HP Adds Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to High-performance Computing Portfolio

HP Adds Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to High-performance Computing Portfolio

HP today announced the availability of new enhancements to its high-performance computing portfolio. The HP Unified Cluster Portfolio now includes a certified original equipment manufacturer version of Microsoft Windows® Compute Cluster Server (CCS) 2003 and a new HP Cluster Management Utility option. Additionally available is HP Message Passing Interface on Windows CCS.

The enhancements are part of HP’s strategy to deliver industry-standard high-performance computing (HPC) solutions to customers. HP has led this market for the past three years; through the first half of 2006, HP held the No. 1 revenue share of 33 percent, according to research firm IDC.(1) Availability of Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 The certified OEM version of Windows CCS is fully integrated and supports HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem solutions. It comes installed and tested on HP Cluster Platform and Cluster Platform Express configurations.

Windows CCS is designed specifically to make HPC clusters easier to deploy, manage and integrate with existing infrastructure and tools, allowing scientists and engineers to focus on science rather than IT. HP customers currently using Windows CCS include Queen’s University of Belfast, the Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute and Boeing.

“At the Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, we have built a 16-node parallel computer using HP ProLiant DL145 servers running Windows Compute Cluster Server,” said Dr. Saifur Rahman, director, Virginia Technology Advanced Research Institute. “In a sample bioinformatics data processing application, we experienced a 15-to-1 improvement in processing time when compared to a single-node machine. The system was easy to install and is easy to use, giving our graduate students a taste of massively parallel processing computers in mainstream applications.”

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