Server uses X-Gene 64-bit ARM SoC and is currently undergoing testing with customers.
Dell announced Wednesday it had deployed its first proof-of-concept ARM based server for customer testing in Singapore and Texas.
ARM-based servers are set to become all the rage in 2014, with a number of industry players looking to disrupt the x86 server market. While AMD’s ARM-based servers based on its Opteron A1100 look promising, they aren’t expected until later this year. Dell looks to be the first major player to get an ARM-based server out to market.
“As the ARM server ecosystem is still developing, our focus has been on enabling developers and customers to create code and test performance with 64-bit ARM microservers in order to foster broad-based adoption,” wrote Stephen Rousset, Dell’s Director of Cloud Computing Solutions, in a blog post.
Dell’s post didn’t delve into many technical details, but did outline the company’s efforts over the years to bring ARM to the server world. As the small city-state of Singapore is home to data centers from the likes of Amazon and Google, the choice of deploying the proof-of-concept to the country is not coincidental. A data center with low space and cooling requirements — in a country where space is at a premium — could present a strong competitive advantage for a company operating a server farm there.
Dell is silent on the issue of whether it would consider working with AMD on developing ARM-based servers. If AMD follows its model with x86, it should be agnostic as to who it partners with. But in the case of ARM, AMD has a vested interest in SeaMicro which might make it picky as to who it partners with.
Source: Dell
“As the ARM server ecosystem is still developing, our focus has been on enabling developers and customers to create code and test performance with 64-bit ARM microservers in order to foster broad-based adoption,” wrote Stephen Rousset, Dell’s Director of Cloud Computing Solutions, in a blog post.
Dell’s post didn’t delve into many technical details, but did outline the company’s efforts over the years to bring ARM to the server world. As the small city-state of Singapore is home to data centers from the likes of Amazon and Google, the choice of deploying the proof-of-concept to the country is not coincidental. A data center with low space and cooling requirements — in a country where space is at a premium — could present a strong competitive advantage for a company operating a server farm there.
Dell is silent on the issue of whether it would consider working with AMD on developing ARM-based servers. If AMD follows its model with x86, it should be agnostic as to who it partners with. But in the case of ARM, AMD has a vested interest in SeaMicro which might make it picky as to who it partners with.
Source: Dell
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