{"id":109,"date":"2026-06-14T16:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdp.in\/gpu-mart\/product\/rdp-2u-virtualization-server-edge\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:21:42","slug":"carina-edge-server","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/rdp.in\/gpu-mart\/product\/carina-edge-server\/","title":{"rendered":"CARINA Edge Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CARINA Edge Server is a short-depth rugged edge server \u2014 1\u00d7 Intel Xeon 6 (6300\/6500-series) or Xeon D, up to 512 GB DDR5 ECC, up to 4\u00d7 NVMe hot-swap \u2014 built in India by RDP for remote sites, branches, retail, factories and telco edge. It is the dependable enterprise compute that runs the rest of the datacentre around your AI: virtualization, databases, control planes, storage front-ends and line-of-business workloads, on a GST invoice in INR.<\/p>\n<p>Engineered with current-generation Intel Xeon 6 \/ Xeon D silicon, all-NVMe options and lights-out management, it is delivered racked, burned-in and validated, with RDP as your single support contact pan-India.<\/p>\n<h3>Key highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Processor:<\/strong> 1\u00d7 Intel Xeon 6 (6300\/6500-series) or Xeon D \u2014 up to 32 cores.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory:<\/strong> up to 512 GB DDR5 ECC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage:<\/strong> up to 4\u00d7 NVMe hot-swap.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Networking:<\/strong> 2\u00d7 10\/25GbE LOM, optional 5G\/LTE.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Form factor:<\/strong> short-depth 1U\/2U edge chassis, air-cooled, extended 0\u201345\u00b0C operating range, filtered intake.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU option:<\/strong> up to 1\u00d7 NVIDIA L4 (optional, for edge inference).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management:<\/strong> dedicated BMC \/ IPMI with redfish, remote KVM and out-of-band update.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make-in-India OEM<\/strong> \u2014 INR pricing, GST tax invoice, pan-India onsite support, GeM-procurable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What it runs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Edge inference &amp; local compute \u2014<\/strong> run models and apps close to data at remote sites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local virtualization &amp; caching \u2014<\/strong> a few VMs, CDN cache and store-and-forward at the edge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Control-plane &amp; infrastructure services<\/strong> \u2014 Kubernetes control nodes, AD\/DNS\/DHCP, backup, monitoring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Line-of-business apps<\/strong> \u2014 ERP, file\/print, web\/app tiers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Configuration &amp; scale<\/h3>\n<p>Single-socket Xeon 6\/Xeon D, up to 512 GB DDR5 and four NVMe bays in a short-depth, extended-temperature chassis. Specify CPU SKU, memory, drives and NICs at quote; we ship it configured, not a bare chassis. <em>Honest note: exact maximums depend on the CPU SKU and DIMM\/drive population chosen \u2014 confirmed on your quote.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Industry use cases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Government &amp; PSU<\/strong> \u2014 on-prem virtualization and databases, GeM-procurable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BFSI<\/strong> \u2014 OLTP, core-banking adjuncts and DR with input-credit-eligible billing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Healthcare<\/strong> \u2014 HIS\/LIS\/PACS back-ends under data-residency rules.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manufacturing &amp; ITES<\/strong> \u2014 ERP, MES, VDI and private-cloud hosts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education &amp; research<\/strong> \u2014 shared virtualization and storage front-ends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Performance &amp; how to be sure<\/h3>\n<p>Sized for edge ruggedness and steady local throughput in constrained sites rather than headline benchmarks. <strong>Want certainty? Ask for an eval unit or a sizing workshop<\/strong> \u2014 we&#8217;ll map your workload to a concrete CPU, memory and drive configuration before you commit. <em>We do not publish fabricated benchmark numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Series &amp; upgrade path<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CARINA<\/strong> \u2014 entry rack\/tower\/edge for departmental and SMB workloads.<\/li>\n<li><strong>QUASAR<\/strong> \u2014 dual-socket virtualization, database and private-cloud hosts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DRACO<\/strong> \u2014 high-core, max-memory, mission-critical and 4U enterprise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This unit is CARINA<\/strong>; scale up within the family without re-platforming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On-prem vs cloud \u2014 the TCO case<\/h3>\n<p>For steady-state enterprise workloads, an owned server beats per-hour cloud within months and keeps data in your premises. RDP pricing is fixed in INR with a GST input-credit-eligible invoice \u2014 ask for a <strong>3-year TCO vs cloud<\/strong> for your workload.<\/p>\n<h3>Management &amp; day-one readiness<\/h3>\n<p>Ships with BMC\/IPMI, redfish API, remote KVM and out-of-band firmware update; validated for VMware, Proxmox, Nutanix, Hyper-V, KVM and major Linux\/Windows Server releases. Delivered racked and burned-in. <em>(Exact OS\/hypervisor certifications confirmed at quote.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Power, thermal &amp; form factor<\/h3>\n<p>short-depth 1U\/2U edge chassis with air-cooled, extended 0\u201345\u00b0C operating range, filtered intake; redundant hot-swap PSUs and tool-less serviceable drives and fans. <em>(Exact PSU wattage and rail layout depend on final config.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Deployment, warranty &amp; support<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deployment:<\/strong> delivered racked, cabled and validated; optional onsite commissioning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Warranty:<\/strong> 3-year standard, onsite options up to 5 years <em>(confirmed at quote)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support:<\/strong> pan-India RDP engineers, single point of contact, spares depots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why RDP<\/h3>\n<p>14 years of Make-in-India infrastructure and <strong>300,000+ devices shipped<\/strong>. Indian OEM, INR pricing, GST tax invoice, pan-India onsite engineers, GeM availability, and DPDP \/ data-residency-ready deployment.<\/p>\n<h3>Buy with confidence<\/h3>\n<p>This is enterprise compute built to order \u2014 <strong>talk to an RDP solution architect<\/strong>, get a sizing workshop and an eval unit <strong>before you commit.<\/strong> Request a quote to begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\u00d7 Intel Xeon 6 (6300\/6500-series) or Xeon D \u00b7 up to 512 GB DDR5 ECC \u00b7 up to 4\u00d7 NVMe hot-swap \u00b7 short-depth 1U\/2U edge chassis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","rank_math_title":"CARINA Edge Server \u2014 1\u00d7 Intel Xeon 6 (6300\/6500-series) or Xeon D, up to 512 GB DDR5 ECC | RDP GPU Mart","rank_math_description":"short-depth rugged edge server: 1\u00d7 Intel Xeon 6 (6300\/6500-series) or Xeon D, up to 512 GB DDR5 ECC, up to 4\u00d7 NVMe hot-swap. 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