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- SGI Altix: Enhanced Return on Investment for the Datacenter
- SGI offers customers a new choice for maximizing Return On Investment ROI with a highly scalable platform based on industry standards. SGI Altix servers and clusters eliminate bottlenecks, enable real-time access to complex data sets, and scale with customer needs. Altix provides a unique combination of an open environment, a...
- Tags: SGI Altix, Data Center, ROI, Silicon Graphics Inc., Roi/Tco, UNIX, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-01-01
- SGI to upgrade high-end Linux servers next week
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- Tags: Processors, UNIX, server, Linux server, Linux, Silicon Graphics Inc., Intel Itanium 2, SGI Altix
- Technical articles 2004-10-27
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- SGI to upgrade high-end Linux servers next week
- SGI to upgrade high-end Linux serversSilicon Graphics Inc. SGI plans to announce a new Linux computer on Monday, which the company is calling the BX2 because it has twice the bandwidth to transfer data within the system. The next generation upgrade to the Altix 3000 family uses Intel's newest Itanium...
- Tags: high-end Linux server, Linux, Linux server, Newsletter Editor, server, Silicon Graphics Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-10-27
- SGI introduces Itanium-based blade servers
- I just read about a new server move from SGI that is definitely ironic when you consider the fact that SGI was once a sworn enemy of the Wintel alliance, but since Linux has undercut its high-end workstation business SGI is now one of the growing number of former tech...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Intel Itanium, Silicon Graphics Inc., News, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2005-11-14
- Exploring High Bandwidth Filesystems on Large Systems
- This paper presents the results of an investigation conducted by SGI into streaming filesystem throughput on the Altix platform with a high bandwidth disk subsystem. The paper starts by describing some of the background that led to this project and the goals for the project. Next, the paper describes the...
- Tags: Bandwidth, File System
- White papers 2006-04-04
- Truly Parallel Processing and Dramatic Application Speed-Up With SGI RASC Technology
- Application specific acceleration using hardware methods is not new to computing or to SGI. Technologies such as Digital Signal Processors DSPs or custom ASICs have been deployed in several HPC application areas. For example, SGI Origin 2000 and 3000 systems tightly integrated MIPS processors along with the SGI Tensor Processing...
- Tags: Parallel Processing, Silicon Graphics Inc., ASICs, Government, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-03-13
- Novell Case Study: Leibniz Computing Centre
- Founded in 1962, the Leibniz Rechenzentrum LRZ is based in Garching, near Munich, Germany, and provides IT services for the city's universities. The Leibniz Rechenzentrum Leibniz Computing Centre operates a supercomputer for scientific research, based on the SGI Altix 4700 server platform and running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The system...
- Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Computing, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, Servers, UNIX, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies
- Leibniz Computing Center Achieves 10x Faster Supercomputer Data Services With NetApp Solution
- The Leibniz Computing Center provides IT services for Munich universities and for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The challenge was to implement a storage solution to deliver project file services in a 4,096-CPU SGI Altix 4700 supercomputing environment. Ensure highest data consistency and availability to support more than...
- Tags: Supercomputer, Computing, NetApp, Leibniz Computing Center, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Refining the Weather Report With Itanium 2-Based Servers
- The Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI is relied on to provide accurate forecasts for national news channels and industry groups including civic authorities and agricultural bodies. To develop truly accurate predictions, the FMI has always relied on High Performance Computing HPC but traditionally shared the only platform in Finland, located at...
- Tags: Intel Itanium, High-performance Computing, Intel Itanium 2, Server, Intel Corp., Finnish Meteorological Institute, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Intel Centrino Mobile Technology Helps China Huadian's HQ to Improve Management Methods and Enhance Efficiency
- China National Offshore Oil Corporation CNOOC was established in 1982 by the Chinese Government and is responsible for the exploitation of China's offshore oil and gas resources in co-operation with foreign partners. Increasing market demand, competition and rapid changes in the global oil economy are pushing CNOOC to increase its...
- Tags: Mobile, Intel Centrino, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Leading HPC Vendor Eases Adoption for Customers, With New Windows-Based Offerings
- For SGI, a leading High-Performance Computing HPC vendor, extending its server offerings to support the Windows operating system meant being able to satisfy a broader range of customers. SGI now offers Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 as an alternative to Linux, making it easier for customers who are familiar with...
- Tags: Silicon Graphics Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-02-22
- Aidsoid Viewer (zip)
- Aidsoid Viewer is a tool that allows you view and edit pictures. Useful program for view, convert pictures and swf files. Here are some key features of Aidsoid Viewer .bmp - Windows Bitmap JPG/JPEG/JPE - JPG files. GIF CompuServe. SWF - Shockwave Flash. WMF - Windows Metafile. EMF - Enhanced...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Metafile, Silicon Graphics Inc., Aidsoid Viewer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2006-06-08
- SGI NStor DS1100
- New to this company and servers. I have a field tech background.Current employee of company is tring to format the "drives" of the SGI NStor DS1100 file server. He had me install a SCSI card in a PIII computer loaded with WinXP. He is tring to see...
- Tags: hardware, Hollyecho, nStor, nstor ds1100, server, sever, sgi, Silicon Graphics Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-18
- Intel Technology Powers Cutting-Edge Research for Leading Scientists at Erlangen University
- Erlangen University needs a powerful HPC platform with the availability and flexibility to respond effectively to scientists' demanding priorities. The university's ten-year old legacy system was beginning to hinder the researchers, who wanted to run more sophisticated and complex experiments than before, and maintenance was becoming prohibitively costly. The university...
- Tags: University, Intel Corp., Erlangen University, Processors, Healthcare, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Powering Up Production With SGI InfiniteStorage NAS 2000
- Like many successful creative media studios, Reel FX was confronting the growing pains of the data explosion, pains most acutely felt when artists and animators need to access the same data simultaneously. Seeking an economical, IP-based networking and centralized storage solution with high-speed, simultaneous data access - regardless of operating...
- Tags: Silicon Graphics Inc., Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Army supercomputing drafts Intel, AMD
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- Tags: Network technology, Processors, Semiconductors, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, chip, AMD Opteron, 64-bit, Intel Corp., Nocona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., supercomputing
- Technical articles 2004-08-03
- SGI Inï¬niteStorage 220: A Pain-Free Path to Storage Area Networks (SANs)
- The IT teams supporting enterprises, governments, educational institutions, and other large organizations currently place priority on initiatives for consolidation and centralization for data infrastructures. No one can dispute the potential benefits, especially in the case of storage, that can be gained when dealing with today's explosion of data. However, moving...
- Tags: SAN, Silicon Graphics Inc., Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-04-09
- SGI at DTN/Kavouras: Pioneering GIS-Based Weather Services
- Thousands of clients, from television stations to corporations, government agencies, and institutions, rely on weather services from DTN/Kavouras, Inc., delivered by satellite and the Internet to proprietary desktop systems, to alert the public to danger or make far-reaching decisions. In June 2000, DTN/Kavouras introduced a breakthrough addition to its Metwork...
- Tags: Silicon Graphics Inc., GIS, Retail, Software
- Case studies
- Integrated Warehouse Management Solution Provides Significant Productivity Increase
- Silicon Graphics, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, California, is the world's leader in high-performance computing, visualization and the management of complex data with over $1 billion in revenue for 2002. The SGI manufacturing team analyzed and identified several bottlenecks in the day-to-day operations. For example, a dozen employees shared a...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Symbol Technologies Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., Leadership, Business Structures, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Management, Finance, Software
- Case studies
- HP plugs Linux for 64-processor servers
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- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., server, Martin Fink
- Technical articles 2005-02-09
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