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| ScaleMP Launches New Virtualization Solution ScaleMP has announced the expansion of its product line based on the Versatile SMP (vSMP) architecture, which aggregates multiple industry-standard x86 servers into one high-end system. By using virtualization to create high-end symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) computers from off-the-shelf x86 systems, the ScaleMP solution increases scalability and performance while saving as much as 70 percent compared to traditional SMPs. The ScaleMP product line includes two products: a standalone solution, which enables the industry's first four-socket system at under $10,000, and an embedded solution that helps original design manufacturers (ODMs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) build high-end systems. ScaleMP is expanding its product line with vSMP Foundation Standalone, a solution that complements the existing, proven vSMP Foundation Embedded solution. vSMP Foundation Standalone uses two quad- or dual-core dual-socket Intel Xeon processor-based systems connected through InfiniBand to create a four-socket platform for under $10,000. vSMP Foundation Standalone provides the highest performing four-socket platform on the market today by taking advantage of Intel's latest HPC platform based on its 45-nanometer Intel Xeon processor 5400 and 5200 series and Intel 5400 chipset, combining the memory bandwidth and size of the two systems. vSMP Foundation Standalone provides more than 70 percent price/performance advantage compared to traditional four-socket systems, in addition to 25 percent power consumption savings and 50 percent rack-space savings. The ScaleMP also offers its vSMP Foundation Embedded, a software-only aggregation platform that delivers the most scalable x86 shared memory systems in the market. Solutions based on this platform have been on the market for 18 months, and are being used by original design manufacturers (ODMs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) interested in building high-end x86 systems without extensive R&D and proprietary hardware. It comes with a complete suite of tools to streamline the manufacturing process and support of vSMPowered systems. Once loaded into the memory of each of the system boards, vSMP Foundation aggregates the compute, memory and I/O capabilities of each system, and presents a unified virtual system to both the operating system and the applications running above the operating system. It utilizes up to sixteen x86 systems to create a single shared-memory system with 4 to 32 processors (128 cores) and up to 1 TB of RAM. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Networking News :: home page |