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Startup Takes Aim at Performance-Killing Vibration in Datacenter

Jan 19, 2010 | All that noise and vibration you experience in the datacenter is not just annoying; it's also killing the performance of your hard disk drives. So says Green Platform CEO Gus Malek-Madani, who thinks he has developed an innovative rack design that will reclaim storage I/O performance and, in the process, save datacenters billions of dollars.
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DataDirect Networks Builds on Storage Fusion Architecture

Nov 16, 2009 | HPC storage vendor DataDirect Networks will soon offer integrated clustered file system support in its Storage Fusion Architecture product line. The idea is to drastically reduce the amount of storage switches and file system servers, and thus the cost and complexity of supercomputer-sized file storage.
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A Trio of HPC Offerings Unveiled at ISC

Jul 01, 2009 | Last week's International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'09) was a convenient excuse for vendors to announce a raft of new products, but three, in particular, stood out.
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10GbE Networking for HPC -- Applications and Technology Trends

Jun 15, 2009 | So far, 10GbE has been a high-end luxury for environments that want maximum performance regardless of cost, but that's changing fast. The per-port pricing gap between 10GbE and alternate network options is narrowing rapidly as more vendors increase the competitive pressure on pricing for related components.
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Texas Memory Lets Flash Flag Fly

Apr 30, 2009 | Unlike many of the companies in today's flash-based solid state disk (SSD) market, Texas Memory Systems has been in the SSD business for more than 30 years. Back in the late 70s they were building SSDs for seismic field data collection, and in the 80s the company's gear found its way into supercomputers, and over the past decade, its products have reached into the enterprise market.
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In the Midst of a Recession, Panasas Comes Out Swinging

Apr 22, 2009 | Panasas has revamped its ActiveStor portfolio, introducing three new HPC storage products. Notably, the company has incorporated SSD flash technology in its new top-of-the-line storage offering.
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Gelsinger Stuns Analysts and Colleagues with Storage Pool Plan

Mar 15, 2010 | The Register | EMC's grand vision for unified global storage.
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Fusing Flash Cache and Analytics

Feb 17, 2010 | The Register | ParAccel teams up with Fusion-io.
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SONAS Offering From IBM Covers Much Ground

Feb 12, 2010 | The Register | Clustered NAS product supports global namespace with up to 14.4 petabytes of storage.
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Geeking Out on SSD Hardware Developments

Feb 10, 2010 | Linux Magazine | Where no NAND has gone before.
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No Flash in the Pan

Feb 03, 2010 | GenomeWeb | In 2009, a number of early adopters in HPC got behind flash storage.
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Top 8 Enterprise Server Predictions for 2010

Jan 13, 2010 | TechNewsWorld | Analytics apps, storage tiering, hybrid computing, cross-platform virtualization, and green IT will shape server market.
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QLogic Announces Expanded Product Suite from EMC Select

Mar 17, 2010 | QLogic Corp. today announced that on April 12 its 5800V Series 8Gb Fibre Channel stackable switches will be available through the EMC Select program as scalable SAN solutions for a broad range of EMC storage platforms.
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SGI Unveils Origin 400 Integrated Workgroup Blade System

Mar 16, 2010 | SGI today announced availability of Origin 400, an integrated workgroup blade system that features compute and storage area network (SAN) storage functionality, making it ideal for remote offices and small- and medium-sized enterprises.
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Spectra Logic Ranks in Top Ten Percent of Government GSA Contractors

Mar 16, 2010 | Spectra Logic today announced that it ranked in the top ten percent of U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) information technology (IT) Schedule 70 contractors for 2009.
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LSI Sampling PCI Express-Based Solid-State Storage Solution

Mar 16, 2010 | LSI Corporation today announced it is sampling a PCI Express (PCIe)-based solid-state storage (SSS) solution to OEM customers.
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OakGate Benchmark Tests Confirm Record I/O Performance of Pliant Enterprise Flash Drives

Mar 15, 2010 | OakGate Technology today announced that its independent benchmark testing of Pliant Technology's Lightning Enterprise Flash Drives confirmed significantly faster system I/O performance levels than previously achieved by any other I/O solution.
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RAID Inc. Announces Sponsorship of HPCC Conference 2010

Mar 11, 2010 | RAID Incorporated has announced that it will be sponsoring and exhibiting at the High-Performance Computing and Communications Council (HPCC) Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Newport, RI, March 16-18.
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The Week in Review

C-DAC announces plans for a petaflop system; IBM researchers are working on vertical integration techniques to extend Moore's Law another 15 years. We recap those stories and more in our weekly wrapup.
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Moscow State University Supercomputer Has Petaflop Aspirations

The Moscow State University supercomputer, Lomonosov, has been selected for a high-performance makeover, with the goal of tripling its processing power to achieve petaflop-level performance in 2010. T-Platforms, who developed and manufactured the supercomputer, is the odds-on favorite to lead the project.
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Intel Ups Performance Ante with Westmere Server Chips

Right on schedule, Intel has launched its Xeon 5600 processors, codenamed "Westmere EP." The 5600 represents the 32nm sequel to the Xeon 5500 (Nehalem EP) for dual-socket servers. Intel is touting better performance and energy efficiency, along with new security features, as the big selling points of the new Xeons.
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Intel Partners See 'Easy' Upgrade Path With Xeon 5600 Chips

Mar 18 | ChannelWeb | Westmere parts already showing up in HPC machines. Read more...

AMD: OEMs primed for Opteron 6100s

Mar 17 | The Register | But what about the tier ones? Read more...

Arrival of the Desktop Supercomputer

Mar 17 | Cadalyst Magazine | A new generation of workstations is changing the nature of technical computing. Read more...

Scheduling HPC In The Cloud

Mar 17 | Linux Magazine | Latest iteration of Sun Grid Engine able to tap into Cloud. Read more...

Tailoring Medicine with Supercomputers

Mar 16 | Bio-IT World | Biotech firm builds genetic models from patient data. Read more...

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