OREANDA-NEWS. September 15, 2014. Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced its next-generation enterprise-class server portfolio.

The first wave of products consists of three cleverly engineered servers — two rack systems and one tower — designed to provide the ultimate in flexibility and reliability for traditional and software-defined data center environments.
 
ThinkServer RD550 and RD650: Cleverly Designed Rack Servers Pack More Punch in Less Space

Innovative engineering and design leadership are the foundation of the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 rack systems. By creating space-optimized drive trays, chassis and system boards, the RD550 and RD650 provide clients with industry-leading storage density and more I/O connectivity within standard 1U and 2U form factors. The RD550 can accommodate up to 12 drive bays and up to 26.4TB of internal storage, providing the performance and capacity of a 2U system in a 1U form factor — perfect for line-of-business applications and compute-intensive workloads.

The 2U RD650 houses up to 26 drive bays and up to 74.4TB1 of internal capacity, making it perfect for storage-hungry applications, such as databases, data analytics clusters and video streaming. For ultimate flexibility and scalability, both rack servers are available with hybrid chassis configurations that allow a combination of 2.5- and 3.5-inch drives, ideal for creating a tiered storage environment. Two enterprise-class M.2 solid-state drives (SSDs) are available as an option for secure booting, as well as SD card options for hypervisor booting.
 
IT managers will appreciate Lenovo’s commitment to client flexibility through its new AnyFabric, AnyBay and AnyRAID technologies. Leveraging Lenovo’s AnyFabric design, the RD550 supports many combinations of I/O technologies, including up to four 10GB Ethernet ports and four Fibre Channel ports — leaving three PCIe slots available for other uses. The RD550 can support an incredible amount of network bandwidth in a single 1U server. Lenovo’s AnyBay design, an industry first, allows for multiple storage types in the same drive bay ranging from SAS and SATA HDDs to front-accessible PCIe SSDs. ThinkServer AnyRAID adapters are also available to provide advanced data protection and performance-enhancing features without taking up PCIe slots.
 
The RD550 and RD650 are equipped with next-generation Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 series processors with up to 18 cores each. Both servers can be configured to support up to 768GB of DDR4 memory, which provides a bandwidth increase of up to 50 percent as well as a 50 percent increase in power efficiency over previous-generation DDR3 memory. Standard, built-in reliability features include ECC memory, hot-swappable HDD and SSD capability, as well as redundant power and cooling.