[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is
creating one of the most powerful computer clusters in the world
with the help of DataDirect Networks. The cluster is expected to
help boost productivity for the researchers who use NCSA computing
facilities to investigate many of science’s most important
questions–from the large-scale structure of the universe to the
nature of matter itself.“DataDirect worked closely with Dell and NCSA to help design a
cluster architecture capable of delivering 17.7 Teraflops (17.7
trillion operations per second) of processing power and over 140
Terabytes (140 trillion bytes) of storage. The storage architecture
is based on the award winning DataDirect S2A, the world’s fastest
storage controller.“Twenty-six DataDirect S2A8000 heads will form a storage cluster
capable of delivering peak bandwidth in excess of 20
Gigabytes/second and serving 1,450 dual-processor Dell PowerEdge
servers running Red Hat Linux…”