SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
These are the organizations that are driving the "state of the art" in clustering today. Driven by the price / performance advantages of Linux based commodity clusters and the ability to easily add the latest technology, many of these organizations are leveraging Scali technology to optimize their applications and install and maintain their datacenters. Examples of the application areas that have leveraged Scali's cluster technology include:
Our solutions enable these scientists, engineers and researches to focus on solving their research problems efficiently and effectively while limiting the time and resources spent on application and environment optimization. Swedish National Supercomputer Center (NSC)"This new cluster is an impressive addition to NSC's computing facilities. The price/performance and total cost of ownership of this ClusterEdge solution shows that cluster based supercomputing is able to leverage the rapid development of commodity technology." The Paderborn Center for Parallel Computers (PC²)"We have enjoyed a close relationship with Scali since 1997. We have 120 SCI-based nodes running Scali software and therefore knew of the benefits they could offer PC². We required a standardised solution, which was easy to install, replicate and use across all machines. By leveraging Scali’s interconnect independent MPI, our scientists have more time to focus on conducting valuable research in the area of materials science and computational fluid dynamics." Molecular Modelling Group at IFAM"In our evaluation process, we found that there were few software companies that could provide an integrated cluster management and MPI solution in addition to meeting our performance, professional services and support requirements. The ability to be live on a system of this dimension in less than four hours has increased our return on investment both in terms of productivity and efficiency." Institut de Biologie et Chimie des ProteinesThe Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Proteines located in Lyon France, is a research organization that focuses on understanding the sequence, structure and function of protein. This case study discusses how the organization leveraged Scali Manage to maximize the performance and manageability of its Linux cluster. |
Research organizations, within commercial environments, government or research labs, or academic environments increasingly rely on high-performance clustered computing in order to achieve their mission. While their areas of research may not appear to be related, most of these researchers share the common challenge of leveraging computer technlogy to solve complex problems with greater detail and in less time than previously possible.