As any server administrator or hardware enthusiast can tell you, today’s servers offer unprecedented amounts of computing power, memory, and storage for the demanding applications run by big business. Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors with up to 16 cores, terabytes of RAM, petabytes of storage, and specially tuned GPU’s can crunch data and ensure mission critical services run 24/7 with no interruptions in service. And while this is great if you’re a Fortune 500 company with billions of dollars in revenue, what if your needs are more modest? What if you require the same technologies, software stack, access, and control that the large enterprises have, but on a smaller scale? What if, quite simply, you don’t need the raw horsepower that even basic servers offer?
miniNodes ARM Servers offer a unique and compelling alternative. miniNodes ARM Servers are bare metal servers with a more modest hardware configuration, that cost less and use less power. They run Ubuntu Server, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, and can host services, email, applications, DNS, Hadoop, Node.js, Ruby, and more. They come with the operating system already installed and configured, and they cost just a fraction of the price of a typical leased server.
Further, since they are based on the same ARM processor architecture that smartphones and tablets use, they are engineered for efficiency. Typical power loads average about 5 Watts, compared to 500 to 1000 Watts for a traditional server. So not only do you save money versus a traditional server, you are helping conserve energy and minimize the impact on the environment.
We know there are more powerful solutions out there. But, in many use cases, they are simply overkill for a company’s computing needs… We call this “Right-Sized Computing”, and we hope it better suits your needs.