“SGI… today announced that it will install the company’s first
128-processor Linux(R) cluster at the Ohio Supercomputer Center
(OSC)… …Ohio scientists, educators and engineers can begin to
use the state’s largest Beowulf cluster as a starting point into
scalable high-performance computing.”
“Beowulf clusters like OSC’s are specialized supercomputers that
are gaining popularity in the technical and enterprise computing
market because of their high performance at a relatively low
cost.”
” ‘SGI continues to pave the way for highly scalable,
parallel Linux solutions in both technical and commercial
markets. Our cluster solutions offer the unique capability to
scale both high and wide for the right price-performance to meet
our customers’ application and budget requirements,’ said Jan
Silverman, vice president of marketing, Computer Systems Business
Unit, SGI.”
“The OSC Linux cluster will consist of 32 SGI(TM) 1400L servers,
each with four 500 MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM) processors.
Preloaded with the SGI(TM) Linux(R) Environment with Rad Hat(R)
Linux 6.0, the SGI 1400L server is an enterprise-class server
designed to fulfill customer needs for comprehensive and
cost-effective solutions that merge SGI’s expertise and innovation
in scalability, bandwidth and performance with industry-standard
components and operating systems.”