Sometimes being second-tier vendors doesn't mean you can't have big notch customers. Take for instance - Open Source Systems.
They have big names in their customer list such as NASA and Sony and their Gemini series of servers comes with two distinct two-socket systems in a 1U or 2U rack chassis. Now that's incredible. Check out this article on what the smaller vendor players can offer what HP and IBM can't.
The new server options include a 1U rack server that houses two full systems, 1U rack systems that can wedge in four add-in cards for specialized needs, and a "personal" cluster scaled down to a typical tower configuration. These new models—aimed at the Web and high-performance computing markets—highlight a growing trend among system builders to couple power and cooling know-how with more efficient processors.
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