Press Release April 2007

Blade Killer on the Loose
Aberdeen Sets Free the Dual Node Server upon the Blade Market

Santa Fe Springs, California - Aberdeen, the Custom Server Solution Provider, unleashes the Stirling 122T or better known as the Blade Killer. The innovative Aberdeen Blade Killer effectively is 2 individual servers housed in a standardized 1U chassis, which is ideal for deployments requiring high performance computing, virtual servers or video rendering farms. 

"The customizable Blade Killer delivers a high performance computing density which translates into 672 processing cores in one 42U rack," says Jack Tateel, VP of Sales for Aberdeen. "Can your blade do that?"

The Blade Killer gets its moniker since it

By combining two dual processor nodes into a 1U form factor, the Blade Killer can deliver up to 84 nodes in a rack cabinet compared to just 56 nodes in the more rigid designed blade servers. When loaded with four Quad-core Intel Xeon 5300 Series processors, feature 16 processing cores for exceptional computing density.

The Aberdeen Blade Killer is an innovative 1U rackmount server designed to increase computing density and flexibility while reducing cost and space requirements. With effectively two separate systems (or dual nodes) within a 1U space, the Blade Killer can support up to 16 processor cores (each node housing dual quad-core Xeon 5300 (Clovertown) processors.

The early reviews of the Blade Killer are creating quite the industry buzz.  Vince Fornito, IT Administrator of Amtech & Futura Services states "The Stirling 122T is a compelling product." Vince also mentions, "The cost, density, and performance are at the top of the class. I cannot purchase a single server or blade that can compare in any of those areas."

achieves several benefits crucial for media sharing storage, content creation, post-production and streaming media.  server can now literally replace more than a dozen servers with increasing productivity and improving reliability.

The truth is that blade servers are not always the best solution

complete lack of standardization

Considering that acquisition costs are still easily about 40-50% of the total TCO

Most Blade servers are not as flexible as rack servers. Quickly installing an extra RAID card to attach a storage rack for a high performance database application is not possible.

High Performance Computing (HPC) applications, telecommunication applications and massive web server hosting companies deliver the speed and capacity needed for HD production and media streaming."

The end is near

The completely custom configurable Terazilla rackmount server includes; 

Delivering more flexible and scalable solutions, the complete Aberdeen line of storage servers satisfy the need for high-volume data transfer speeds for professionals in digital media creation, film, video, audio, animation, game design, and broadcast companies.

Availability and Support:
The Terazilla is currently shipping with worldwide availability and can be custom configured to meet even the most stringent requirement via the Aberdeen Web site (www.aberdeeninc.com) or by contacting a sales executive at (800)552-6868. Aberdeen has a media recognized, industry leading 5-year limited warranty as well as a free 10-day trial assessment program with all of its branded server solutions.

Media Contacts:
Trenton R. Baker
Marketing Supervisor
Aberdeen LLC
562-699-6998 x153
trentonb@aberdeeninc.com

Jack Tateel
VP of Sales
Aberdeen LLC
562-699-6998 x157
jackt@aberdeeninc.com

About Aberdeen:
Aberdeen LLC is a leading direct marketer of custom rackmount servers, NAS, iSCSI and SAN storage solutions, computers and hardware. Voted among The Direct 100 vendors by PC Computing magazine Aberdeen designs, manufactures and customizes award-winning Aberdeen brand computer systems, Stirling rackmount servers, AberNAS storage appliances and backup storage servers while offering an extensive selection of high performance peripherals. For product sales, service or company information, call 800-552-6868 or visit www.aberdeeninc.com.