Verari Systems Defines What's Next for Web 2.0 Applications with First Blade-Based Hybrid Server and Storage System

Business Wire, Sept 24, 2007

SB5255 DataServer Combines High Performance Processing with Ultra-High Density Storage at Half the Cost of Alternative Solutions

SAN DIEGO -- Verari Systems([R]), developer of platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions, today announced the industry's first blade-based hybrid server and storage system. The SB5255 DataServer combines two Intel 5300 series dual-socket, quad-core processors with the highest storage density available in a blade server. The combination of blade-based high capacity and low-cost storage with a high performance blade server is a powerful enabler for a wide range of vertical markets where data and applications such as Web 2.0 need to be hosted on a single platform.

"What Verari is bringing to the table is an important aspect of what ESG refers to as Infrastructure 2.0," said Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "We believe that it will become increasingly important to provide both server and storage infrastructure within the same system. Think about the power of having the amount of CPU and capacity supported by Verari's DataServer in a single footprint. It is an important step in changing the way we fundamentally implement servers and storage systems in the data center."

Each Verari Systems SB5255 DataServer consists of a SB1205 server blade and two SB1056 disk blades. The SB1205 server blade delivers exceptional processing power via high performance dual-socket, quad-core processors with up to 16GB of memory while the two SB1056 disk blades hold 24 terabytes of RAID storage capacity. A single Verari Systems BladeRack[R] 2 platform can house up to 22 SB5255 DataServers, delivering over half of a petabyte of storage and 176 processor cores in just two data center floor tiles.

"This hybrid design delivers storage density that is unsurpassed in traditional blade-server offerings," said David B. Wright, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Verari Systems. "At approximately half the cost of alternative solutions, the SB5255 provides unsurpassed performance and capacity."

Verari Systems will be demonstrating its platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions at the 2007 Society of Exploration of Geophysicists (SEG) conference in San Antonio, TX September 23-28, 2007 in booth #2252. For more information, please visit http://www.seg.org/.> Contributing to Green Data Centers

With rising demand for high-performance servers and storage in numerous market sectors including ISP/ASP, entertainment and financial services, Verari works closely with its customers to help develop "Green Data Centers" that deliver more energy-efficient processing performance and storage capacity.

Designed for the Verari Systems BladeRack 2, one of the most power efficient blade-based solutions on the market today, the new SB5255 DataServer reduces networking complexity and bottlenecks while delivering up to 50% savings in energy use and providing up to 77% better floor space utilization then traditional server and storage systems. The SB5255 DataServer is a way for IT managers to contribute to business growth and the bottom line through the consolidation of server and storage infrastructures and unsurpassed energy efficiency.

Open Architecture for Open-Source

The SB5255 DataServer gives customers access to many unique capabilities such as the flexibility to run many commercial Linux distributions and Microsoft[R] Windows[R] operating systems. The open architecture of the SB5255 makes it the ideal differentiated platform for the deployment of NAS and iSCSI open-source storage solutions.

About Verari Systems

Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of powerful, flexible and scalable platform-independent blade-based compute and storage solutions that are defining a new era in enterprise and high performance utility computing for the green data center. Organizations such as Akamai, CGGVeritas, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm and Sony Imageworks, as well as top universities, financial and research institutions worldwide, are among the customers who have chosen Verari Systems' line of high density blade servers, modular storage blades, rack-optimized servers and award-winning software solutions. To learn more about Verari Systems and its unique solutions, please visit us on the web http://www.verari.com or call 888-942-3800.

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