server 2003 hpc
Leading HPC Vendor Eases Adoption for Customers, With New Windows-Based Offerings
White Paper 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... [03 Jul 2008]
Inventor of Beowulf Cluster Exposes Young Minds to High-Performance Computing
White Paper At its HPC Boot Camp, CCT used Dell HPC solutions based on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to educate students from Louisiana high schools on how High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications can be used to solve real-world problems, thereby... [03 Jul 2008]
Digital Marketing Firm Installs Microsoft HPC Solution to Simplify IT Operations
White Paper The company uses High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications running on hundreds of parallel server computers to process data gathered from marketing campaigns across the Internet. Atlas also wanted to improve the reliability and security of its... [03 Jul 2008]
Researchers' Move From Linux to Windows Yields Performance Gains, New Capabilities
White Paper The group augmented its existing Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources with two new HPC systems based on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which has delivered better performance than Linux and enabled the group to make... [03 Jul 2008]
Portuguese University Accelerates Cancer Research With High-Performance Computing
White Paper Microsoft Portugal partnered with the university and deployed an HPC solution based on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. The University of Beira Interior (Universidade da Beira Interior), Covilha, Portugal, wanted a High-Performance Computing... [03 Jul 2008]
Microsoft High Performance Computing Solution Helps Oil Company Increase the Productivity of Research Staff
White Paper In late 2005, CENPES was concerned about the time and effort required for its research staff to manage the 500 server computers included in its HPC systems. The company also operates a research center (CENPES) where scientists use High-Performance... [03 Jul 2008]
Supercomputing Solution Reduces IT Administration Needs at Research Institute
White Paper The institute deployed Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 so that all researchers could use HPC without relying on super users to run jobs for them. Drug-development technologies require large amounts of computing power, but the Linux and UNIX... [03 Jul 2008]
Switch From Linux to Windows Increases Value of HPC for Golf Equipment Manufacturer
White Paper When the Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster in use at Callaway Golf reached the end of its useful life, the company began looking for a replacement solution. The company's new HPC cluster is delivering an eightfold increase in... [03 Jul 2008]
Research-Driven University Breaks Down Barriers to High-Performance Computing
White Paper Queen's University in Belfast has long invested in High-Performance Computing (HPC), but less-technical researchers rarely took advantage of these resources, finding the learning curve of UNIX and Linux too steep. [03 Jul 2008]
64-Bit Compute Cluster Performs Crash Analysis, Aides in Safety Compliance
White Paper Bombardier is using high-performance computing (HPC) to perform comprehensive rail-vehicle crash analysis. An 8-node, 64-bit cluster based on Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server (WCCS) 2003 helps Bombardier perform simulations even for the new... [03 Jul 2008]
Shipbuilder Introduces HPC on Microsoft to Develop High Value-Added Ship Types
White Paper DSME was using a large-scale UNIX-based system for its simulation software and it had to add server computers to keep up with growing workloads. To achieve more productive operations, the company decided to deploy a new high-performance computing... [03 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Windows HPC Server 2008: Management and Diagnostics in High-Performance Computing (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast provides an inside look at the new management, monitoring, and deployment features of Window HPC Server 2008 by way of demos and screencasts rather than just a Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation. [30 May 2008]
Using Windows Deployment Services With Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003
White Paper In addition, the example in this paper is specific to high performance computing (HPC), but one could just as easily be deploying email servers or 5000 new Windows VISTA desktops - the same general techniques apply. [03 Apr 2008]
Updating Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Clusters
White Paper There are many ways to approach updating Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003-based HPC environments. Due to the topology and scale of the networks, Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 environments require some special considerations. [03 Apr 2008]
Dual Boot: Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
White Paper This paper describes the installation and configuration of a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster for a dual boot of Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (WCCS) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1. [28 Mar 2008]
