RLX Technologies Announces Intel-Powered ServerBlade 800i
Third-Generation Architecture Delivers Ultra-High Performance for Internet Services and Scale-Out Computing Clusters
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Tuesday February 19, 2:14 pm Eastern Time
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SOURCE: RLX Technologies
RLX Technologies Announces Intel-Powered ServerBlade 800i
Third-Generation Architecture Delivers Ultra-High Performance for Internet Services and Scale-Out Computing Clusters
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002--RLX Technologies(TM) Inc., the industry leader in blade performance for Web serving and scale-out computing, announced today its RLX ServerBlade(TM) 800i. Distancing itself from the competition, the ServerBlade 800i features a radically new, ultra-high-performance architecture built around a low-voltage 800 MHz Intel® Mobile Pentium® III with up to 1 GB of DDR RAM. RLX(TM) continues to be the density leader with 24 ServerBlades into a 3U chassis.
The ServerBlade 800i maintains RLX's position as the recognized leader in blade-server computing. Comparison with the leading competitor shows the RLX ServerBlade 800i wins hands-down: 800% greater performance per rack, 600% greater density per rack, 35% greater performance per blade, 70% greater system price/performance, 20% higher density and 24% lower acquisition cost.
RLX also announced the RLX Control Tower(TM) Blade 2 server management and software provisioning system. Administrators can now remotely monitor, control and provision hundreds of ServerBlades in multiple chassis or racks, each running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Red Hat Linux. The ServerBlade 800i is being officially unveiled at the Spring 2002 Intel Developer Forum (IDF), where RLX offers a free seminar, ``ServerBlades in Scale-Out Computing Architectures,'' that will provide education on scale-out computing applications.
Delivering What the Competition Can't
``RLX pioneered the high-density, scale-out ServerBlade and with these announcements, RLX again expands its leadership in this space,'' says Pat Collins, president and chief operating officer for RLX.
``Systems based on low-voltage Intel Pentium III processors offer the industry's top server blade performance at very low power levels for high-node-density systems,'' said Richard Dracott, director of Intel Enterprise Platforms Marketing. ``I.T. managers need an open design that supports standard applications and interoperability with current systems, and RLX's new Intel-based systems deliver that flexibility.''
Ultra-High Performance Architecture
``Our goal was creating a ServerBlade with the highest performance possible without diminishing the recognized RLX position as leader in server density,'' explains Bob Van Steenberg, chief technology officer at RLX. ``That's why the ServerBlade 800i combines superior performance, low power consumption and impressive density.'' An RLX System 300ex chassis holds 24 ServerBlade 800i units in a single 3U chassis. This density achievement packs 336 independent servers into a single 42U rack, delivering 268,800 MHz, over 27 terabytes of disk storage, and a whopping 366 gigabytes of DDR memory.
Delivering Fast and Affordable Computing
Clustering applications is a growing area for the ServerBlade 800i. ``The Intel-based RLX ServerBlade 800i provides an outstanding platform for our scale-out computing clusters,'' says Dr. Wu Feng, team leader of RADIANT (www.lanl.gov/radiant) at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. ``We built an RLX cluster and got our code running in less than three hours, compared with the several days required by previous cluster efforts. RLX saves us eight times the floor space, and the ServerBlade 800i should dramatically improve our floating-point performance.'' Similar RLX systems are already delivering impressive results in the bioinformatic and pharmaceutical sectors, such as BLAST, created by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and is a popular technique for locating specific patterns in huge DNA and protein databases.
Pricing and Availability
ServerBlade 800i pricing begins at $1,449, including 256 MB of DDR RAM and one 20 GB hard disk drive. Configurations with up to 1 GB of DDR RAM and up to two 20 GB or 40 GB hard disk drives are available. The RLX System 100ex chassis holding up to six blades in 1U is $1,999. An RLX 300ex chassis holding up to 24 blades in a 3U rack is $3,299. Every RLX server system is built to order.
About RLX Technologies Inc.
Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, privately held RLX Technologies is the leading supplier of ultra-dense, blade-based server products. RLX ServerBlades, chassis and management solutions continue to address the financial, performance and machine-room challenges faced by Web-hosting and scale-out compute companies. More information about the company and its products is available at www.rlxtechnologies.com.
RLX Technologies, RLX ServerBlade, RLX Control Tower are trademarks of RLX Technologies Inc. Intel and Pentium III are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft and Microsoft Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Contact:
RLX Technologies, The Woodlands
Terri Beck, 281/863-2202
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