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Exploring High Bandwidth Filesystems on Large Systems
White Paper 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... [08 Jul 2008]
The SGI Altix 3000 Global Shared-Memory Architecture
White Paper This paper describes the global shared memory architecture and benefits of the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and super-clusters. It describes the current implementation of the Altix 3000 system communication infrastructure. [03 Jul 2008]
Linux Scalability - From the Micro to the HUGE
White Paper From the Linux Watch to the 1024 and more processor ALTIX machines from SGI; one kernel runs on them all. Linux is possibly the most scalable operating system ever. The author attempts to explain what scalability is as far as an operating system... [03 Jul 2008]
Roadrunner runs away with supercomputing prize
News Rounding out the top 10 is Sun Microsystem's Ranger at number four, Cray's Jaguar at number five, SGI's Encanto at number seven, and SGI's Altix at number 10. Roadrunner has topped the Top500 supercomputers released yesterday at the International... [19 Jun 2008]
SGI Altix: Enhanced Return on Investment for the Datacenter
White Paper 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 powerful processor platform, and the flexibility and... [26 Apr 2008]
Leibniz Computing Center Achieves 10x Faster Supercomputer Data Services With NetApp Solution
White Paper The challenge was to implement a storage solution to deliver project file services in a 4,096-CPU SGI Altix 4700 supercomputing environment. The Leibniz Computing Center provides IT services for Munich universities and for the Bavarian Academy of... [20 Jul 2007]
Scaling Linux to the Extreme: From 64 to 512 Processors
White Paper SGI announced the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers. As announced, the SGI Altix 3000 system supported up to 64 Intel Itanium 2 processors and 512 GB of main memory in a single Linux image. Altix now supports up to 256 processors in a single Linux... [18 May 2007]
Refining the Weather Report With Itanium 2-Based Servers
After a two-month benchmark process in early 2005, the FMI chose to install two Intel Itanium 2 processor-based SGI Altix 3700 BX2 machines running Unix, which proved their value in meeting the Institute's price performance criteria. [17 May 2007]
Refining the Weather Report With Itanium 2-Based Servers
White Paper After a two-month benchmark process in early 2005, the FMI chose to install two Intel Itanium 2 processor-based SGI Altix 3700 BX2 machines running Unix, which proved their value in meeting the Institute's price performance criteria. [17 May 2007]
Intel Technology Powers Cutting-Edge Research for Leading Scientists at Erlangen University
White Paper Local systems integrator, transtec, equipped the university with a server cluster running 300 Intel Xeon processors to support life sciences and physics research, and SGI delivered Altix 3700 and 330 servers powered by a total of 48 Intel Itanium... [25 Apr 2007]
Novell Case Study: Leibniz Computing Centre
White Paper 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. Founded in 1962, the Leibniz Rechenzentrum (LRZ) is based... [13 Apr 2007]
Comparing Linux Clusters for the Community Climate System Model
White Paper Specifically, the authors examine the execution time and scalability of the Community Atmospheric Model (CAM) and the Parallel Ocean Program (POP) on Linux clusters with Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors, using Dolphin, Myrinet, and Infiniband... [01 Apr 2007]
Intel Centrino Mobile Technology Helps China Huadian's HQ to Improve Management Methods and Enhance Efficiency
White Paper The company deployed four high-performance SGI Altix 350 servers that configured with 16 Intel Itanium 2 processors as the platform to run the oil reservoir simulation system. China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) was established in 1982... [05 May 2006]
Exploiting the Scalability and Power of FLUENT
White Paper Find out why running FLUENT on the Altix platform with SGI’s newest version of MPT (Message Passing Toolkit) reduces communications latency and significantly improves the performance of FLUENT in high-processor-count situations. [20 Jul 2005]
OpenEye Scientific Software: Drug Discovery - The Best in Class Tools for Competitive Advantage
White Paper Find out why these programs running on the SGI Altix platform with Intel Itanium 2 processors provide for a faster analysis of molecular structures and their conformers than you can expect with other computer-aided drug design architectures. [14 Feb 2005]
