Justin.tv Selects SGI To Support Booming Web Traffic

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Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:15pm EDT

Fast-growingLive Streaming Video Site Deploys Rackable Half-Depth Servers to
Double Density and Cut Power Costs in Half


FREMONT, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
SGI (NASDAQ: SGI) today announced that Justin.tv has deployed SGI`s Rackable 1U
half-depth servers to support its increasing Web traffic demands. Rackable C1000
servers double the company`s former compute capacity while maintaining the same
data center footprint, and halve its power usage, thereby reducing operating
costs - all of which allow Justin.tv to manage a large amount of its Web traffic
in-house. 

Justin.tv is the largest online community that enables people to broadcast,
watch and interact with live video. The site has more than 41 million unique
visitors every month and a community of over 500,000 users who broadcast live
video. The company required a scalable, cost-effective data center solution to
keep pace with its rapid growth and expanding data center needs. Justin.tv
installed SGI`s 1U half-depth servers, mounted back-to-back, to immediately
service twice the amount of traffic on each rack than its previous solution
supported. 

"With SGI`s half-depth Rackable servers, Justin.tv benefits from unmatched
density and huge data center power savings. We are now able to fit 60 servers in
a single cabinet where we previously could accommodate only 30. Now, a single
rack can easily handle 60 GB/s of peak traffic-twice as much as before," said
Jon Shipman, network engineer at Justin.tv. "SGI also offered a completely
integrated, build-to-order, pre-racked and pre-cabled, plug-and-play data center
solution. We were up and running on day one in just a few hours." 

"Justin.tv recognized that, in order to greatly improve its bottom line and
scale for future growth, it needed to invest in high-density, energy-efficient
data center solutions to reduce operating costs," said Tony Carrozza, senior
vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at SGI. "SGI`s half-depth
servers are ideal for rapidly-growing companies like Justin.tv that are scaling
quickly and require flexible solutions with best-in-class density and power
efficiency." 

About SGI

SGI is a global leader in large-scale clustered computing, high-performance
storage, HPC and data center enablement and services. SGI is dedicated to
solving the ITindustry`s most demanding business and technology challenges.
Visit www.sgi.com for more information. 

About Justin.tv

Founded in October 2006 and headquarted in San Francisco, Justin.tv is the
largest online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live
video. With more than 41 million unique visitors per month and over 500,000
channels broadcasting live video, Justin.tv is the leading live video site on
the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the
world. 

SGI and Rackable are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics International
Corp. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. 





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Jen Spark, 415-512-0770
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or
Justin.tv
Evan Solomon, 415-683-1179
e@justin.tv

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