OREANDA-NEWS. NEC Corporation announced the global launch of a new solution platform based on micro modular servers - a world-class, compact, energy-efficient hardware - as a part of the "NEC Solution Platforms" portfolio. NEC's new solution platform is designed to support the demand for open solution platforms while satisfying business requirements for cloud services and big data analytics. This product enables users to reduce energy and operational costs as well as floor space requirements, while supporting higher value-added services.

"Intel is excited about NEC's new micro modular server-based solution platform focused on scaling out cloud workloads," said Shannon Poulin, Intel Data Center Group, Vice President and General Manager of the Datacenter Marketing Group. "The Intel Atom C2000 processor and Intel's high port count, low latency FM5224 Ethernet Switch have enabled NEC to deliver one of the world's densest servers optimized for innovative applications for hyper-scale datacenters and hosted by NEC cloud services."

Primary features of the new solution platform include:
1. Optimization for data centers
Solutions can be easily developed and deployed using NEC's new micro modular servers. The introduction of Atom C2000 simultaneously enables organizations to achieve energy savings and performance efficiency through server density to support scale out workloads. This design was first created and implemented at NEC's flagship data center in Kanagawa, Japan, where 'NEC Cloud IaaS' service is offered and has proved to be an ideal platform for companies that offer cloud services.

A total of 46 severs can be mounted in a 2U chassis, with 184 cores/U in this platform. The full rack is able to deliver an optimized platform with 700 servers/16 chassis into a 42U. This innovative design will deliver a 25% reduction in space requirements with 25% savings in energy costs. Additionally, the new platform also employs an optional cooling device that removes the heat generated from servers without using any power supply. This added option reduces power consumption by at least 30% when compared to conventional water-cooling methods*.

2. Unique technologies for integrated hardware management
The Chassis Management Module (CMM) manages hardware resources and streamlines the operation of a massive number of servers. The Rack Management System (RMS) also supports integrated rack management, including operational monitoring, alerting, remote management, firmware updates and power monitoring / capping which supports efficient server operation. CMM and RMS simplify data center management processes while reducing the total cost of operations.

3. Various solution options for different business requirements
Three solutions are being developed and released within a year (see chart below). The first one, Cloud Platform for Dedicated Hosting, reduces hosting providers' costs significantly through energy-efficient, yet highly dense platform characteristics. The second solution, Cloud Platform for IaaS, is a solution that is deployed with OpenStack technology, which offers great competitive edge for the cloud services. Finally, the Data Platform solution with Hadoop, functions as a big data analytics platform with the advantage of scalable servers.