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SGI Modular InfiniteStorage Data Sheet
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SGI Modular
InfiniteStorage

Key Features
Flexible Configuration Choices
Scalability, with extreme storage
and processing density

Modular Storage and Compute Platform

Evolving IT requirements on a fixed budget can challenge
even the most innovative organizations. The SGI Modular
InfiniteStorage platform is an integrated server and storage
system designed to provide the most flexible, adaptable and
cost effective platform for the widest variety of customer
applications. Built around the industry’s densest packaging,
this modular system can pack up to 216TB of disk capacity
and four 1.8 to 2.9 GHz processors in a single 4U chassis.
With a wide choice of compute capability, network
connectivity, and storage options, the SGI Modular
InfiniteStorage platform delivers a powerful, high performance
yet low cost platform that can meet the requirements of
today, and is adaptable to meet changing needs over time.

Meeting the Information Growth Challenge
The SGI Modular InfiniteStorage platform is perfect for
environments that need data and compute to be tightly
coupled for a wide range of processing and performance
requirements. This dense and powerful package enables
customers to pool processing and storage requirements
for greater efficiency. The SGI Modular Storage platform
can also provide NAS and iSCSI connectivity without
the need for separate gateways or other equipment,
simplifying deployment while minimizing cost, footprint
and environmental consumption.

Breakthrough Modular Design
Leveraging industry-leading density in an innovative,
adaptable design, SGI Modular Storage platform provides
the industry’s widest range of functional scalability within
the same base platform. The SGI Modular InfiniteStorage

Simplified Deployment &
Serviceability

platform will be available initially in two base configurations:
SGI Modular InfiniteStorage Server (SGI MIS Server) in
single or dual motherboard configurations, and SGI Modular
InfiniteStorage JBOD (SGI MIS JBOD) a dense, low-cost
expansion configuration. Together the SGI Modular
InfiniteStorage system enables finely tuned solutions
for wide-ranging, functional scalability in diverse data
environments. This enables IT organizations to confidently
make purchase decisions today, knowing that the
platform can readily adapt and scale to changing
business needs tomorrow.

Extreme Density
As a storage server, SGI MIS Server delivers the industry’s
highest density by packaging dual server compute engines
with 72 3.5” or 144 2.5” drives within a single 4U, chassis.
Each of the two motherboards in SGI MIS Server provides
dual socket capability which will be populated with one
or two processors from the future Intel® Xeon® processor
E5 family. In addition to this processor flexibility, SGI Modular Storage utilizes a unique drive packaging architecture
that enables two 2.5” drives to be deployed within the same
displacement of a single 3.5” slot. The system can leverage even greater density by adding one or more SGI MIS
JBOD expansion chassis, each of which can be configured
with up to 81 3.5” or 162 2.5” drives for up to 243TB in
4U. When combined with SGI’s 19” Destination rack, or
other standard rack, up to 2.37PB of capacity and up to forty
discrete processors can be supplied within a single 19” rack
footprint. This density enables IT organizations to reclaim
valuable floor space and reduce power and cooling costs.