SGI launches Linux based servers

SGI has launched a Linux based range of servers and superclusters under the Altix brand. The SGI Altix 3000 superclusters has each node running on a single Linux OS image with up to 64 Itanium 2 processor and 512 GB of memory. 

With multiple nodes using the SGI built-in cluster interconnect, data is transmitted upto 200 times faster than with conventional
clustering methods enabling Altix to scale thousands of processors.

SGI Altix 3000 clusters work like supercomputers because they are the world's first clusters providing global shared memory across nodes and OS. Supercomputers typically require massive amounts of global shared memory to tackle complicated models like global climate prediction or wind tunnel simulations for aircraft design, which cannot be easily solved in smaller pieces. 

The intertwining of global shared memory on the Linux platform creates opportunities for technical users on a standards-based platform that is built like a cluster yet works like a supercomputer.

Cyber News Service