AMD 2U Rack-type Server Extensions

With the rapid development of science and technology, ordinary computers are no longer the world of desktops, thin notebook gradually accepted by users; the server is the same, after years of development, not a single tower server to dominate the server market, rack-type server has become its biggest competitor. Rack-like servers give people the first impression of being small, so this server is also in line with the current hosting boom. Although another product in the server market, blade size is smaller, more suitable for the cabinet inside, but also more conducive to hosting, but the blade server integration is too dense, coupled with the heat has not been completely resolved, and blade for a large number of machines together to form a cluster for http:// Www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/6579.html "> Users, therefore, blade server so far, compared to rack-style has not accounted for the absolute advantage.





Rack Server According to the chassis height classification of servers such as 1u,2u,3u, u in front of the larger number, the larger the volume, the advantages of large volume is the increase in the internal space, heat dissipation capacity enhancement, and the number of hard disk installed more. 1U rack-mounted server can generally install 3 hard drives, and 2U rack-type server can provide 6 hard disk slots, of course 3U above the server to provide more hard disk slots. However, more than 3U rack-type server configuration is generally relatively high, so the 3U server is a high-performance server, the corresponding price is very high.





AMD provides the server with a wide range of users of the processor, mainly AMD's processor performance, the price is cheaper than the Intel processor. AMD processors are good at integrating memory controllers inside the processor, which can greatly improve processing power.





from the above, 2U rack servers with AMD processors, both in terms of performance and price, have a good performance, and the use of AMD processor 2U rack-type server internal space is relatively large, suitable for the expansion of the hard disk, but also improve the cooling capacity for the stable operation of the server provides a reliable guarantee.





through the above understanding, I believe that we have a certain understanding of 2U rack Server, and the use of AMD processor 2U rack-type server also has a certain understanding, in order to facilitate everyone to buy this type of server, our IT World Server channel for you to recommend a few products for reference.





Five boat SA4200

Five Boat is a company specializing in server development, production and marketing of the manufacturer, it produced a SA4200 is a dual-path 2U rack-type server using AMD processors. The server, which uses a 64-bit AMD Opteron 241 processor as its core, integrates the 1MB two cache, integrates the memory controller and the "Hyper-data transfer" feature, providing a high-performance processing core for the user. The five-boat SA4200 internally paired with 1GB ECC DDR memory, which can be scaled up to 12GB. The standard 120GB 7200-turn IDE hard drive is the wrong place for this server, although RAID 0,1,5,10 can be supported by using IDE RAID, but the IDE's hard drive is a big mistake in the server itself. If the user is financially capable, replace the hard drive with a SCSI or SATA hard drive with a small SCSI RAID card or SATA RAID card. The server's motherboard provides 3 64-bit 100MHZ PCI slots and 2 32-bit 33MHz PCI slots, and it should be noted that the PCI slots provided on this server board are 100MHz, not the mainstream 133MHz now, if we add additional RAID cards to the front, and choose a PCI slot RAID card, you cannot select a 133MHz PCI RAID card. This server integrates dual Gigabit Ethernet ports to ensure smooth network connectivity. Five boat SA4200 internal also integrated with 8MB video memory of the ATI Rage XL SVGA Display control chip, provides 52 times times the IDE optical drive, 1.44-inch floppy disk drive, 400W server dedicated power.

The server is performing well in management, it through the precision temperature control unit, intelligent IC and high sensitive sensors can detect CPU temperature, fan speed and voltage, etc., to achieve the administrator of the server management, and the server also provides a self-diagnosis function, can achieve remote management.

Review: In terms of performance, this server is not sufficient for its hard disk performance, after all, the IDE hard disk in the server application is very small, and IDE hard disk read and write ability is poor, in the runtime CPU resources, not suitable for server use. The server provides fewer slots, especially the PCI slots provided do not support the current mainstream of 64-bit 133MHz. This server memory can be extended to 12GB, reaching the current 2U rack-type server memory expansion of the mainstream. The only thing worth mentioning is that this server processor, the standard configuration is relatively satisfactory, and the price is relatively low. From the existing configuration of this server, it is only suitable for use as a file server, mail server and so on, for some need high-performance processing business, this server is not suitable.