Storage Informer

Rackable Systems today announced the immediate availability of CloudRack C2, the first of many Rackable products to utilize Power XE – a cabinet-level power distribution technology designed to:

• Virtually eliminate the data center “stranded power” problem (a data center’s power capacity which is paid for, but ultimately unused) and provides nearly perfect phase balancing
• Significantly improve power delivery efficiency by converting incoming AC power to 99 percent efficient 12V DC power via hot-pluggable, N+1 redundant rectifiers
• Eliminate server-level power supplies and cooling fans for improved reliability

Dramatic Thermal Efficiency

CloudRack C2 is thermally optimized to allow data centers to operate at much higher temperatures, up to 40° C (104° F). Benefits include:

• Higher system temperature tolerance, which means significantly reduced power consumption by Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units, which in turn means radically reduced operating costs
• Thermally-managed airflow via hot-swappable, easily-serviceable, cabinet-level N+1 redundant fan arrays for better enclosure reliability
• Auto-adjustable fan speed based on ambient room temperature, resulting in more than 80 percent reduction of fan power compared to conventional AC enclosures

Build-to-Order Flexibility

CloudRack C2 comes in 24 inch wide cabinets, with 23U and 46U configurations, and is offered with server trays based on AMD Opteron™ processors and soon to launch next generation Intel Xeon processors (Nehalem) designed for better performance, energy efficiency and virtualization capabilities.