Acer announces new Acer AT350 F2 high-performance, customisable server tower
Announcement posted by Clearwater Communications 23 Nov 2012
Giving SMBs, Education and Corporate clients the flexibility, power and reliability to grow
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - November 20, 2012 - Acer is excited to announce the AT350 F2 tower server, a high-performance computing (HPC) solution perfect for a wide range of sectors including computer-aided design, scenario simulation, manufacturing, scientific research and weather modeling.
The Acer AT350 F2 is a dual-socket, rack-mountable tower server that delivers exceptional performance, availability, expansion capability, and flexibility. This ultra-dense tower server is a power-efficient solution for medium-sized enterprises, departments and branch offices.
To demonstrate the performance of the server, Acer recently partnered with Velocite, a developer of high performance bicycles and components. At The Cycle Show in Birmingham, UK, Velocite CEO, Victor Major, presented how advances in carbon fiber and aerodynamics in high-end racing bicycles can be achieved through computer-aided design and simulation. Using the AT350 F2 server, Major demonstrated the air flow being run across Velocite's latest bike frame, Helios, in real time, permitting design improvements to be made during simulation, saving time and cost.
“Having powerful enough computing equipment to run advanced simulations takes out the guess work and error-prone human analysis to bike design. Our goal is to eventually have a bike that defies conventional design, and gives our users a competitive edge.” said Mr. Major.
Uninterrupted, solid computing
The AT350 F2 tower server delivers up to 16-core performance with support for the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family along with 24 DDR3 memory DIMM slots for high-speed, memory-intensive and multi-threaded operations. What's more, 1+1 redundant platinum-level power supplies and redundant, hot-swappable system fans secure your system uptime for increased productivity.
Superior flexibility and security
The Acer AT350 F2 can give a business the power to customise and grow as needed with 16 hot-swappable hard drives, PCIe® 3.0 expansion slots with support the latest NVIDIA® Tesla® or Quadro® GPUs and the 24 DIMM slots for registered or unbuffered ECC memory. It also features TPM v1.2-compliant (optional) data protection complemented by a built-in 8-channel SAS/SATA HDD with software RAID 0, 1, or 10 for dependable data security, while Intel® Trusted Execution Technology blocks virtual machine hacking.
Proactive management for seamless multitasking
Acer's unique software solutions act as the user-friendly link between hardware and software. Smart Setup helps to easily install all of the correct drivers and combine RAID, BMC/IPMI setup into a friendly UI. Smart Server Manager and Smart Blade Manager help the administrator to manage their systems remotely and even receive alerts in the event of component failure. Smart Console and Smart Blade Console allow the user to remotely go through the BMC of the machine to take total control of the entire machine via their client PC.
Energy-saving and cost effective
The AT350, like all Acer servers, takes advantage of the best power saving technology in the market today. Featuring the latest CPUs with optimal performance per watt, 80 PLUS Platinum power supplies with 90% average efficiency and improved chipset technology, the AT350 is a ideal choice for data centers looking to consolidate their IT infrastructure and decrease total power overhead.
The 80 PLUS performance specification requires multi-output power supplies in computers and servers to be 80% or greater energy efficient at 20%, 50% and 100% of rated load with a true power factor of 0.9 or greater. This makes an 80 PLUS certified power supply substantially more efficient than typical power supplies and creates a unique market differentiation opportunity for power supply and computer manufacturers.
Pricing and Availability
Vendor: Acer Computer Australia
Product Name: Acer AT350 F2
Recommended Retail Price: From $3699
Website: http://www.acer.com.au
Australian Distributors: BlueChip IT, Ingram Micro, Synnex, XIT Distribution
Warranty 3-5 year next business day onsite, 4 hour or 24 x 7 response
Availability: Now
About Acer
Since its founding in 1976, Acer has broken barriers between people and technology, enabling users to explore, create and grow. Acer ranks No. 2 for notebook PCs globally (Gartner data 2011). The Acer Group employs 8,000 people across the globe, and revenues for 2011 reached US$15.7 billion.
Acer's channel business model is instrumental to the company's success, while its multi-brand approach integrates Acer, Gateway, and Packard Bell brands in worldwide markets. Acer designs environmentally friendly products and, with its vendors, has established a green supply chain.
Acer is proud to be a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Movement. That includes supporting the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and London 2012 Olympic Games.
More information is at www.acer-group.com