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Enterprise Linux Today: Scyld is Filling the Need For a Standard and Supported High Performance Cluster OS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 30, 2001

“Scyld Announces the First Commercial Release of its Next
Generation Beowulf Cluster Operating System Called Scyld
Beowulf.”

“The first of quarterly planned releases, the Scyld Beowulf
software provides simplified cluster integration and setup, easy
administration, and seamless scalability.”

“Beowulf-style cluster systems are computers running open-source
operating systems that are networked together to form a parallel
processing supercomputer. The Scyld Beowulf distribution is the
next generation Beowulf operating system. It includes an enhanced
Linux kernel, libraries, and utilities specifically designed for
clustering.”

“The Scyld Beowulf system provides a stable, standard, supported
platform for the deployment of advanced clustering
applications.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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