According to the company, the unit's large memory capacity (up to 3 TB, using 32GB DIMMs) makes the R456 ideal for business intelligence, business analytics, financial services analysis and research. The server is optimized for the demands of virtualized applications such as customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, and supply chain management.
"With 50 percent more cores and 25 percent more cache than previous generation processors, customers with data-intensive systems are going to see a tremendous boost in performance from the Intel Xeon E7 processor family," said Silicon Mechanics' Michael Fein, director of sales.
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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.

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