Today, the Softcat team are out in force at the HP Gold Partner event in Gaydon. There’s an Intel stand here, and I had to share what they were showing off:
So what is it? It’s the processor graphic for the latest Intel server processor – E7xxx – which comes out next week. 10 cores, and it will go in the four-socket boxes (DL580 and 980 in HP parlance). This means that it delivers 40 cores in a box- plus hyperthreading. So 80 threads in a single box.
Not only that, but it will support 2 Tb of memory – importantly with no speed drop. There’s also be built-in encryption with next to no overhead.
Think about it- VDI, OLTP, gaming, heavy virtualisation, finance where the database needs encrypting… Impressive stuff.
New lab box anyone?
Sam Routledge's Blog 
March 30, 2011 at 2:21 pm |
Only a true geek could appreciate such a thing 🙂
Awesome stuff, specially on really heavy virtualisation!!
Wonder how much one of these bad boys are on a DL580!
March 30, 2011 at 3:41 pm |
I don’t know how much it will be; I would imagine we will know more after the official launch on Monday. Not cheap I would have thought, but you are right – for pervasive, heavy-duty virtualisation loads it could be fantastic!