The Verari SB5255 DataServer delivers up to 50% in energy use savings, provides up to 77% better floor space utilization than traditional server and storage systems, and is the industry’s first high-density blade-based system to incorporate the innovative GreenPower drive design. The one terabyte WD RE2-GP disk drive allows the BladeRack 2 to accommodate up to twenty-two 24 terabyte SB5255 DataServers, each with two Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5300 Series processors. That equates to 176 processor cores and over a half a petabyte of energy efficient storage in just two computer room floor tiles.

"After evaluating products from other disk drive vendors, we chose WD's one terabyte WD RE2-GP drive because it offers the best value and performance while saving an average of $10 per drive per year in energy costs," said David Driggers, CTO and Founder of Verari Systems. "When combined with the power and cooling efficiency of the BladeRack 2, a two petabyte SB5255 configuration can save our customers up to $450,000 in energy costs in just three years. And although the cost savings are significant, green data centers don't just save energy and reduce overhead, they also contribute to healthy, eco-conscious environments."

With rising demand for high-performance servers and storage in numerous market sectors including Internet Service Provider (ISP) / Application Service Provider (ASP), entertainment and financial services, Verari Systems works closely with its partners to help develop green data center solutions that deliver more energy-efficient storage capacity and processing performance.

"Although it is capable of storing over a half a petabyte of capacity, the BladeRack 2 populated with SB5255 DataServers has only a relatively modest power and cooling load and a small physical footprint," said Doug Pickford, senior director of marketing for WD’s enterprise business unit. "WD has a long history of working with Verari Systems, whose world-class technology has created a server and storage solution that delivers high-capacity and performance per watt, per square foot, and per dollar spent."