AIC Announces Multi-Node HCI Series

by Adam Armstrong February 27, 2020

written by Adam Armstrong February 27, 2020

AIC Inc. announced its new multi-node product series. The new series is optimized for HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure) and being so combines compute, storage and networking support into a compact system. The new systems come in 1U, 2U, and 4U form factors for different needs, with the quad-node systems especially popular for software-designed solutions.

For over 20 years, AIC has been a provider of both OEM/ODM and COTS server and storage solutions. Headquartered in Taiwan, and founded in 1996, AIC has decades of experience in creating products that are flexible and configurable. They are extending this expertise to new HCI with the new series announced here.

AIC multi-node systems include:

HP101-AG, 1U dual-node compute server supporting single-socket AMD EPYC boards, two PCIe Gen.4 x16 slots and one OCP mezzanine card per node, with hot-swappable functionality of nodes and power supply units.
HP201-AG, 2U 4-node hybrid storage server supporting single-socket AMD EPYC boards and 24 x 2.5” NVMe SSD drive bays with hot-swappable functionality of nodes, drive bays, and power supply units.
HP202-AG, 2U 4-node hybrid storage server supporting single-socket AMD EPYC boards and 12 x 3.5” SATA/SAS drive bays with hot-swappable functionality of nodes, drive bays, and power supply units.
HP201-VL, 2U 4-node hybrid storage server supporting dual-socket 2nd Gen. Intel Xeon Scalable Processors boards and 24 x 2.5” NVMe SSD drive bays with hot-swappable functionality of nodes, drive bays, and power supply units.
HP202-VL, 2U 4-node hybrid storage server supporting dual-socket 2nd Gen. Intel Xeon Scalable Processors boards and 12 x 3.5” SATA/SAS drive bays with hot-swappable functionality of nodes, drive bays, and power supply units
HP401-PV, 4U 4-node hybrid storage server supporting dual-socket 2nd Gen. Intel Xeon Scalable Processors boards and 24 x 3.5” SATA/SAS drive bays with hot-swappable functionality of nodes, drive bays, and power supply units.

AIC will be demonstrating their new products at the RSA Conference 2020, from Feb. 24 to Feb. 27, at Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA at booth #1868.

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