The Open Server Summit starts Nov. 11

Tuesday, November 11, will be the first day of the Open Server Summit — a three-day conference aimed at server hardware and software. Topics include handling big data, making key applications run faster, using open specifications and open-source software, developing private clouds, using public clouds effectively, creating scalable cost-effective data centers, cutting power, and cooling costs.  

Tuesday will see seminars on various topics and three parallel keynote speeches from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. — Scale-Out Servers: A fireside chat with Jon Masters of Red Hat; Silicon Photonics: A fireside chat with Mario Paniccia of Intel; and Software Defined Storage: A fireside chat with Chuck Hollis of VMware.

Wednesday and Thursday will offer 20 technical sessions and 10 keynote presentations. For more information see www.openserversummit.com. Here are just a few of the many interesting products you will find on the exhibit floor, which is open Wednesday noon to 1:30 p.m. and 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday 12:30 to 2:00 p.m..

Diablo Technologies , in booth 300, will be showing the newly announced Carbon2 architecture memory channel storage technology. The design uses flash within the memory subsystem and leverages DDR3/DDR4. 

Diablo Technologies memory channel storage .

Integrated Device Technology , in booth 202, will demonstrate how its scalable x86 compute cluster and 20-Gbit/s RapidIO interconnect were deployed for high-performance analytics on social media traffic during the FIFA World Cup finals.

Lenovo , booth 400, will show its ThinkServer products designed for a software-defined age. The ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 products incorporate standardization and thermal design for continuous operation. The TD350 come in a 4U, dual-socket tower form factor.

Lenovo’s RD650 server system.

RapidIO.org will be in booth 211 talking about the unified fabric for performance critical computing.

Sentinel Connectors Systems , in booth 311, will show the high-speed RJ45 INVISIJACK, with a unique strip-line technology that enables data packets easily driven over copper lines from 10 MHz all the way up to 20 GHz.

Pericom Semiconductor , in booth 209, will exhibit its 8G/10G/12G ReDriver ICs that fits PCIe Gen3, 10GE, and 12G SAS3 and offers highest bandwidth, lowest power, and the most EQ settings.