high performance computing

Silicon Graphics Heads to SC08 With Eye on Delivering 'Visual In...

Topix - Linux  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 19:39

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 17, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Supercomputing 2008, Booth 1009 -- Recognizing that most of today's high-performance computing solutions fall short when it comes to handling a ...


 

Scale Your File System With Parallel NFS

Linux Today  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 00:04

IBM Developerworks: "The Network File System (NFS) is a stalwart component of most modern local area networks (LANs).

But NFS is inadequate for the demanding input- and output-intensive applications commonly found in high-performance computing—or, at least it was.

The newest revision of the NFS standard includes Parallel NFS (pNFS), a parallelized implementation of file sharing that multiplies transfer rates by orders of magnitude.

Here's a primer."


 

Scale your file system with Parallel NFS

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 11/11/2008 - 12:41

The Network File System (NFS) is inadequate for the demanding input- and output-intensive applications commonly found in high-performance computing—or, it was.

The newest revision of the NFS standard includes Parallel NFS (pNFS), a parallelized implementation of file sharing that multiplies transfer rates by orders of magnitude.

Here's a primer.


 

HPC entering the mainstream

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 21:50

The world of high performance computing is increasingly moving into the mainstream, according to specialists in the field.


 

Fun with IBM's Z10 numbers

Topix - Unix  Wed, 10/29/2008 - 03:04

If you're into high performance computing, IBM has the machine for you: 64 customized Power processor cores on four 16-way/380GB SMP boards at 4.4Ghz, each with up to 48GB/Sec in bandwidth to the world outside.


 

Sun Microsystems Sees Results of Open Source Investment Through....

Topix - Unix  Wed, 09/17/2008 - 08:39

SANTA CLARA, Calif. September 17, 2008 -- From telecommunications, financial services and healthcare to high-performance computing and the Web tier, adoption of OpenSolaris technologies spans a wide range of ...


 

June 2008 Top500 Supercomputer Sites Dominated by Linux

Linux Today  Tue, 07/01/2008 - 06:00

Top500 Supercomputer Sites: "With the publication of the latest edition of the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers today (Wednesday, June 18), the global high performance computing community has officially entered a new realm—a supercomputer with a peak performance of more than 1 petaflop/s (one quadrillion floating point operations per second)."


 

QLogic Ships Industry's First Combined Ethernet/Fibre Channel Ex...

Topix - Linux  Tue, 06/17/2008 - 07:13

QLogic Corp. , a leader in networking for storage and high performance computing , today announced that the industry's first combination 4Gb Fibre Channel/1Gb Ethernet ExpressModule is now shipping for Sun ...


 

Distribution Release: PelicanHPC 1.5.1

DistroWatch.com: News  Tue, 05/20/2008 - 10:20

Michael Creel has announced the release of PelicanHPC 1.5.1 (formerly PrallelKnoppix), a Debian-based live CD designed to make it simple to set up a high-performance computing cluster.

This updates fixes the recent "predictable randomness" vulnerability in Debian's build of OpenSSL and all users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.....


 

If they mated: Intel and Cray to conceive x86 Linux monster

Topix - Linux  Fri, 05/02/2008 - 00:46

In a move that could have broad implications for the high-performance computing market, Intel and Cray have announced a broad collaboration that will see engineers from the two companies work together on future ...