Supermicro, always on the leading edge of higher end computing levels for business and industry, has done it again: Packing so much into a 2U rackmount, the SuperServer 2026-6RFT+ can address the needs of just about any business customer. It has it all: Dual Intel® Xeon® Westmere and Nehalem-EP CPU support, up to 192GB of registered DDR3 memory, and 16 hot-swappable SAS/SATA drive bays, with the ability to attach yet more storage.

In a base server barebone that starts for under $2,000, here are the cutting-edge features that will make most any IT Administrator do a double-take:

• Integrated LSI 6Gb/s Hardware RAID Controller with SAS RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 Support
• Intel® 82599EB 10 Gigabit + 82576 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• 920W High-efficiency Platinum Level Redundant Power Supply w/94% Efficiency
• 3 Additional PCI Express 2.0 Expansion Slots
• IPMI Remote Server Management Tools with Dedicated LAN

Now we are looking at extreme functionality in a small-footprint 2U system! With the inclusion of the UIO interface and 3 PCI Express slots, there is the added benefit of being able to connect to an external JBOD.

To sum it up: Industry leader Supermicro has designed a very cost-effective server unit that offers state-of-the-art performance, power efficiency and reliability at a price level many SMB customers can afford.