MARLBORO, Mass. —November 14, 2006—Egenera Inc., a leader in datacenter virtualization architecture, today announced it will expand its line of Egenera® Processing BladeTM modules with two new two-socket offerings incorporating the new Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5350, formerly codenamed "Clovertown" by Intel.
The newest Egenera pBladeTM modules will deliver the highest performance Intel architecture for two-socket Quad-Core processors, utilizing a 1333MHz front side bus and 667MHz fully buffered memory. The Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5350 will deliver eight cores of processing power at the traditional price of 2- and 4-core Intel pBlades. Customers who have traditionally depended on 4 x Dual-Core processors may be able to get similar application performance from this new two-socket pBlade. The Egenera pBlade modules also support Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), which provides silicon-level support for CPU virtualization.
In a related announcement, Egenera today unveiled vBladeTM software that eliminates the need for multiple management products for physical servers and virtual machines by providing a single environment for configuring, allocating, repurposing and managing both types of resources. With Egenera vBlade software, multiple operating systems and applications can be guests on a single pBlade, enabling higher utilization and efficiency without adding management complexity. Managing the virtual environment, including configuring, allocating, repurposing and managing is done through Egenera's PAN Manager software—the same way customers have always managed their physical resources. (See related release, "Egenera Extends Virtualization Leadership with vBlade Software").
The new Egenera pBlades will be populated with two Intel EM64T Xeon processors at the speed of 2.66GHz with either 16 or 32GB of memory. Beta units will be available for Egenera customers at the end of this month. The new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor-based Egenera pBlade modules will enter general availability in Q1 2007. Operating systems certified to run on these 1U pBlades include Microsoft® Windows® 2003, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 3 and 4, SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9, and Sun® SolarisTM 10.
"Intel's new Quad-Core Xeon Processor 5350-based pBlades are ideal for supporting large, mission-critical applications and Egenera vBlade software. With Quad-Core performance and extended memory capabilities, customers will be able to get impressive application performance," said Susan Davis, Egenera vice president. "With today's focus on squeezing every ounce of value from each watt of power, the combination of Quad-Core performance and virtual environments allows customers to fine tune their deployments and gain superior performance per Watt."
"The combination of Egenera vBlade software with Intel Quad-Core processors featuring Intel Virtualization Technology is expected to provide enterprise customers with more efficient virtualization capabilities, improved cost savings, better energy efficiency and new levels of performance in the datacenter," said Kirk Skaugen, vice president, Digital Enterprise Group, Intel. "Our collaboration with Egenera enables customers to test, build and optimize their solutions around quad-core computing and Intel Virtualization Technology."
Availability
Egenera Processing Blades based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5350 will be commercially available in Q1 of 2007.
About Egenera Inc.
Egenera is a global leader in delivering enterprise computing solutions that simplify datacenter operations and infrastructure. The Egenera BladeFrame system simplifies the datacenter with an innovative server architecture specifically designed to reduce complexity and enable IT to respond rapidly to business requirements. Market-leading enterprises around the world trust the Egenera BladeFrame system to run their most important business applications and achieve higher resource utilization, faster application time to market and lower total cost of ownership. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices worldwide. For more information visit www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email to info@egenera.com.
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