Crystal Group RS37AS17 rugged server

The RS37AS17 from Crystal Group is a rugged server designed to meet a growing demand for a quick way to modernise and streamline power generation and distribution substations, boost efficiency and security, reduce costs, minimise downtime, and meet current and future requirements.

The RS37AS17 3U Rugged Server converges key data-handling capabilities — including high-performance processing, storage and networking — in a single, rugged, reliable server designed to bring military-grade durability and reliability to power substations. It can replace multiple ageing devices with a single, compact solution to reduce size, weight, power and cooling overhead, as well as streamline maintenance.

The RS37AS17 is completely configurable with four drive bays, three PCI Express (PCIe) slots, support for up to 1 TB of memory and flexible I/O. Compute, storage and networking capacity can be added quickly and easily to accommodate future upgrades and expansion.

It has been designed specifically for critical power infrastructure applications. High-quality components are stabilised in a rugged aluminium enclosure with advanced thermal management to boost system reliability, availability and survivability in the face of challenging conditions and extreme environments, including shock and vibration, extreme temperatures, humidity and more at even the most remote power substations — where consumer-grade systems may fail.

The RS37AS17 is designed and tested to meet or exceed the IEC 61850-3, IT-65, IEEE 1613 (surge only) and MIL-STD-810 standards, and complies with Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 5A992.c. It leverages the latest commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies such as Intel Xeon scalable processors and VMware virtualisation software.