From Inventec EBG in Taiwan, Entei 24-bay 2U Storage Server With Dual 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable Processors

To match the need for storage space, Inventec announced tEntei – a 2U 24-bay storage server system to support dual 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable processors.

The solution comes with dual-socket 24 LFF HDD Bay in 2U form factor and will allow the scaling of the IoT and cloud industries.

Entei: 2U 24-bay storage server
According to market research by US-based Grand View Research, the size of the global next-gen storage market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.5% from 2019 to 2025. The growth is driven by increasing global penetration of the IoT in various businesses sectors and industries, where there is a need to store multiple forms of data. The research also indicates that market players are currently focusing on the development of scalable, practical and flexible cloud platforms to fulfil the needs of those various businesses and industries in changing digital era.

Entei: 2U hybrid storage array
Entei is powered by dual 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable processors with 12 DIMM capacity (up to 768GB with 64GB DIMMs) in the whole system, laying a new foundation of scalability. It also supports Intel Optane persistent memory which capacity is up to 1TB.

This enables optimized workload for synergy across computing, network and storage, and provides a virtualized workload throughput and number of VM density, a boost in performance, security, agility and efficiency, while catering to a range of key workloads.

Dense in 2U form factor
Entei supports 24x 3.5″ and 4x 2.5″ form factor hot-swappable drives with serviceability, providing balanced computing power and storage capacity, I/O expansibility, and hardware redundancy. Together with multiple storage options for flexibility and scalability including NVMe support in the rear for a caching layer, Entei also includes 2x M.2 via interposer connection and a variety of storage mezzanine cards.

“Entei is an ideal hybrid system for warm storage and is applicable to further storage applications. By optimizing the ratio of SSDs and HDDs, it can highly accelerate IO/s and throughput performance while offering excellent storage capacity. Also, Entei’s drawer design for easier drive maintenance is a particular design feature which provides convenience to its users,” said George Lin, GM, business unit VI.

Density and scalability
Entei adopts the Intel C621 chipset, supports dual Xeon Scalable processors, and has up to 768GB of DDR4 memory. Hosting three PCIe x16 lanes, enabling expansion of up to 4 PCIe cards (2×8, 2×16) with riser boards.

Flexible network configuration
Lastly, Entei offers an OCP NIC mezzanine option, ranging from 10 to 40GbE (optical or Base-T, compatible with OCP 2.0). This allows fast performance and I/O flexibility, catering to suitable demands of different application procedures.

About Inventec Data Center Solutions (Inventec EBG)
It was established in 1998 and has been focusing on the design and manufacturing of server systems in Inventec Corporation. Over decades, the firm has been a server system supplier of the global branding clients.