Enabling Higher Education Posted by lamindaa on 3:08 PM

Universities around the world are experiencing dramatic increases in “always on“ research capability and the need to offer cutting-edge applications . This places considerable strain on many of the older incumbent data center infrastructures. The need for more robust, powerful and efficient systems has left a number of institutions in a bind. Most universities have not planned for such changes and this disruption has strained budgets to have the resources to effectively remain competitive with other institutions around the world.
In a typical data center, density is restricted by both the cooling capabilities and the platform infrastructure. Space will always be an issue when it comes to data processing and storage. Verari Systems has taken steps to combat this with the BladeRack® 2 X- Series featuring our patented Vertical Cooling Technology™ which lowers TCO and space requirements while increasing performance. By utilizing Verari’s solutions universities can build an extremely efficient data centers with unrivaled density and maximum performance. In fact, the BladeRack 2 XM is the industry’s densest compute solution, supporting up to 96 blades housing 768 processing cores. That’s 768 cutting-edge processing cores running complex research equations or mapping DNA – anything top researchers need the muscle to crack – in just two standard data center floor tiles.
As I mentioned before some universities just don’t have the resources to improve their data centers. Or to be clearer, some universities do not have the immediate, discretionary income available to fund a new data center. Verari Systems counters this by providing a wide range of leasing and financing options designed to help organizations who find themselves in such a bind. We will even accept old, inefficient systems as a trade in towards new data center hardware that will save these schools money while attracting top researchers and grants. Our leasing solutions minimize the financial and technological risks that accompany a direct purchase. We also offer a technology refresh program that protects the universities’ investment and lets them upgrade the equipment when the time comes to do so in an easy, planned manner.