Verari BladeRack(®) 2 X-Series Platforms Featuring Intel(®) Xeon(®) Processor 5500 Series Provides Most Energy Efficient High-Density Solutions Available

Verari Systems®, a premier developer of ultra-high efficiency blade-based computing and storage platforms for the data center, today announced that its BladeRack® 2 X-Series platforms will now support the next generation of Intel’s intelligent server processors. The combination offers customers unparalleled performance, density, and energy savings for data center consolidation efforts. Verari Systems’ VB1300 Series blade-based computing platforms offer options including the quad-core (up to 2.93GHz) Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series.

“You can’t find an IT operation that isn’t looking to dramatically improve data center efficiency,” said Steve Duplessie, senior analyst with ESG. “When it comes to power, cooling and space efficiency (PCSE), Verari already leads the pack. With the new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, a great data center consolidation package just got that much better.”

In today’s data center environments where energy costs are skyrocketing, Verari Systems is integrating Intel’s new processors in its data center consolidation platforms to deliver dramatic cost savings and enormous operational benefits. By utilizing its patented Vertical Cooling Technology, Verari has been able to achieve an industry-leading SPECpower_ssj™ 2008 score of 1943, a new world record that is 53% higher than previously submitted numbers to SPEC.org as of March 26, 2009. Customers installing Verari data center consolidation platforms utilizing the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series will also benefit from an increase in energy rebates - up to 25% - from utilities that offer IT incentive programs for implementing more efficient servers.

“In these tough economic times, data center managers are looking for every opportunity to cut costs,” said Dan Gatti, senior vice president of worldwide market operations, Verari Systems. “These managers often overlook the fact that the majority of an IT budget is spent maintaining inefficient and aging installed-base servers that consume too much power and space for the performance and capability they deliver.”

“Consolidating aging and less efficient single core servers with a new generation of adaptable servers based on the new Intel Xeon processor 5500 Series can provide a server investment payback in as low as eight months while delivering up to a 90 percent reduction in operating costs,” said Kirk Skaugen, Intel vice president and general manager, Server Platforms Group. “Verari and Intel are working closely together to optimize datacenter total cost of ownership in a tough economic environment.”

The Verari Systems VB1305 blade server is available with up to 64GB of DDR3 memory and includes storage options of up to 2TB with fixed or hot-swap drives. The VB1310 blade server is purpose built for applications with large memory model footprints or virtualization requirements such as VMware. With support for up to 144GB of DDR3 RAM and up to eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, the VB1310 series blade makes the perfect virtual machine server. For more demanding enterprise applications, the Verari Systems VB1315 can be configured with up to 96GB of DDR3 memory and 4TB of internal SATA storage. The entire VB1300 Series features intelligent performance with Intel’s® QuickPath Technology that unleashes the parallel processing performance of Intel® microarchitecture.

According to Steve O’Donnell, noted IT operations expert and owner of the popular blog www.thehotaisle.com, “IT Operations is all about getting rid of inefficiencies and eliminating problems. Anytime I can lower my environmental costs, decrease my footprint, decrease complexity, and increase performance – I will.”

Verari’s product management team has announced the VB1300 Series blade servers utilizing the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series are immediately available.

About Verari Systems

Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of energy efficient data center and desktop consolidation platforms utilizing independent blade-based compute and storage solutions that are defining a new era in the green data center. Verari Systems is a market leader in blade storage and energy efficient platforms. Organizations such as Virgin America, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia, Akamai, Microsoft, Qualcomm, CGGVeritas, Petrobras, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Sony Imageworks, as well as top universities and research institutions worldwide, are among the customers who have chosen Verari Systems’ line of award-winning high density blade storage and servers, rack-optimized platforms and software solutions. To learn more about Verari Systems and its unique solutions, please visit http://www.verari.com or call (888) 942-3800.

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