Mercury Computer Systems (MCS) is scheduled to deliver its first high density server to the US Department of Defense (DoD) for deployed ISR operations, the company has revealed.
Speaking to Digital Battlespace at the MILCOM conference on 1 November, MCS solutions marketing manager Anne Mascarin, said the first 'flying server' would be supplied to the DoD early in 2011. Field testing is expected to be conducted throughout 2011 and 2012, she added.
Based on the company's Xeon processor, the Intel-based Ensemble HDS6600 High Density Server is designed for 'rugged' ISR taskings and supports eight-way symmetric multiprocessing, MCS said.
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