February 24, 2009
Former Linux Networx & SGI engineer to offer system administration services
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 24 -- HPC Integrators, a newly formed cluster computing professional services company, announced today the availability of its system installation, remote system health management and performance tuning services to help organizations with medium to small sized cluster systems.
Formed by high performance computing (HPC) and cluster computing veteran, Nate Fuhriman, HPC Integrators provides customers with complete system set-up and administration services for clusters as small as two nodes up to 256. The company's services are designed to enhance existing technical staff, or provide needed expertise to organizations without administrative staff.
"Cluster computing is complex and ever changing -- because of this, it is so valuable to have access to someone with Nate Fuhriman's experience to manage the integration and support of a system today," said HPC Integrators customer Todd Bone, CEO of XS International. "Nate's vast experience with clusters, visualization and Infiniband technologies has greatly increased our ability to provide systems integration, service and support to our clients."
HPC Integrators was created to bring senior-level HPC system administration services to customers at an affordable price, as low as $1,000 per month for remote system health management. HPC Integrators ensures customers' cluster investment is healthy, backed-up and performing at a high-level.
"In this ever-changing world of high-performance computing, Nate exhibits a deep knowledge about a variety of cluster configurations & always seems to know exactly how to configure a system and/or to solve the problem," said Herb Riley, R-Systems CEO and customer of HPC Integrators. "It provides such a peace-of-mind to have someone as seasoned as Nate working with our systems."
As one of the first professional systems integrators for HPC cluster systems, Fuhriman has worked on landmark systems such as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's MCR cluster system, as well as countless smaller systems for organizations like The Boeing Company. For more information about HPC Integrators, visit www.hpcintegrators.com.
About HPC Integrators
HPC Integrators provides high performance computing cluster set-up and professional remote management services for customers with small- to medium-sized systems (as few as two nodes, up-to-256 nodes). The company also supports the integration & ongoing management of larger systems for teams needing access to seasoned system administers who possess a deep knowledge of building & managing some of the largest cluster systems in the world.
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Source: HPC Integrators
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