intel and AMD PCIe Gen5 platforms. All Supermicro systems supporting either E1.S or E3.s form factors allow customers to take advantage in various application-optimized servers.

EDSFF (Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor) is an industry standard developed and maintained by SNIA. This group continues to develop standards for data center storage and specifications. The EDSFF-specified storage devices are available in a range of capacities and performance levels and have improved scalability and serviceability compared to previous generations of storage devices. EDSFF form factor storage uses the NVMe protocol with the same PCIe interface and edge connectors.

“Supermicro continues to address the needs of our users with innovative solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s workloads,” he said Karl Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. “With up to a petabyte of storage in a standard rackmount system, users can quickly access massive amounts of data. The new storage system is compact and energy efficient, offering our users the lowest latency and highest bandwidth in the industry. The power and capacity of these new systems enable customers to gain insights using advanced AI technologies. Our building block architecture allows us to bring the latest technologies to market faster and provide users with advanced systems as part of our rack-scale offerings from Total IT Solutions.”

As the development of CPU, GPU and memory technologies continues to increase the speed and amount of data processed by modern compute clusters, improved memory performance is also required to pass the data to applications without becoming a bottleneck that slows down the entire system . Supermicro’s petascale all-flash servers offer industry-leading storage performance and capacity, enabling customers to reduce the number of rackmount systems required to meet their hot-tier and warm-tier storage needs, thereby lowering the total cost of ownership .

The new Intel-based systems are powered by Dual 4^th Intel Xeon Scalable generation processors with up to 270 W TDP and up to 32 DIMMs with DDR5 4800 MHz memory for a total of 8 TB of memory. Also 4^th gene AMD EPYC™ Processors provide the AMD-based systems with up to 350 W TDP and 24 DIMMs with DDR5 4800 MHz memory. These systems are designed for compute-intensive applications with massive I/O requirements and large in-memory requirements.

Two full-height, half-length PCIe Gen5 x16 slots support advanced xPUs and intelligent NICs, allowing users to streamline operations using the emerging NVMe-over-Fabric or GPU-accelerated storage that is now disrupting traditional IT. Two additional Supermicro PCIe Gen5 x16 AIOM (Advanced I/O Module) slots provide improved on-site serviceability and plug-in compatibility with a wide range of off-the-shelf OCP 3.0 network cards. The all-new symmetric NUMA architecture reduces latency by providing the shortest signal paths to drives, balanced bandwidth to storage, and flexible networking options. The symmetrical design also facilitates smooth airflow across the entire system, allowing for the use of more powerful processors.

For more information on Supermicro Petascale All Flash Servers, visit:

SSG-121E-NE316R – https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/system/storage/1u/ssg-121e-ne316r

SSG-121E-NES24R – https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/system/storage/1u/ssg-121e-nes24r

To learn more about Supermicro Petascale All-Flash server solutions, please visit: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/nvme

About Super Micro Computers, Inc.

Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in application-optimized total IT solutions. Founded and operates in San Jose, California, Supermicro strives to be first to market with innovations for enterprise, cloud, AI and 5G telco/edge IT infrastructure. We are transforming into a total IT solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT and switch systems, software and services, while delivering advanced mainboard, power supply and housing products in volume. Products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the USA, TaiwanAnd the Netherlands) that leverage global operations for scale and efficiency, optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning Server Building Block Solutions® portfolio enables customers to optimize for their precise workload and application by choosing from a broad family of systems comprised of our flexible and reusable building blocks, which include a comprehensive range of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power and cooling solutions (air conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).

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