[Shanghai, China, November 7, 2017] At the 19th China International Industry Fair (CIIF) hosted in Shanghai, China, the Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server won the CIIF Industrial Design Gold Award, which is the only award conferred to the IT hardware category. This award is a continuation of Huawei KunLun’s list of honor after it has received the iF Design Award in February 2016 and the Gold Prize at the Tokyo Interop Exhibition in June 2016. Again, KunLun lives up to the stringent requirements of the CIIF jury panel by its perfect blending of rigidity and innovation. The CIIF Industrial Design Gold Award signifies the industry’s recognition of the reliability and performance of KunLun, and now KunLun sets a new standard for high-end server industrial design.
The Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is based on Huawei-unique Node Controller (NC) interconnect chip and Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS 2.0) technologies, meeting the high reliability and performance requirements of mission-critical service environments. KunLun embraces an open, standard ecosystem to propel enterprise innovation in the digital era. The KunLun server takes its name from the KunLun Mountains, the origin of China’s first and second longest rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. KunLun is an embodiment of stability, magnificence, and continuity, which well resonates with the superior quality of KunLun as the foundation of enterprise mission-critical services. Compared with enclosed UNIX servers, KunLun lowers TCO and is free from lock-ins, fully unleashing the potential of innovation to support enterprises’ long term strategic development.
The KunLun 9032 is the world’s first 32-socket mission critical server. So far, KunLun has led to the formation of 21 chip patents. KunLun leverages Huawei’s innovative processor interconnect chip and technologies to deliver the performance and reliability demanded by business-critical services. Meanwhile, KunLun is compatible with an open ecosystem and supports mainstream database systems and virtualization software. For example, the KunLun servers have passed the rigorous certification for SAP HANA appliances. A single KunLun server supports up to 16 TB memory, and enables enterprise core databases to run with unparalleled performance and reliability.
The KunLun server rides on the advantages of the following innovations:
- Ultimate performance: The NC chip enables high-speed interconnect between 32 processors, delivering industry’s top-rate performance and reliability.
- Stability and reliability: KunLun leverages the RAS 2.0 technology and becomes one of the industry’s first to support CPU and memory hot swap, slashing unplanned maintenance time.
- Open ecosystem: KunLun is compatible with the x86 mainstream ecosystem, reducing TCO by 30% compared with traditional UNIX servers.
Since its release in March 2016, KunLun has been highly recognized and trusted by customers across the globe. So far, more than 300 Huawei KunLun servers have been shipped, powering the digital transformation of over 50 key customers around the world, including customers in China, Russia, Spain, and Singapore.
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Source: Huawei Enterprise Blog
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