Chassis for High Performance Computing

The following table outlines features and basic specifications of rackmount chassis optimized for HPC cluster applications.

SFN12x00

SFN12x02

SFN12x04

SFN14603

SFN22x06

SFN24602

Illustration

SharqFin 12x00 Small

SharqFin 12x02 Small

SharqFin 12x04 Small

SharqFin 14603small

SharqFin 22606 small

SharqFin 24602 small

Processor support (cores)

2(4)

Xeon

Opteron  

2(4)

Xeon

Opteron

2(4)

Xeon

Opteron

4(8)

Opteron  

2(4)

Xeon

Opteron

4(8)

Opteron

Form Factor

1U rackmount

1U rackmount

1U rackmount

1U rackmount

2U rackmount

2U rackmount

Deployment

Compute node

Compute & I/O node

Storage centric compute & I/O node

Storage centric scalable compute node

Storage centric compute & head node

Scalable compute & I/O node

Disks

2 x SCSI or SATA-II internal

2 x SCSI or SATA-II cold-swap

4 x SCSI or SATA-II  cold-swap

3 x SATA-II cold-swap

6 x SCSI or SATA-II cold-swap

2 x SATA-II internal

Dimensions

Power

500W PFC

500W PFC

500W PFC

1000W PFC

550W redundant PFC

850W PFC

Cooling

xTremeCool blower kit (4x counter-rotating fans)

xTremeCool blower kit (4x counter-rotating fans)

xTremeCool blower kit (4x counter-rotating fans)

6x counter-rotating fans

3x 80mm hot-swap chassis fans, 1 x 60mm hot-swap chassis fan

80mm x 38mm DC (x4)
Opteron cooling fans (x4)

Expansion

1 x PCI-X 133 or Hypertransport

1 x PCI-X 133 or Hypertransport

1 x PCI-X 133 or Hypertransport

1 x PCI-e or Hypertransport

3 x PCI-X 133 full-height

6 x PCI-X 133 low-profile