ThinkServer RQ940 rack server new release

Recently, Lenovo Group officially released the ThinkServer RQ940 Quad rack server new products. As the flagship product of ThinkServer's fourth-generation server family, the RQ940 not only extends the ThinkServer family's reliable quality, innovative leadership and full consideration of the three genes, but also supports the government with its extraordinary computing performance, advanced RAS technology and more intelligent and flexible expansion advantages , And customers in the military, finance, energy and manufacturing industries easily meet the challenges of demanding deployment scenarios such as virtualization, in-memory databases, high-performance computing and mission-critical applications.

RQ940 server

The ThinkServer RQ940 is optimized for the most demanding data-intensive workload in the enterprise and successfully passes the most demanding SAP HANA in-memory DB. Compared to the previous generation, the RQ940 delivers up to 200% performance improvement, up to 3x faster memory performance, up to 170% more in-memory database performance, up to 10x more network bandwidth, and 120% more storage I / O performance, effectively boosting business productivity . Rely on Intel's reliable operation of RAS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) technology, RQ940 greatly extended uptime, providing support for mission-critical reliability and robust fault tolerance. RQ940 with 8 memory riser card, storage scalability increased by 50%, not only can provide huge capacity to meet customers' current application requirements, but also can be expanded as needed.

Unparalleled performance of the new platform

As the newest masterpiece of the ThinkServer family of high-end servers, the RQ940 is powered by Intel's new generation of Ivy Bridge-EX platform Xeon E7-4800 V2 series processors that can support up to 15 processing cores and is currently Intel's fastest computing processor for Enterprise-class applications provide unparalleled computing power; with 96 DIMMs of memory up to 3TB in capacity, and with the option of low-power DDR3 LV-RDIMM / LRDIMM memory, users can further optimize energy efficiency while meeting the demanding performance needs of their business.

In the meantime, the ThinkServer RQ940 is optimized for data-intensive workloads in the enterprise, supporting not only the latest DIMM flash technology but also SAP HAHA, the most demanding memory database, as a data-intensive online transaction processing (OLTP) , Data warehouse and large database ideal solution.

In terms of storage space, the ThinkServer RQ940 features a 4U four-socket design that supports traditional SATA and SAS hard drives while offering a choice of high-performance SSDs or PCIe SSDs, up to 12x2.5 "HS drive bays with up to 12TB SATA or 14.4TB SAS, a 50% increase in storage scalability further improves virtualization capabilities and reduces latency significantly, helping users dramatically improve business efficiency.

Extreme energy efficiency reduces business risk

For many large enterprises and institutional customers, data center operations are the cornerstone of an expanding core business. According to research data, disruption of key business processes due to system failure will directly result in a huge loss of USD 168,000 per minute. In order to ensure that the IT core applications of midsize and large enterprises are always safe and stable, the newly released ThinkServer RQ940 introduces Intel's latest reliable operating RAS technology to ensure that it can operate normally in large business applications even under critical workload conditions. The RQ940 also supports a range of advanced RAS features such as memory DDDC (dual device data verification and correction), hot-swap PCIe or hot-swap memory boards, and QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) failover to ensure Critical applications run stably.

In addition, for customers seeking superior data protection capabilities, the ThinkServer RQ940 offers a wide range of advanced RAID controllers with a 1GB cache, power-fail protection and superior performance, as well as tiered storage to meet customer needs The harsh demands of deploying environmental security.

The ThinkServer RQ940 supports remote management (KVM) capabilities and BMC management technology, enabling IT managers to manage and monitor servers anytime, anywhere with Web-based graphical user management interface to discover and eliminate server failures in a timely manner. Worthy of users is concerned, RQ940 is equipped with memory, hard disk, power supply, fans and I / O and other key components are fully redundant design, in the event of failure, the user may not downtime to change parts to ensure business continuity.

Flexible expansion for optimal TCO

The ancients said: not rain to plan, without the thirst and dig wells. For enterprises with rapidly expanding businesses, the scalability that a data center has will directly affect the total cost of ownership. In addition to supporting multiple types of drives, the new ThinkServer RQ940 is equipped with an expansive memory riser card that meets the needs of today's computing needs and addresses the demanding requirements of scale-out deployments resulting from increased business operations. Enterprise data centers provide innovative ways to flexibly handle diverse tasks and critical applications. The RQ940 also offers over 10X increase in network bandwidth with a variety of I / O technologies, including 1Gb / 10Gb Ethernet, 8Gb / 16Gb optical communications, converged networking, PCIe SSDs, high performance RAID and SAS HBA interface; I / O performance and more available PCIe slots enable powerful scalability that ultimately empowers organizations to successfully deploy mission-critical applications such as cloud computing, in-memory databases, and data warehousing.

In addition, the new ThinkServer RQ940 has two x16, eight x8, a total of 10 PCI-E expansion port, to provide users with more powerful I / O expansion, flexible expansion. At the same time, RQ940 is also equipped with 2 + 2 1600-watt dual protection hot-swappable redundant power supply, any two power failures will not affect the normal operation of the system, not only reduces the system heat, but also enhances the reliability and stability of the server .

ThinkServer RQ940 also inherits the "Think" quality and continues the advantages and accumulation of Lenovo over the years in server technology and research and development. It not only has built-in a series of practical combination of management tools, but also passed Energy Star Server 2.0 standard certification, in equipment management, system optimization and low energy consumption has extraordinary performance. I believe Lenovo ThinkServer RQ940 server, once listed, will be close to the minicomputer's data security, system availability and stability advantages, as the medium-sized enterprise IT business-critical applications, platform virtualization preferred server.