GPU servers support AI training, inference and super computing
GPU server platforms announced by Tyan, a subsidiary of MiTAC Computing Technology. They support the Nvidia V100S Tensor Core and Nvidia T4 graphics processing units (GPUs) for compute-intensive workloads including artificial intelligence (AI) training, inference, and super computing applications.
There is an increase in the use of AI in data centres as organisations plan to invest in AI infrastructure to solve the most computationally-intensive problems.
The Thunder HX FT83-B7119 features high density local storage within a 4U 10GPU server platform. The system is based on dual-socket 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, supporting up to 10 Nvidia V100S or 20 T4 GPUs with 12 hot-swap 3.5-inch drive bays. The system provides a spare PCIe x16 slot in addition to the 10 double-wide PCIe x16 ones, and it supports high speed networking such as 100 Gigabit EDR InfiniBand or Ethernet. The chassis features tool-less drive trays for added ease of service.
Powered by dual AMD EPYC 7002 series processors, the Transport HX TN83-B8251, Transport HX TS75-B8252 and Transport HX TS75A-B8252 servers boost performance for the modern high-performance computing applications by leveraging PCIe Gen 4.0 technology. The 2U TN83-B8251 features four Nvidia V100S or eight T4 GPUs support, for demanding, mission-critical workloads. The system supports up to 16 DIMMs, two 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface controllers (NICs), four double-width PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, two spare PCIe 4.0 x16 slots for high-speed networking card deployment.
The TS75-B8252 and TS75A-B8252 are 2U server platforms equipped with 32 DIMM slots, two 10 Gigabit Ethernet NICs and up to nine PCIe 4.0 slots. Both server platforms support up to eight T4 GPUs and are optimised for AI inference and virtualisation applications. The TS75-B8252 accommodates 12 hot-swap, tool-less 3.5 inch drive bays with four supporting NVMe U.2 drives. The TS75A-B8252 accommodates 26 hot-swap, tool-less 2.5 inch drive bays with eight supporting NVMe U.2 drives.
Tyan also released the 4U/10-GPU Thunder HX FT83-B7119. This is a 4U dual-socket Intel Xeon Scalable Processor-based platform with support for up to 10 Nvidia V100S or 20 T4 GPU accelerators, 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, one spare PCIe x16 slot, and 12 hot-swap, tool-less 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbits per second devices. Four of the bays support NVMe U.2 devices by configuration.
The 4U/8-GPU Thunder HX FT77D-B7109, 4U/5-GPU Thunder HX FT48T-B7105, 1U/4-GPU Thunder HX GA88-B5631, 2U/8-GPU Transport HX TS75-B8252, 2U/8-GPU Transport HX TS75A-B8252, 2U/4-GPU Transport HX TN83-B8251 and 1U/4-GPU Transport HX GA88-B8021 have also been announced.
