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- Supercomputing Improves Research and Raises University's Profile
- Glasgow Caledonian University has provided high performance computing HPC to researchers for more than 15 years. During this time, interest in computer simulation has expanded into disciplines that did not previously use HPC. To make these services more accessible and easier for everyone to use, the university hired HPC specialist...
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Dell PowerEdge Servers Provide the National Institute of Genetics With a Scalable High Performance Computing Cluster
- The National Institute of Genetics needed a high performance computing solution for the analysis and study of protein structures for a national research program. A high performance computing cluster powered by Dell PowerEdge servers was deployed for the research program. Dell high performance computing cluster solution is optimized for rapid...
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Building a Fountain of Knowledge
- Texas Tech needed to build a new high performance computing HPC cluster to attract top-name researchers, accelerate research efforts with the fastest technology, and help fulfill its mission to be in the top tier of Texas research universities. The university deployed an HPC solution with Dell PowerEdge servers running Rocks...
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- University Develops Non-Invasive Treatment for Cancer With High-Performance Computing
- Swansea Metropolitan University SMU has gained international fame for excellence in research into cancer by its Applied Design and Engineering Faculty. Scientists needed a fast High-Performance Computing HPC tool to support clinicians treating patients with oesophageal cancer. They upgraded to Windows Server 2008 with the Microsoft Message Passing Interface (MS...
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Spanish University Reduces Processing Time From One Week to Approximately 60 Minutes With High-Performance Computing Environment
- An increasing number of researchers are using High-Performance Computing HPC environments to support their programmes. Apart from significant processing power, the institutions deploying these infrastructures want solutions that simplify management, deliver high-density computing and maximise performance. Researchers needed a week to process many data-intensive tasks. The university wanted to reduce...
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- University Physicists Reach New Research Horizons With High-Performance Computing
- The Department of Physics at the University of Bologna needed to increase its computation speed for complex tomographic analysis of large works of art. After successful testing, it now conducts its calculations on a cluster that runs the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. Doing so made it possible for...
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- High-Performance Cloud Computing: A View of Scientific Applications
- Scientific computing often requires the availability of a massive number of computers for performing large scale experiments. Traditionally, these needs have been addressed by using high-performance computing solutions and installed facilities such as clusters and super computers, which are difficult to setup, maintain, and operate. Cloud computing provides scientists with...
- White papers 2009-09-24
- Monash University Health Sciences Gets Research Results in a Week Instead of Months Using a Dell-Based High-Performance Computing Cluster
- Monash University needed to construct a High-Performance Computing HPC cluster to support its biomedical research efforts. The cluster needed to be easily expandable, and CPU power per dollar spent was a major consideration. The IT group within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University assembled a...
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- Atomic Read Modify Write Primitives for I/O Devices
- New I/O usage models have emerged recently. There is a trend towards offloading compute intensive applications to specialized engines/accelerators. Many such applications today are in the high performance computing domain, examples of such are financial options modeling, seismic exploration, game physics, and bio-informatics. This paper illustrates the need for synchronization...
- White papers 2008-08-01
- Guidelines for Building a High-Performance Computing Cluster
- High-performance computing HPC clusters have become increasingly popular in a wide range of industries. IT organizations considering implementing a Dell server-based HPC cluster can benefit from understanding the steps involved in this task. This white paper describes these steps and explains how to determine the appropriate cluster configuration and management...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Networking Considerations for Clustered Servers
- Reliable, low-cost switches can enhance the network performance of Intel processor-based Dell PowerEdge servers in high-availability failover cluster and high performance computing HPC cluster environments. This white paper provides guidelines that help IT managers choose the most effective network switches for their cluster interconnects. Web content delivery is particularly well...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Virtualization for High-Performance Computing
- The specific demands of High-Performance Computing HPC often mismatch the assumptions and algorithms provided by legacy Operating Systems OS for common workload mixes. While feature- and application-rich OSes allow for flexible and low-cost hardware configurations, rapid development, and flexible testing and debugging, the mismatch comes at the cost of -...
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- Linux and High Performance Computing
- Linux has emerged as a key operating system competing for market share in the desktop and server market. The total cost of ownership of a Linux system is significantly lower than other popular operating systems. The excellent scalability features of Linux along with robust security and performance makes it an...
- White papers 2006-06-23
- Achieving Order Through CHAOS: The LLNL HPC Linux Cluster Experience
- Livermore Computing Linux clusters run a common software environment that is developed and maintained in-house while drawing components and additional support from the open source community and industrial partnerships. The environment is based on Red Hat Linux and adds kernel modifications, cluster system management, monitoring and failure detection, resource management,...
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- NPO Saturn Gets Top Positions in the Field of Aircraft Construction Due to Intel-Based IT Solutions
- High-performance computing is critical throughout the aircraft design lifecycle. To meet its growing demands for high-performance computing, NPO Saturn, one of Russia's leading aerospace companies, has chosen a clustered solution powered by the Intel Xeon processor and Intel Itanium 2 processor. With peak performance of 922 Gflops and LINPACK performance...
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- KISTI Increases Performance With Intel Xeon Processor-Based HPC Cluster
- The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information KISTI is a government-funded institute that plays a leading role in supporting innovative and cutting-edge research in a variety of disciplines; these range from manufacturing, engineering, and medicine to aerospace, astrophysics, chemistry and life sciences. KISTI's existing High Performance Computing HPC cluster...
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- Using InfiniBand for High Performance Computing
- With business models constantly changing to keep pace with nowadays Internet-based, global economy, IT organizations are continually challenged to provide customers with high performance platforms while controlling their cost. With broader adoption of High Performance Computing HPC in various industry segments, more enterprise businesses are implementing parallel compute cluster architectures...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- HP for Computer-Aided Engineering - Delivering Reliable Performance
- Computer-Aided Engineering CAE analysis is growing more complex and strategic every year. In addition to an exponential growth in the volume of data, engineers are trying to gain deeper insights with more resolution and more sophisticated physics, which drives up demand for high-performance computing resources. CAE analysts are also feeling...
- White papers 2007-03-01
- High-Performance Computing Power of 64-Bit Intel Itanium 2 Processors Helps Reduce Financial Trading Risks
- Financial institutions need to accurately measure and manage financial risks in order to efficiently, and effectively trade with counterparties. However, risks modeling and calculations in the busy financial markets require high-performance computing platforms in order to deliver the accuracy and timeliness that is needed to effectively carry out profitable trading....
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- Visible Breakthrough: The Cornell Theory Center Gains Real-Time Advantage in Scientific Computing
- The Cornell Theory Center has been at the forefront of high-performance computing for a number of years. Like many advanced computing organizations, CTC had based much of its work on expensive proprietary UNIX implementations. Amid declining budgets, increasing reliance of researchers on a high-performance computing infrastructure and increasing commoditization of...
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