Product Overview
The Boston Quattro is a high-capacity 8-node, 4U server solution based on Supermicro's FatTwin architecture - the latest generation to their highly successful range of Twin-based solutions. The highly dense server provides up to 6x 2.5" hot-swappable SATA HDDs per ½U to offer a new, flexible computing platform that is suitable for a number of demanding applications, including Data Centres, Cloud Computing environments, Big Data and High Performance Computing.
The Boston Quattro is a high-capacity 8-node, 4U server solution based on Supermicro's FatTwin architecture - the latest generation to their highly successful range of Twin-based solutions. The highly dense server provides up to 6x 2.5" hot-swappable SATA HDDs per ½U to offer a new, flexible computing platform that is suitable for a number of demanding applications, including Data Centres, Cloud Computing environments, Big Data and High Performance Computing.
Powered by the latest dual Intel Xeon processors, code-named 'Sandy Bridge', the Boston Quattro delivers outstanding energy efficiency. The Quattro offers two 8-core Intel Xeon E5-2650 processors per node, which equates to an incredible 128 cores within the 4U enclosure.
As standard the Boston Quattro is shipped with with 32GB of RAM per node. Maximum energy efficiency and high-availability is also achieved with 4x 1620W Redundant Platinum Level / 94%+ power supplies.
Versatile configurations allow the multi-award winning range of Quattro render nodes to be optimized for many different environments including Data Centre, Cloud Computing, Hadoop Applications, High Performance Computing, Scientific Research and the Oil & Gas Arena.
Key Features
8x hot-plug nodes in a 4U form factor4x 500GB SATA HDD per node 2x Intel Xeon E5-2650 2.0GHz (Sandy Bridge) CPU's per node CPU Integrated Quad-channel DDR-3 1600Mhz memory controllers 16x processing cores per node Total of 128x cores/256x threads per 4U enclosure 32GB Reg. ECC DDR3 1600 memory per node Dual GbE LAN with optional 10GbE, QDR & DDR InfiniBand per node 80PLUS Platinum level (94%) 1620W redundant power supplies
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BIOS Features
ACPI 1.0 / 2.0
APM 1.2
PCI 2.2
Plug and Play (PnP)
SMBIOS 2.3
UEFI
USB keyboard support
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BIOS Type
128MB SPI Flash with AMI UEFI
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Chipset
Intel C602
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Colour
Black
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CPU Cores
8
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CPU Family
Intel Xeon
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CPU Manufacturer
Intel
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CPU Quantity (Installed)
16
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CPU Series
Intel Xeon E5-2600
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CPU Speed
2.0 GHz
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Drive Bays
6 x 2.5" Hot-swap SATA
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Expansion Slots
1 x (x16) PCI-E 3.0 Low-profile
1 x PCI-E 3.0 (x8) Micro Low Profile
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Form Factor
4U
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HDD's (Installed)
32 x Seagate Constellation 7200 500GB 2.5" SATA
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Input/Output
1 x RJ45 Dedicated IPMI LAN port
1 x VGA port
1x Fast UART 16550 port
2 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports
2 x SATA 2.0 ports (3Gbps)
2 x SATA 3.0 ports (6Gbps)
2 x USB 2.0 ports
4 x SATA 2.0 ports (3Gbps)
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LED indicators
2 x Network activity LEDs
Hard drive activity LED
Power fail LED
Power status LED
System Overheat LED
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Manufacturer
Boston
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Memory (Installed)
64 x Supermicro 4GB DDR3-1600 1Rx4 ECC REG RoHS
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Memory (Maximum)
512GB
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Memory Sizes
1GB
2GB
4GB
8GB
16GB
32GB
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Memory Type
1600/1333/1066/800MHz ECC DDR3 SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs
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Network Adapter
Intel i350 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet
Realtek RTL8201N PHY (dedicated IPMI)
Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output
Virtual Machine Device Queues reduce I/O overhead
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Product Range
Boston Quattro
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System Cooling
3x 4cm 14k RPM middle fans