Crystal Group RS549 and RS5718L24 rugged 5U servers

The RS549 and RS5718L24 rugged 5U servers, from Crystal Group, are developed for applications in industries such oil and gas, public transport, utilities, mining, military and security.

The servers provide high compute performance in tough environmental conditions. They are designed to collect, store and process large amounts of data while providing the space necessary to customise platforms for various purposes.

The dimensions of the RS549 are 17.5″ x 8.72″ x 20″. The CPU is an Intel Quad E5-4600 Class processor. It has multiple expansion slots: four PCIe x16 (double-width) slots and 32–1024 GB registered DDR3 with ECC memory. The unit has four options on external bays configurations: nine removable SATA or SAS 2.5″ or 3.5″ HDD; 18 2.5″ SATA or SAS HDDs; three drive packs and eight removable SATA or SAS 2.5″; or one CD/DVD/BD (R/W).

The RS5718L24 dimensions are 17.5″ x 8.75″ x 23.75″. The unit has three CPU options: Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge LGA2011, X9DRL-IF; Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge LGA1155, X9SAE-V; or Haswell LGA2011, X10SRL-F or X10DRL-I. The unit has seven full-height slots and two options for external bays: up to 18 removable SATA or SAS 3.5″ HDD; or a rugged drive pack (RDp) offer up to 30 hot-swappable 2.5″ HDDs or eight four-drive packs.