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Altus AMD Servers
Our latest Altus servers come with the new AMD Opteron
6100 "Magny Cours" Series processors.
As the codename implies they indeed have many cores - 8 or 12 per CPU socket to be exact. With
a quad socket platform like the Altus 1804 this means a total of 48 cores in 1 rack unit -
it's like a cluster in a box.
More cores means more web pages served or more simulations computed.
With new processors also comes upgraded I/O capabilities. These new Altus servers Altus systems
feature PCI Express generation 2.0 expansion slots which match up well with 40Gbps InfiniBand
fabric.
Like all Penguin servers the new Altus servers come tested and preconfigured for Linux
compatibility.
| Altus 1701 | Altus 1702 | Altus 1804 | Altus 1808 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processor | 1 or 2 AMD Opteron | 1 or 2 AMD Opteron per node | 2 or 4 AMD Opteron | 1 AMD Opteron |
| Cores | Quad/Six-core | Quad/Six-core | Eight/Twelve-core | Eight/Twelve-core |
| Memory Capacity |
16 DIMMs Up to 128GB | 16 DIMMs Up to 128GB per node | 32 DIMMs Up to 256GB | 8 DIMMs Up to 64GB |
| Storage System |
Up to 4 hot swap SATA or SAS drives | Up to 2 hot swap SATA or SAS drivesper node | Up to 3 hot swap SATA or SSD drives | Up to 8 hot swap SATA or SSD 2.5" drives |
| Form Factor | Rackmount 1U | Rackmount 1U Twin | Rackmount 1U | Rackmount 1U |
| Configure | Configure | Configure | Configure |
| Altus 2800 | Altus 2804 | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | 1 or 2 AMD Opteron | 2 or 4 AMD Opteron |
| Cores | Eight/Twelve-core | Eight/Twelve-core |
| Memory Capacity |
16 DIMMs Up to 128GB | 32 DIMMs Up to 256GB |
| Storage System |
Up to 8 hot swap SATA, SAS, or SSD drives | Up to 6 hot swap SATA or SAS drives |
| Form Factor | Rackmount 2U | Rackmount 2U |
| Configure | Configure |