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“Social Shopping for Servers” has Begun!

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We hope everyone has thus far had a great start to 2012! To help launch us further into the new year, we are running a special “social servers” campaign through the end of February to help bring everyone together for fantastic savings! The Stellar Deal on our 5017C-MTF 1U Single Xeon E3 “Sandy Bridge” server takes the form of social shopping for servers where a special discount of 20% will be applied if the campaign goal of 50 servers is met. If we reach our campaign goal, everyone gets the deal and benefits! If we don’t meet the goal, you won’t be charged but nobody gets the deal.

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ICC releases NVIDIA powered Tesla GPU SimCluster

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Last month we announced our new line of GPU supercomputing products powered by NVIDIA. These recent releases were only the build up to the real GPU highlight coming out – ICC NovaServ™ Tesla GPU SimCluster solutions.

Integrating cutting-edge technology from our industry-leading partners, ICC’s NovaServ™ Tesla GPU SimClusters are ready-to-deploy cluster solutions off the shelf, delivering the power of CPU-GPU parallel processing. The 1U 6016GT-T is a powerful stand-alone system. But the real power in high performance computing and GPU supercomputing comes from the ability to scale upward through computer clusters. By transforming the base 6016GT-T into such a configuration you gain an asset with incredible performance potential that draws upon the combined AND clustered power of CPU and GPU.

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AMD Opteron 6200 vs Opteron 6100 Value

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The AMD Opteron 6200 Outperforms the 6100

The AMD Opteron 6000 series continues marching forward with each new innovation building upon the capabilities and possibilities of the past. With the latest AMD Opteron 6200 processors now on the shelves, there is great hidden value to uncover. The highlight and the hype of the Opteron 6200 series has been mostly centered around the 16-core Interlagos, but there are some significant advantages in the 12-core options.

At core parity, the 6200 series outperforms the 6100 with superior clock, cache, and energy efficiency at only a fraction of the price.

Let me illustrate.

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ICC Releases New Systems Powered by AMD’s New Processors

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We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We were certainly thankful to have a couple days of relaxation. November has been a big month for us. Earlier in the month we released our GPU supercomputing solutions. Now we have a new set of superserver systems powered by the recently-released AMD Opteron™ 6200-series processors.

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Just a couple weeks ago I wrote about new processors from both Intel and AMD. AMD’s 6200-series includes their much-awaited 16-core processor (code-named Interlagos) and utilizes their new Bulldozer architecture. One of the most desirable aspects of these new processors is that they have far superior performance compared to the previous 6100 line, but they remain compatible with the widely-used Socket G34 motherboards. This makes them quite flexible in application.

ICC has released a number of new systems with the AMD Opteron™ 6200 processors in various configurations to meet a wide range of needs. Four of our select systems provide a great snapshot of the different types of solutions we have developed.

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New GPU Solutions for Grid Computing and other Supercomputing Needs

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We’ve just launched two new GPU products, along with our new GPU supercomputing solutions section! GPU computing is the use of a graphics processing unit (GPU) in computing purposes, from general-purpose to supercomputing tasks. With a constantly increasing demand for greater computing performance across the board, supercomputing is more and more drawing upon a hybrid model which integrates the roles of GPUs and CPUs.

If you are looking to gain a performance boost in your cluster or grid computing, ICC’s GPU solutions may be the perfect fit. The scalability requirements involved especially in grid computing make GPU solutions an ideal IT asset.

At ICC, we integrate our top technology with NVIDIA’s® CUDA™ GPU architecture, the simplest way for you to purchase, utilize, and manage a GPU-based cluster. GPU supercomputing has never been easier than with ICC NovaServ™ solutions, providing optimal value by minimizing time spent dealing with the technology and allowing you to focus on what you do best.

Grid Computing and other GPU Supercomputing Solutions from ICC

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Upgraded RAID Calculator

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Just a quick announcement:

Our RAID Calculator page is a very popular and highly-utilized resource, receiving thousands of hits per day. Because of this, we added some more functionality into its application. One of the biggest changes you will notice is that the tool now dynamically generates appropriate solutions on the right when you fill out the calculator fields.

There will be more changes coming to this and other parts of the site in the near future. For now, enjoy the upgraded RAID Calculator

MicroCloud Solution for High-Density Deployments

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ICC MicroCloud ServerOur MicroCloud high-density server went into mass-production last month and has been a popular sought-after item. This is an advanced machine that has been designed for companies offering cloud services, but it’s worth keeping your deployment requirements in mind before purchasing.

The features of the ICC MicroCloud High-Density Server (5037MC-H8TRF) include:

  • Eight modular nodes in a 3U chassis that essentially make this 8 separate server systems in one box.
  • Single Intel Xeon E3-1200 processor per node featuring Intel’s new Sandy Bridge architecture.
  • Redundant Platinum Level (94%) highest-efficiency power supplies
  • Up to 32GB DDR3 ECC UDIMM memory, 2x 3.5″ SATA3 drives, 1x PCI-E 2.0 slot, and IPMI on each node. Continue reading →

New online products: workstations, towers and multi-CPU servers

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(Links to product page) Image of an ICC 4042G-TRF Tower ServerOver the past couple of weeks, we have been adding new configurable products to our online store. In this post, I will cover the workstations, tower servers, and Intel-based quad-CPU rack servers that are now available for sale online.

The main difference between an ICC workstation and an ICC tower server is the motherboard (the chassis are in many cases identical to one another). The workstation motherboards have built-in basic sound cards but no on-board graphics cards (the opposite is true of the tower boards). The workstation is intended for use as a personal computer in a lab or workplace environment, while the tower is for server applications.

Here are the current workstations now available for sale on the ICC store (all Intel Xeon 5600-series dual-processor):

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Cluster computing for small and medium businesses

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Image of an ICC Modular Server (IMS)We’ve updated our high-density servers webpage with a solution tailored to small and medium businesses (SMB): the ICC Modular Server (IMS). Built on similar principles to blade servers, we are selling our IMS to organizations that can benefit from an upgrade of their current (limited) server resources to an entry-level cluster solution. Let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of this product to get an idea of whether it’s right for you.

The ICC Modular Server (IMS) contains compute servers, a separate storage area network (SAN), and management modules all housed and centrally controlled within one 6U enclosure. As the name implies, all components are “modular” (so, easy to expand or replace) and hot-swappable, and cabling is absolutely minimal (just like blade servers).

There are several advantages of this type of solution over, say, having multiple 1U rack servers networked together in one’s office:

  • The IMS’s modular design makes it much easier to maintain
  • The complete IMS system has about the same low noise level as a 1U server (though it house six compute nodes)
  • The drives are separate from the compute nodes, which allows all six of the compute nodes to access the up-to 18TB of storage in the SAN Continue reading →