Supermicro MicroBlade™: Redefining Data Center Efficiency With AMD EPYC™ 4005

Data centers today face enormous challenges with cost, scalability and efficiency. But new innovations are helping operators reimagine what’s possible. Supermicro is at the forefront of this endeavor.

CRNtv’s Jon Alba spoke with Raphael Wong, director, Blade Storage & Networking Products at Supermicro, to explore the integration of the Supermicro MicroBlade™ solution with AMD EPYC™ 4005 processors and learn how its helping customers maximize performance while reducing cost, power and space.

Jon Alba: What challenges are data centers currently facing, in general?

Raphael Wong: Data centers are currently facing a lot of challenges. For example, some of the challenges include power cooling, scalability, security and sustainability.

Jon: So, the AMD EPYC™ 4005 series processors are very much at the heart of the solution for this. Can you walk us through some of their advantages and why they're a great fit for this type of deployment?

Raphael: With up to 16 cores and 32 threads, and only 65 watts, the AMD EPYC™ 4005 series processor is amazing. It offers a great balance of performance and energy efficiency. The AMD Infinity Guard™ protects data with features like memory, encryption and secure boot. Supermicro MicroBlade™ with AMD EPYC™ 4005 series processor helps data centers overcome these challenges.

Jon: How does Supermicro MicroBlade™ with the AMD EPYC™ 4005 actually manage to stand out in the market?

Raphael: The 6U MicroBlade™ enclosure can hold 20 servers, two Ethernet switches, two management modules and up to eight, 96 percent efficiency titanium-level power supplies for N+N redundancy. Each MicroBlade™ server can support one AMD EPYC™ CPU with up to 16 cores, 192GB of memory in a two-slot, full-height, full-length GPU.

It is well-suited for VDI, online gaming and AI inference. It is especially good for hosting providers who want to offer the most cost-effective solutions to their customers. The unique Supermicro resource-saving architecture offers a lot of benefits to our customers. For example, up to 95 percent in cable reduction, 70 percent space savings and 30 percent energy savings over a traditional 1U server. A lot of components in the microblade server systems are reusable for future generation servers.

This unique future-proof design reduces in a lot of new ways with up to 2560 AMD EPYC™ CPU cores in 160 servers per 48U rack. MicroBlade™ is perfect for modern data center applications

Jon: How can partners best benefit from the microplate solution?

Raphael: Supermicro MicroBlade™ delivers unmatched performance, flexibility, scalability, energy efficiency and affordability for data center customers. Remember, the more you buy, the more you save.

To learn more about the Supermicro MicroBlade™ solution, you can visit the product’s website.