New Lenovo ThinkSystem Computing Solutions: What You Need To Know

Nov 20, 2020
Broadband
By Staff writer

Lenovo is back at it again with their high-quality computing solutions! They’ve just released ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 and ThinkSystem SR670 V2 solutions, further improving their already-great AI decision making. These aim to further utilise in-deep analytics for different kinds of businesses.

With all these AI-infused techs into the computing systems, what does this actually mean for your business? Here are some key things you need to know.

What’s new with Lenovo ThinkSystems?

Both new Lenovo ThinkSystems are equipped with state-of-the-art Neptune water cooling technology. This enables the systems to perform the same power and density, but consumes less than 40% energy. Aside from this, they’re also running with NVIDIA GPU, improving the air cooling and reducing the noise levels.

For their individual specs, Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 Server is the world’s first Direct-to-Node (DTN) liquid-cooled server for NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs. Its 1U system has four board-mounted NVIDIA A100 GPUs, which enables a performance of 3PFLOPS in a single track.

On the other hand, Lenovo ThinkSystem SR670-N V2 Server is a modular GPU-rich system with support for up to eight NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs or NVIDIA T4 GPUs. All this tech is within a single 3U frame, delivering up to 160 TFLOPS of compute performance.

What are their specs?

Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the specifications of ThinkSystem SD650-N V2, and ThinkSystem SR670-N V2. These are only some of the useful specs that you need to know. For full specifications and key features, it’s best to visit Lenovo Press.

Specifications ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 ThinkSystem SR670-N V2
Form Factor 6U rack-mount with 6 nodes 3U Rack-mount with three modules
Processors 2x 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors per node 2x 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors per node
Memory Up to 1.0TB using 16x 64GB 3200MHz TruDDR4 RDIMMs per node Up to 2.0TB using 32x 64GB 3200MHz TruDDR4 3DS RDIMMs per node
Storage 2x 2.5-inch slim SATA / NVMe U.2 SSD and 2x M.2 SATA SSD 8x 2.5” Hot Swap SAS/SATA/NVMe, or 4x 3.5” Hot Swap SAS/SATA/NVMe (selected configurations)
Power 6/9 N+1 redundant hot-swap PSUs (up to 2400W Platinum) Four N+N redundant hot-swap PSUs (up to 2400W Platinum)
Cooling Direct Water Cooling with up to 50°C inlet water temperature Full ASHRAE A2 support with internal fans and Lenovo Neptune™ hybrid cooling on HGX A100
Management Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) and Lenovo Intelligent Computing Orchestration (LiCO) Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) and Lenovo Intelligent Computing Orchestration (LiCO)
OS Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows Server, VMware ESXi

Source: Lenovo

Great tech, but so what?

All this great tech, but what’s this mean to you? Will your business process be any different if you have this tech? Will day-to-day operations change if you have this tech in your hands? The answer is yes, but also no. Here’s why.

These technologies are designed for industrial use like retail, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, among others. Due to their analytics and AI technology, they can help streamline the process of manufacturing. They can also utilise machine learning and deep learning to enable better innovations. Without a doubt, the new Lenovo ThinkSystems will be a great addition for these types of businesses.

On the other hand, the new Lenovo ThinkSystems may not be ideal for professional and other services. As professional services need more attention to detail and human quality work, an AI tech may not be the best option. While it may still be helpful, it’s not as essential compared to manufacturing and other industrial services.

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