Super Micro Computer announced new high-density servers that will support Intel's upcoming Xeon E3-1200 V3 processors.

Supermicro's uni-processor (UP) servers will have better performance and energy efficiency through improved system, cooling and power architectures and integration of Intel's latest processor microarchitecture based on 22nm 3-D Tri-Gate technology, the company said.

One of the servers, called MicroCloud, will support E3-1200 V3 family in 12-node and eight-node configurations at launch. The company expects to follow it with a 24-node.

Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro, said that through the variety of form factors, MicroCloud will provide customers flexibility to optimize compute and storage deployments for the applications they support. “With our new, higher density Haswell-based products, customers can maximize space and power utilization for greater operational savings,” he said, referring to the upcoming Xeon products by their codename.

Supermicro plans to offer the following Xeon E3-1200 V3-based:

 - 3U MicroCloud in 12-node (SYS-5038ML-H12TRF) and eight-node (SYS-5038ML-H8TRF) configurations feature independent hot-swappable nodes, each supporting future Intel Xeon® E3-1200 V3 series processor, 32GB memory, 2x 3.5" or optional 4x 2.5" HDDs and MicroLP expansion

 - 1U Mainstream UP server workhorse (5018D-MTF) with 4x 3.5" hot-swap drive bays, full-height expansion on PCI-E x16 (x8 signal), dual GbE NIC, and IPMI 2.0

 - 1U High-reliability server (5018D-MTRF) with 4x 3.5" hot-swap drive bays, full-height expansion on PCI-E x16 (x8 signal), dual GbE NIC, IPMI 2.0, and 400W redundant power with option for Battery Backup Power (BBP) module

 - 1U Network-centric server (5018D-MTLN4F) with 4x 3.5" hot-swap drive bays, full-height expansion on PCI-E x16, IPMI 2.0, and Quad GbE NIC

 - 1U Compact, short-depth server appliance (5018D-MF) less than 15" depth, supporting 2x internal 3.5" drives or optionally up to 4x 2.5" drives, full-height expansion on PCI-E x16 (x8 signal), and IPMI 2.0

 - 1U Storage-focused server (1018D-73MTF) with 8x 2.5" hot-swap bays, supporting SAS2/SATA3 from LSI S2308 controller with optional RAID 0, 1, 10, full-height expansion on PCI-E x16 (x8 signal), dual GbE NIC, and IPMI 2.0