Compact, rugged “Vortex” servers are only 21-inches deep and are designed for harsh environment use where rack or free-standing space is at a premium. Ideal for airborne, ship-based, or battlefield-mobile installations, “Vortex” brings exceptional rackmount processing and flexibility to defense applications in a very small footprint.

Each server uses two of Intel’s second-generation Scalable Xeon^® processors, up to 24 cores each (embedded, Gold/Platinum SKUs) with up to 2.0 TB total system memory (ECC, 2933 DDR4).  1/10/40 GbE is available (dual 1/10 GbE is standard), and there are up to six SSDs in “Vortex”.  Four SAS/SATA/NVMe removable drive for easy, secure transport and system de-classify. Dual internal 2280 M.2 drives are used for OS boot or protected application software. Hardware RAID is standard for all SAS/SATA drives, and Intel VROC or RSTe software RAID is available for NVMe U.2 SSDs. The front panel drive bay can also accommodate GMS “B Drive” modules for application-specific I/O such as CANbus, ARINIC-429, or HD-SDI video.

Unique features in the overall “Vortex” 1U/2U server family are the short rack depth of only 21-inches, capable of dual GPGPU accelerators such as Nvidia V100 Tesla artificial intelligence / data mining cards (2U only), a DVD R+W or Blu-Ray unit, removable cartridges in lieu of individual SSDs, dual redundant power supplies in both 1U and 2U, and the GMS zero-charge NRE modification policy.

For example, both “Vortex” and “Vortex-2U” can be lengthened to add MIL-STD-704 power hold-up (via supercaps), an auxiliary power unit battery, or an additional two (in 1U) or four (in 2U) extra add-in slots. Alternatively, mil-circular 38999 connectors can be substituted for COTS-style connectors (depth will increase slightly).