Data storage products, services and applications provider Hitachi Data Systems, a subsidiary of Hitachi has introduced new Compute Blade 500 server.
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 supports native LPAR Technology and different software hypervisors within the same chassis increasing data centre efficiency.
The Compute Blade 500 is a high-density 6U rack mount blade server system with a chassis that supports up to 8 server blades with associated I/O and management hardware.
The new blade server incorporates the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and its open, flexible architecture allows the system to be configured for a mix of virtualised applications and converged platform applications.
Compute Blade 500 also features native logical partition (LPAR) technology implemented in firmware which improves optimisation of resources, and lets customers decrease overhead costs and increase manageability, reliability and performance.
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 also includes an embedded 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch designed to increase scalability and enhance virtual machine (VM) mobility, further simplifying management and reducing operational overhead of virtualised blade server environments.
The server system also includes a family of rack-optimised servers, Hitachi Compute Rack, that are the foundation for packaged applications such Hitachi Content Platform (HCP).
Hitachi Data Systems Infrastructure Platforms Product Management vice president Roberto Basilio said Compute Blade 500 will help customers reduce integration efforts and accelerate time to production for critical applications.
"We are already working with major software vendors to develop converged data center solutions with Hitachi Compute Blade 500 that will deliver added value, optimized performance and predictable scalability,"Basilio said.
