Supermicro is dedicated to bringing the energy saving advantages of 2.5" disk drives and high-efficiency power supply technology to customers through this new, complete line of optimized chassis solutions. Whether it is cost, performance, storage capacity, size or flexibility, Supermicro has created a series of chassis solutions that fit a wide variety of customer requirements.
These chassis solutions package between 8 and 24 hot-swappable 2.5" SAS/SATA hard disk drives in either 1U or 2U form factor chassis sizes. Each chassis also features a new advanced design high-efficiency (>85%+) power supply. The result is significant power savings from both the disk drives and the power supplies over older technologies. Join in the fight against global warming and outfit your datacenter with Supermicro 2.5" HDD chassis solutions which use less energy, cost less to operate, and help increase your company's bottom line.
- Reduces Power Consumption
At idle and in operation, the 2.5-inch form factor drive takes 45% less power than its larger 3.5-inch cousin and produces less heat. Over a very large number of drives housed in a modern data center the power savings can become substantial.
- Saves Space
Because the 2.5-inch disk drive is smaller in every dimension than the prior generation 3.5-inch drive, the resulting volume is over 72% smaller- about a quarter the size of the larger drives.
- Improves Performance
Performance increases dramatically due to the smaller platter and consequently shorter seek times. The small size of the drives enables 2.5-inch drives to deliver 130 to 150 percent greater system performance in the same footprint.
Key Benefit: Reduced IT Costs
Many IT professionals have identified storage consolidation as a core strategy to cut data center costs and optimize efficiency. Such consolidation can reduce data center floor space requirements, as well as lower both ancillary infrastructure expenditures and storage management costs, while significantly boosting storage system utilization.
Small form factor 2.5-inch disk drives are spearheading a new class of high-I/O-density storage solutions, such as the Supermicro 2.5-inch HDD chassis series, that facilitate rapid and cost-effective storage consolidation. For enterprises seeking to maintain current capacity and I/O performance levels while reducing data center footprint, the next generation 2.5-inch disk drives integrated with Supermicro’s chassis are just such a solution. They offer superior I/O performance, yet require far less data center space and power while enhancing performance, allowing IT managers to reach aggressive cost reduction targets.
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