Introducing the Xworks X1Ri-2in1
The X1Ri-2in1 U dual render rack is a highly scaleable ultra performance platform incorporating the latest Intel® Xeon® 5500 series (quad core) 'Nehalem' processors with 8MB cache and includes TWO independent dual Intel® Xeon mainboards in a single 1U platform. That's support for up to FOUR Intel® Xeon® 5500 quad core processors! It's provides massive processing power for rendering and analysis applications and is cost effective relative to two separate 1U racks!
In addition the X1Ri-2in1 features triple channel DDR-3 ECC registered memory, Intel® embedded RAID, up to four hot plug SATA2 or SAS hard drives and each mainboard supports dual Intel® Gigabit LAN (Intel® PRO/1000). That's a total four Gigabit ports! There's also an option for Mellanox Infiniband if required.
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Dual (Quad-Core) Intel® "Nehalem" Xeon® processor(s)
• The new Intel® "Nehalem" architecture delivers significant performance improvements over previous technology. The memory controller is now integrated into the processor itself (rather than the chipset). It now also supports TRIPLE channel DDR-3 (12x DIMMs) ECC memory rather than the previous dual channel ECC DDR2 architecture.
Another performance boost comes from introduction of Intel® Quick Path Interconnect (QPI). This provides system bus speeds up to 6.4G transfers/s and a max bandwidth of up to 25.6GB/s! It replaces the previous Front Side Bus technology and gives significantly higher bandwidths. performance and upgradeabilty.
Each mainboard supports up to twelve "triple channel" fully buffered 1066/1333MHz DIMMs
•24 DIMM slots (note that 8GB DIMMs are not yet validated for this system. Max memory is currently 96GB)
Integrated server management
• Helps lower costs by improving baseline manageability.
Up to four SATA2 3Gb/s ports
• Supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10.
Integrated hot-swap SATA2/SAS backplane
• Incorporates four hot plug drives.
Each mainboard supports dual Gb Ethernet - 4 in total!
• Increases network performance, with lower processor overhead with Intel® Advanced I/O Technology.
Quick Path Interconnect
• QPI replaces the old 'Front Side Bus' - each CPU now has its own memory controller for increased system/memory bandwidth and performance.
PCI Express* I/O
• Serial I/O technology provides a direct connection between the MCH chipset and PCI Express* component/adapters with bandwidth up to 4 GB/second on each PCI Express x8 interface.
• PCI Express offers higher bandwidth, lower latency and fewer I/O bottlenecks than PCI-X.
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