Inspur uses L11 rack level integration to deploy 10,000 nodes in 8 hours

BEIJING, Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspur recently delivered a shipment of rack scale servers of more than 10,000 nodes to the Baidu Beijing Shunyi data center within 8 hours, the equivalent of one server delivered every 2.88 seconds. The delivery sets a new record for server delivery in the industry, and has taken Inspur's rack scale delivery capacity to 30,000 nodes per day.

Speed is key for internet service providers

The Baidu data center in question was built in 2018 in Shunyi, Beijing, with the capacity to host hundreds of thousands of servers. The center supports Baidu's fast-growing emerging services, including Baidu Cloud and AI. In 2018, the number of Baidu Cloud's users and partners increased by 3 times, traffic by 5 times, and revenues by 4 times. For internet service providers, business growth is rapid and unpredictable. Unexpected surges in access traffic occurs frequently, requiring internet companies, especially Tier1s, to improve the scalability of their infrastructure, by adopting technologies like cloud computing and improving business processes to strengthen the supply chain and increase deployment efficiency in the data center.

Rack scale deployment boosts delivery efficiency by 20 times

Inspur is one of Baidu's key data center infrustracture providers. The two parties achieved a new record for server deployment speed as a result of continuous innovation across technical and business models over decades. As early as 2012, Inspur and Baidu were using rack scale deployment of 10-40 node increments instead of a single node.

Meanwhile, the delivery and deployment model Inspur adopted for Baidu's data center was upgraded to L11 (Rack Level Integration), increasing delivery efficiency over 20 times. Moreover, formerly on-site deployment processes including assembly, debugging, and strong and weak power cabling of the rack were completed during manufacturing, further simplifying on-site deployment.

Agile supply chain accelerates order response

Rapid delivery relies on agile and efficient supply chain management in addition to technical innovation. Inspur is continuously upgrading business processes, including production, transportation and qualification. For example, to address the logistical challenges of transporting a 2.1 meter tall, 1.2 ton rack without incurring damage, Inspur leveraged IoT and mobile technology to develop a route spectrum test to assess each freight line in advance, with intelligent terminals on each product to monitor transport conditions in real time.

Throughout the years, Inspur has established an agile supply chain system that uses intelligent manufacturing to enable large-scale customized production and shorten the server delivery cycle. Learn more about Inspur's intelligent manufacturing here: https://www.inspursystems.com/intelligent-manufacturing

JDM: a unique model to serve Internet companies

Internet companies are known for their speed, which forms the basis for their demands from data center infrustructure providers. They not only seek high efficiency, but also require the seamless and rapid integration of custom demands. To serve these enterprises, Inspur made product technology innovation and business chain agility the core of its business strategy. In working with CSPs, Inspur explored various operating models that are more suitable for today's intelligent computing era, leading to the inception of its Joint Design Manufacturing (JDM) methodology. JDM is an agile business model based around deep collaboration between Inspur and the client throughout the product life cycle – demand, R&D, procurement, quality control, production, delivery, and service – to enable the fastest product turnaround and greatest compliance to users' personalized demands.

Inspur's vast experience in serving CSPs and deep understanding of customer application scenarios are augmented by a willingness to share technology innovations and co-design customized solutions through JDM to identify and meet precise customer needs. Inspur's new product development cycle from R&D to manufacturing takes 9 months, and upon the customer's request, the prototype can be delivered in 3 months. Based on that, in 2018, Inspur and Baidu established a rolling forecast mechanism to improve supply chain operation and management with balanced supply and demand, significantly shortening the overall arrival cycle.

About Inspur

Inspur is a leading global data center and cloud computing solutions provider, ranked among the world's top 3 server vendors according to Gartner and IDC. Inspur delivers and deploys robust, performance-optimized, purpose-built solutions to major data centers around the globe to address important emerging fields and applications. Learn more about Inspur at www.inspursystems.com.

SOURCE Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd

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