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1U 12 bay E3.S NVMe storage server

Compact all flash node with 12 E3.S PCIe Gen5 NVMe bays, up to 368 TB raw, single or dual socket host and 2 x 400 Gb/s RDMA ports, for scale out storage.

Illustration of a 1U rackmount server
Drives
12 x E3.S NVMe PCIe Gen5, 7.68 TB to 30.72 TB each, up to 368 TB raw
CPU
1 or 2 x AMD EPYC 9005, or 2 x Intel Xeon 6
Memory
12 or 24 x DDR5 RDIMM, 256 GB to 768 GB
Networking
2 x 400 Gb/s ConnectX-7 with RDMA, 2 x 25 GbE
Software
Scale out file and object storage, NVMe over Fabrics
Power
Redundant PSUs, about 1 kW per node planning figure

Overview

The 1U E3.S node is the scale out building block for all flash storage layers that grow in small steps. Twelve E3.S drives on PCIe Gen5 provide up to 368 TB raw with full bandwidth to every bay, and two 400 Gb/s RDMA ports give the node more network throughput per rack unit than the 2U class.

It fits storage software that prefers many small nodes over a few large ones, such as scale out file systems, object stores and disaggregated NVMe over Fabrics targets. In a GPU cluster it is also the natural home for the metadata tier and for a fast scratch space, and it can be added one node at a time as the GPU count grows.

E3.S is the current enterprise flash form factor, with better cooling and higher density than U.2 in 1U. Hosts are single or dual AMD EPYC 9005 or dual Intel Xeon 6 with 256 GB to 768 GB of memory. Plan for about 1 kW per node.

Use cases

  • Scale out all flash storage
  • Metadata and scratch tiers
  • NVMe over Fabrics targets
  • Object storage for AI

Specifications

Storage
Drive bays12 x E3.S NVMe, front hot swap, PCIe Gen5 x4 per drive
CapacityUp to 368 TB raw with 30.72 TB drives
Boot2 x M.2 NVMe, mirrored
ThroughputFull PCIe Gen5 bandwidth to every bay, no oversubscription
Compute
CPUs1 or 2 x AMD EPYC 9005 series, or 2 x Intel Xeon 6
System memory12 or 24 x DDR5 RDIMM, 256 GB to 768 GB
Expansion2 x PCIe Gen5 x16 slots, OCP 3.0
Networking
Storage network2 x 400 Gb/s ConnectX-7, InfiniBand or RoCE
Frontend2 x 25 GbE onboard
ManagementDedicated 1 GbE BMC port, TPM 2.0
Physical
Form factor1U rackmount, air cooled
Power suppliesRedundant 1,200 W class PSUs, 100 to 240 V input
Planning powerAbout 1 kW per node

Figures describe the system class. Exact configuration, weights and power draw are confirmed on the quotation.

What's included

  • Rails, power cords and cable management arm
  • Burn in and acceptance test report
  • Operating system imaging and firmware baseline on request
  • 3 year warranty, options to 5 years with advance replacement
  • Drive health report with every drive serial

Compliance

This product is not a data center GPU system and does not require NVIDIA end user registration. Standard export documentation applies. Read about export compliance.

Compare it with the next class up or down

The nearest classes we quote are the 2U 24 bay all NVMe storage server and the 2U JBOD or flash expansion shelf. If neither is quite right, tell us the workload and we specify the system between them.

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