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Kontron: 4U industrial rackmount server features 2nd generation Core i3/i5/i7

Kontron has announced the availability of the KISS 4U Short Q67Flex, the latest addition to the Kontron Industrial Silent Server (KISS) family in the 4U short 19" rack format. Compared to its predecessors, this 4U industrial rackmount server offers improved features which deliver a new level of robustness and more convenience. The server's scope of application is extended into demanding areas such as in-vehicle systems in the transportation segment or military applications.

The new KISS 4U Short Q67Flex with its 25% reduced construction depth ('short': 300mm) is based on the 2nd generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors with up to 3.8 GHz and offers - in connection with the Intel Q67 Controller Hub and a maximum of 32 GB DDR3 RAM - an exceedingly wide performance range. One PCI Express Gen 2 x16 for graphic and framegrabber cards as well as 1x PCI Express Gen 2 x4 and 2x PCI 32 Bit extension slots enable customer-specific system designs with standards-based extension slots. The Kontron KISS 4U Short Q67Flex also comes with an impressive selection of industrial-purpose options for peripherals or networking via 8x USB 2.0 (6x rear, 2x front), 3x GbE-LAN and 2x RS232. Service issues have been simplified thanks to the inclusion of Intel AMT 7.0 support and this increases the system availability of the Kontron KISS 4U Short Q67Flex while lowering overall costs. For data storage there is a shock resistant internal 3.5" drive bay, two 5.25" drive bays and a slim DVD drive at the front. SATA 6Gb/s support enables extremely fast access to the hard disk and for even better data security, optional RAID subsystems (Kontron KISS Stor 1 and KISS Stor 0/5) in hot-swappable hard disk cases are available. Facilitating flexible scalable data storage, new hard disk carriers have become available, like for example for 3x 3.5" hard disks (Kontron KISS DA 335) or 4x 2.5“ hard disks (KISS DA 425), which are connected via a power and a SATA cable and are easy to install and service.

 

With a MTBF of 50,000 hours, Kontron's latest industrial rackmount server guarantees a high level of availability while at the same time keeping maintenance costs low. The Kontron industrial rackmount server KISS 4U Short Q67Flex is CE certified and designed to meet UL. It supports both Linux and Windows operating systems and is now in stock and available as a standard system. Alternatively the systems can be configured to meet customer-specific needs and then shipped after testing and certification as a complete system. The Kontron KISS 4U Short Q67Flex is now available in EMEA and will be available in America and APAC starting in Q2/2012.

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