IBM introduced its NeXtScale computing platform for super computing performance in large data centers.
NeXtScale can integrated three times as many x86 cores as current one-unit rack servers and is based on open architecture that will support options for compute, storage, and graphics processing acceleration. It incorporates up to 84 x86-based systems and 2,016 processing cores in a standard EIA 19-inch rack.
NeXtScale uses industry-standard components including I/O cards and top-of-rack networking switches for flexibility of choice and ease of adoption. IBM also provides a software stack to run on top of NeXtScale, including IBM General Parallel File System, GPFS Storage Server, xCAT, and Platform Computing, providing powerful scheduling, management and optimization tools.
“NeXtScale is designed to deliver raw throughput and performance, and is positioned well to handle HPC, cloud, grid, and managed hosted workloads,” said Kevin Rozynek, NASA Client Executive at IBM Business Partner Direct Systems Support. “In addition, this new system provides clients a great deal of flexibility in configuration and components, making it one platform that can do it all.”
In addition, IBM today introduced the x3650 M4 HD, an enhancement of its 3650-class system featuring first-in-class 12-gigabyte RAID and a 60-percent higher spindle count for higher density storage and higher IO performance, making it ideal for applications such as big data and business-critical workloads. IBM NeXtScale and System x3650 M4 HD are two new entries headlining a broad refresh of the entire System x core server portfolio of two-socket systems including System x racks and towers, Flex System, iDataPlex, and BladeCenter offerings. All of these offerings will feature the new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family.
