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- High Performance Grid and Cluster Computing Industry Trends
- As computing power requirements and the amount of data increase, organizations continue to be faced with the challenge of satisfying business needs on the data within business usable timeframes. In the past, there was only one choice, process on a server. If more processing was needed, it was time to...
- Tags: High-performance, SAS Institute, Server, Distributed Computing, Grid, Cluster Computing, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-02-27
- Deploying 10GigE Network for High Performance Clusters
- Cluster computing has become one of the most popular platforms for high-performance computing today. Like traditional parallel computing systems, the I/O subsystems of clusters may form a bottleneck that affects overall system performance. An efficient way to alleviate the I/O bottleneck is to deploy a high performance file system that...
- Tags: 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Network, File System, I/O, High-performance, Cluster Computing, Leadership, Management
- White papers 2009-01-19
- Trace-Driven Analysis of an Internet-Scale Cloud Computing Platform
- In recent years, cloud computing have become a popular computing paradigm, where computation is moved away from personal computers or an individual application server to a "Cloud" of computers in the network. Users of the cloud only need to be concerned with the computing service being asked for, as the...
- Tags: University Of Pennsylvania, Cluster Computing, Computer, Productivity, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2008-05-06
- SLA-Based Resource Allocation in Cluster Computing Systems
- Resource allocation is a fundamental but challenging problem due to the complexity of cluster computing systems. In enterprise service computing, resource allocation is often associated with a Service Level Agreement SLA which is a set of quality of services and a price agreed between a customer and a service provider....
- Tags: SLA, Resource Allocation, E-business Application, Service Provider, Allocation, Cluster Computing, Service Level Management, Business Services, Enterprise Software, It Operations, It service Management, Software
- White papers 2007-12-21
- Network Performance Model for TCP/IP Based Cluster Computing
- A new communication model, called the PlogPT model, is proposed to predict communication performance in a commodity cluster where computing nodes communicate using TCP/IP. This model extends the PlogP model in order to consider the variation of bandwidth brought about by bottleneck links in network switches and the delay of...
- Tags: Networking Switch, Network, Model, Cluster Computing, University Of Tokyo, Tcp/Ip, Research & Development, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-08-03
- Cluster Computing: High-Performance, High-Availability, and High-Throughput Processing on a Network of Computers
- This paper discusses the motivation for cluster computing as well as the technologies available for building cluster systems. The emphasis placed for using commodity-based hardware and software components to achieve high performance, availability, and scalability means that cluster computing is a more cost-effective platform compared to traditional high performance platforms....
- Tags: Network, University Of Melbourne, High-performance, Cluster Computing, Computer, Leadership, Management
- White papers 2006-10-24
- Component-Based Digital Library Scalability Using Cluster Computing
- Most institutions make use of Digital Library systems DL to deal with the information they use. DL systems allow them to provide information management services, including the ability to search through and browse the information they have made available. The current architecture of the systems however, does not scale well...
- Tags: Information Management, Scalability, Digital Library, Cluster Computing, University Of Cape Town, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-10-02
- Trends in Cluster Computing
- Do you have options when implementing cluster solutions? What kinds of challenges might you experience with different approaches to clusters? How might clusters evolve over the next five years? These are just a few of the important questions addressed in this issue of SGI Technology Insight, "Trends in Cluster...
- Tags: Cluster Computing, Programming
- Case studies 2005-08-12
- Beyond Swarm Intelligence: The UltraSwarm
- This paper explores the idea that it may be possible to combine two ideas - UAV flocking, and wireless cluster computing - in a single system, the UltraSwarm. The possible advantages of such a system are considered, and solutions to some of the technical problems are identified. Initial work on...
- Tags: IEEE, Cluster Computing
- White papers 2005-05-04
- Streamlining Beowulf Cluster Deployment With NPACI Rocks
- For high-performance parallel-processing applications, Beowulf clusters that comprise industry-standard, two-processor and four processor servers can be a cost-effective alternative to symmetric multiprocessing computer systems and supercomputers. This paper discusses NPACI Rocks, an open source cluster computing software stack that can be used to improve the deployment, management, and maintenance of...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Open Source, Cluster Computing
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Cluster Computing: A Review of Cluster Characteristics across Several Leading Vendors
- The cluster systems covered differ in style and architecture from the basic systems which comprise the nodes of the cluster as well as the manner in which the nodes participate in the cluster system as a whole. Cluster operation is fundamental to VMS, unlike most systems which consist of a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Cluster Computing, Cluster Operation, Benefits, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Software
- White papers
- The Future of Cluster Computing
- Without a sustainable computing strategy, can today's commodity High-Performance Computing ("HPC") clusters take advantage of future hardware developments? How are technical markets driving high-end innovation? What are the keys to a sustainable design strategy? These are just a few of the important questions addressed in the white paper, "The...
- Tags: Hardware, Cluster Computing, Strategy, Management
- White papers
- Scalable Cluster Computing With MOSIX for LINUX
- Mosix is a software tool for supporting cluster computing. It consists of kernel-level, adaptive resource sharing algorithms that are geared for high performance, overhead-free scalability and ease-of-use of a scalable computing cluster. The core of the Mosix technology is the capability of multiple workstations and servers nodes to work cooperatively...
- Tags: Node, Cluster Computing, MOSIX, Linux, Engineering, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
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- Cluster Computing With Single Thread Space
- To achieve Single System Image SSI for cluster computing is a challenging task since SSI is a form of complete transparency that requires the integration and unification of all types of resources in a cluster. This paper proposes a new Java computing platform with the concept of Single Thread Space,...
- Tags: Cluster Computing, Thread, University Of Hong Kong
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Additional Resources
- Does virtualization equal cloud computing?
- I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...
- Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Computer Center Improves Energy Efficiency With New Diskless Cluster
- The High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart HLRS provides computing resources to internal and external research and industry partners. The institute uses diskless boot technology for all of its 700 compute nodes to implement a compute cluster with Windows HPC Server 2008. HLRS has found that using diskless boot technology in...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Technology, Computer, HLRS
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Industrial Simulation Firm Boosts Compute Speeds by 20 Percent With Cluster Upgrade
- EURO/CFD, which provides digital simulation of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, recently expanded its computing infrastructure and upgraded to the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system for its 37-node cluster. EURO/CFD can now launch simulations on 20 server computers simultaneously. With the resulting 20-percent increase in computation speed, EURO/CFD has...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Speed, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Researchers Choose Windows HPC Server for Real-World Computing Questions
- When researchers at Rutgers wanted to explore massive computing scenarios with real-world significance for fields such as financial services and pharmaceuticals, they turned to Windows HPC Server 2008. In one research project, the software proved at least 30 percent faster than Linux. The Windows HPC Server cluster was deployed in...
- Tags: Researcher, Server, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Linux, Software
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- 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...
- Tags: High-performance Computing, High-performance, Calculation, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Leadership, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Management, Software
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Manufacturer Expands Research Capabilities With Switch to Windows HPC Server 2008
- Stork Thermeq, a provider of products and services for industrial water-steam systems, used a Red Hat Linux High-Performance Computing HPC system to support its research. But the company found that the system took considerable expertise to run and maintain, pulling researchers away from their work, and would have required outside...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Cloud Computing, Software
- Case studies 2009-11-01
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