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| Linux Networx Announces Linux Supercomputing Storage Solutions Linux Networx, The Linux Supercomputing Company, has announced the availability of storage solutions optimized for a wide range of supercomputing needs. Integrating the appropriate storage configuration within a supercomputing system has been proven to power performance acceleration and utilization increases by a factor of 20 or more. Linux Networx storage solutions are tightly integrated with the company's LS series of Linux Supersystems - a family designed to deliver new levels of Total Application Throughput. Drawing upon its extensive experience in Linux Supercomputing and applications optimization, Linux Networx has defined a range of storage solutions that deliver best-in-class storage to meet diverse supercomputing needs - from sophisticated, extreme performance supercomputing applications to departmental workhorse production systems. Storage configurations are validated to deliver the optimum blend of price performance value, reliability and data availability demanded by each supercomputing class. The appropriate storage solution is then integrated and specifically tuned as part of a complete Linux Supersystem delivery. Leveraging Linux Networx GPFS, Linux Networx supercomputing solutions are easily integrated into existing performance computing environments. As part of its commitment to delivering optimized supercomputing application performance, value and throughput, Linux Networx has tailored its storage offerings to meet the unique needs of three classes of supercomputing - ultimate, premium and value. Ultimate performance environments include those conducting noise, vibration and harshness analysis in the automotive industry, managing national laboratory programs, or conducting seismic processing and structural analysis. For these users, compute intensive configurations must be complemented by an I/O and storage architecture that accesses and delivers data at extreme, sustained rates. These environments run very large, highly scalable single analysis jobs over extended periods of time. Reliable, timely execution of such critical supercomputing analysis is critical, demanding the ultimate levels of data availability and data integrity. For these users Linux Networx Ultimate Performance storage delivers the highest performance streaming bandwidth storage subsystems with industry-leading parallel file systems. The combination delivers best-of-breed performance and throughput coupled with superior on-line scalability and manageability. Premium supercomputing environments require storage that can support multi-application environments with industry-standard software for applications such as overflow analysis in the aerospace market, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), process integration and design optimization, and reservoir simulation. For these users it is essential that the I/O and storage subsystem be easily configurable and reconfigurable to deliver the Total Application Throughput demanded by these blended application workloads. In addition, on-line capacity expansion is critical, as more users access the supercomputer to execute new applications. To meet these requirements Linux Networx provides enterprise-class storage management functionality, coupled with storage subsystems delivering flexible bandwidth and I/O performance capabilities, tightly integrated with industry leading parallel file systems. The result is a robust storage solution that delivers premium-class total throughput coupled with minimal total cost of operations. Value supercomputing environments demand supercomputing power blended with simple management and deployment. Linux Networx delivers storage solutions featuring affordable I/O horsepower and best-in-class performance. NAS appliances simplify the storage/supersystem configuration and accelerate Time to Productivity. Typical Value Performance applications include small CFD and crash analyses. Linux Networx storage solutions are available now as integrated and optimized subsystems within the company's LS series of Linux Supersystems as well as its Advanced Technology Clusters. LS series Supersystems blend application-optimized performance with a standardized systems experience to deliver ultimate supercomputing value, thereby delivering significantly reduced total cost of operations (TCO). write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |