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Video: Sun Powered CLUMEQ Silo is Super Efficient HPC

When supercomputing consortium CLUMEQ designed its high-performance computing (HPC) system in Quebec, it was able to house it in the silo of a former particle accelerator on the Université Laval campus. The structure's 3-level cylindrical floor plan was ideal for cooling the 56 standard-size racks, and enabled the university to retain a treasured landmark. Full Story

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Designed to meet the demands of the world's largest high-performance compute clusters, the open source Lustre file system redefines scalability and provides groundbreaking I/O and metadata throughput.

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We are please to announce that we have open sourced the SAM-QFS code! This major contribution to the OpenSolaris community is now available for download.

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Video: High Performance Data Management Panel Discussion

This panel discussion on High Performance Data Management was recorded by Deirdre Straughan at the Sun HPC Consortium 2009 in Portland.

End users:
James Pepin – Chief Technology Officer Clemson University
Stephen Monk – Sandia National Laboratory

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Harriet Coverston – Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Peter Bojanic – Director Lustre Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Session moderated by Sean Cochrane.

Video: SC09 Flash Storage Panel

Recorded 11/20/09 at SC09, this Panel discussion entitled "Flash Technology in HPC: Let the Revolution Begin" was moderated by Bob Murphy, Sun Microsystems. Download for iPod

Abstract: With an exponential growth spurt of peak GFLOPs available to HPC system designers and users imminent, the CPU performance I/O gap will reach increasingly gaping proportions. To bridge this gap, Flash is suddenly being deployed in HPC as a revolutionary technology that delivers faster time to solution for HPC applications at significantly lower costs and lower power consumption than traditional disk based approaches. This panel, consisting of experts representing all points of the Flash technology spectrum, will examine how Flash can be deployed and the effect it will have on HPC workloads.

* Bob Murpy slides: "Flash Technology in HPC: Let the Revolution Begin"

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Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim makes a quick appearance in this video story from SC09.

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Why HPC Partners? Sun Microsystems is expanding its HPC reach through partners and resellers for its HPC cluster solutions. As a leader in high performance computing, Sun offers complete end-to-end HPC architecture designed to grow from a single rack up to tera- and peta-scale deployments.

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In today's economic times, your customers are seeking the best performance they can buy for the money. With processors from Intel and AMD, Sun's x86 systems not only provide leading edge performance, they offer substantial savings and reduced cost of ownership thanks to features like on-board InfiniBand.

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  • We make it easy to get started. As a Sun value-added reseller, you will receive technical help from our HPC Sales group, solution collateral, IP, sales tools, and training. We also offer priority access to HPC architects to help with sales calls, deliver NDA presentations, and help you locate additional resources within Sun.
  • We help make it profitable. While the market drives margins very low for HPC components, the real profits in typical HPC deals come from integration services and support. We put you in the driver's seat.
  • We provide the sales leads. To generate qualified leads on a global level, Sun conducts a wide range of go-to-market activities including events, webinars, and technical blueprints. Together with Sun, your company can deliver complete HPC clusters that meet the needs of small- and mid-sized organizations. The result? A profitable expansion of your business in HPC — the fastest growing segment in the IT industry.
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CU-CCMS is a high-performance computing center that serves multiple industries as well as government agencies and academia.

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