{"id":36,"date":"2026-06-14T16:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdp.in\/gpu-mart\/product\/rdp-tower-server\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:22:10","slug":"carina-tower-server","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/rdp.in\/gpu-mart\/product\/carina-tower-server\/","title":{"rendered":"CARINA Tower Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CARINA Tower Server is a quiet pedestal tower server \u2014 1\u00d7 Intel Xeon 6 (6500-series) or single AMD EPYC 8004, up to 1 TB DDR5-5600 ECC, up to 8\u00d7 3.5&#8243;\/2.5&#8243; hot-swap (NVMe\/SATA) \u2014 built in India by RDP for SMBs, branch offices and departmental IT without a server room. 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 \/ AMD EPYC 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 (6500-series) or single AMD EPYC 8004 \u2014 up to 64 cores.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory:<\/strong> up to 1 TB DDR5-5600 ECC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage:<\/strong> up to 8\u00d7 3.5&#8243;\/2.5&#8243; hot-swap (NVMe\/SATA).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Networking:<\/strong> 2\u00d7 1\/10GbE LOM.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Form factor:<\/strong> 4U-convertible tower (pedestal), air-cooled, acoustically optimised for office use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU option:<\/strong> up to 1\u00d7 NVIDIA L40S (optional).<\/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>File, AD &amp; departmental apps \u2014<\/strong> AD\/DNS\/DHCP, file\/print, backup in a quiet box.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Databases &amp; OLTP<\/strong> \u2014 NVMe-backed SQL\/NoSQL with low-latency storage.<\/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 with up to 1 TB DDR5 and eight large-form drive bays; runs at office noise levels. 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 consolidation density and steady-state throughput rather than headline benchmarks. <strong>Want certainty? Ask for an eval unit or a sizing workshop<\/strong> \u2014 we&#8217;ll map your VM\/DB footprint 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 VM count.<\/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>4U-convertible tower (pedestal) with air-cooled, acoustically optimised for office use; 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>. 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