HPE rolls out hybrid Cray storage configs as SSD costs climb - news.lavx.hu
HPE will introduce hybrid Cray Supercomputing Storage Systems pairing SSDs with 32 TB SAS-4 hard drives in early 2027, offering up to 41% more throughput per rack.
The hybrid systems combine SSDs with new 32 TB SAS-4 hard drives running at 24 Gb/s, housed in new enclosures that hold 74 or 100 drives. They deliver up to 116 GB/s of read throughput and 92 GB/s of write throughput per rack, along with up to 32% more usable storage capacity per rack than earlier E2000 setups.
Cost efficiency
Storage costs have increased as demand for AI infrastructure skews prices for memory and other components. Prices for NAND flash SSDs are climbing faster than those of hard drives, with large SSD prices soaring significantly.
The hybrid configurations allow research institutions and national laboratories to spend less on storage while redirecting funds toward compute nodes without sacrificing performance.
When making long-term investments in environments where advanced workloads are rapidly evolving, our customers want scalable, dense, and flexible systems to help them address dynamic shifts in requirements.
Cooling solution
HPE also introduced a Rack Management Controller that provides intelligent liquid cooling through real-time monitoring, leak detection and automated control. It integrates with HPE Supercomputing Management Software to gather telemetry and provide control.
Several platform-specific versions will be offered, each tailored to different rack-scale systems. HPE will launch support with its Cray Supercomputing GX5000 infrastructure, then add versions for Nvidia's NVL72 systems and AMD's Helion and Helios platforms.
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