Short Items of Interest on Sun Systems Performance
Includes Lustre, Sun Fire Servers’ Firmware, HPC ClusterTools and More
Have you downloaded the latest updates in Sun software for your Sun solutions? Take a look at the top ten updates made available June 17th through June 23rd. These include Lustre 1.8.0.1; Sun Fire X4540, X2270, X4170, X4270, X4275; Sun Servers Integration 1.0; HPC ClusterTools 8.2; HPC Software, OpenSolaris Developer Edition 1.0; Sun Blade X6275; and Sun Server Hardware Management Pack 1.1.
One of the First Large QDR-based InfiniBand Supercomputers
The most powerful Sun technology-based computer in Europe is now online. The new Julich Supercomputer Center is supported by 2208 node Sun Constellation System and Sun Blade X6275 server modules. The Sun Constellation Systems operate with Intel Xeon processor 5570 series and communicate with each other via six newly developed “Project M9″ InfiniBand switches from Sun that supply quad data rate (QDR) and up to 648 ports while slashing the amount of complex cabling required.
New Servers, Integrated Open Storage and High-performance Networking
At the Sun Open Network Systems launch, the company introduced servers, integrated open storage, and high-performance networking designed for the HPC market as well as other customers wanting to take advantage of high performance technology capabilities that address high performance, high throughput, large memory, and fast I/O. Sun reports that with these new HPC systems, customers can simplify their environment from less highly integrated solutions — reducing cabling by 84 percent, switches by 97 percent, and rack space by 75 percent.
