Always include source to backup your facts am not a SUSU user but accept :-))
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20080611.AQW511&show_article=1 On 6/11/08, Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> >> - World's three most powerful supercomputers run SUSE Linux >> Enterprise from Novell >> >> WALTHAM, Mass. -- June 11, 2008 -- Supercomputers around the world >> are running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell(R). >> According to TOP500, a project that tracks and detects trends in >> high-performance computing, SUSE Linux Enterprise is the Linux* of >> choice on the world's largest HPC supercomputers today. Of the top >> 50 supercomputers worldwide, 40 percent are running on SUSE Linux >> Enterprise, including the top three – IBM* eServer Blue Gene at the >> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, IBM eServer BlueGene/P >> (JUGENE) at the Juelich Research Center and SGI* Altix 8200 at the >> New Mexico Computing Applications Center. >> >> Leveraging the economics of open source software and low cost >> hardware, Novell, together with its partners, is bringing the same >> high performance computing capabilities utilized in supercomputers >> to enterprises and mid-market customers in a range of industries, >> including manufacturing, research and academic organizations. >> >> Customers such as Audi, MTU Aero Engines, NASA Advanced >> Supercomputing Division, Porsche Informatik, Seoul National >> University, Swinburne University of Technology, Tokyo Institute of >> Technology and Wehmeyer are running supercomputers and computer >> clusters on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to handle mission-critical >> workloads with minimal downtime. >> >> Three supercomputers at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division >> currently operate on SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell. These >> computers are used to evaluate next-generation technology to meet >> NASA's engineering and science requirements, control system >> operation and launch programs, and support NASA's aeronautics, >> science and space operations initiatives. NASA's next supercomputer, >> scheduled for completion this summer, will also run on SUSE Linux >> Enterprise Server and when deployed will be one of the largest SGI >> Altix ICE systems, on par with the current third-ranked most >> powerful supercomputer. >> >> "At NASA we are working to solve some of science's most complex >> challenges, so an operating system that can help us achieve the >> highest level of computational functionality is very important," >> said William Thigpen, Engineering Branch Chief in the NASA Advanced >> Supercomputing Division. "In selecting an operating system, >> performance and flexibility are two of our top considerations. The >> right operating system helps us to push the boundaries of computing >> performance and bring new levels of innovation to our space, science >> and aeronautics programs." >> >> Partners Leverage SUSE Linux Enterprise >> Companies like Appro International, Atipa Technologies, Cluster >> Resources, HP, Penguin Computing, SGI and Teradata are incorporating >> SUSE Linux Enterprise Server into the high-performance computing >> solutions they are providing to their own customers. >> >> "We recently introduced a new family of platforms from entry-level >> to active-enterprise data warehouses that addresses many customer >> needs," said Scott Gnau, chief development officer, Teradata >> Corporation. "Our solutions are designed to drive powerful business >> intelligence and real-time decisioning applications, including fraud >> detection and prevention, customer segmentation, human resources and >> forecasting. Our solutions run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from >> Novell, which, thanks to its extreme scalability, reliability, >> flexibility and ease of use, is the optimal Linux operating system >> for our customers' businesses. We selected Novell and its SUSE Linux >> Enterprise platform because of its full range of industry-leading >> Linux services to support large-scale, mission-critical enterprises." >> >> Irene Qualters, SGI senior vice president of software, said, "At >> SGI, our focus is on high-performance computing and robust >> scalability, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the operating >> system of choice for many of our Altix and Altix XE customers. As >> the requirements for high-performance computing continue to grow >> more complex across industries, the collaboration between SGI and >> Novell ensures that SUSE Linux Enterprise will continue to be the >> leading operating system for high-performance clusters that meet >> those new business needs today." >> >> Michael A. Jackson, president of Cluster Resources Inc., said, "Our >> partnership with Novell is helping to overcome the complexity and >> supportability limitations of the HPC market. The resulting Moab >> Cluster Builder for SUSE Linux Enterprise installs a turnkey, HPC- >> optimized version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with easy-to-use >> resource and workload management. In addition, with Novell's >> interoperability alliance with Microsoft, we can enable a dynamic >> hybrid OS cluster. This next-generation solution causes a single >> cluster to be a mix of both SUSE Linux Enterprise and Windows and to >> dynamically change the OS mix based on the workload submitted. >> Novell is truly a centerpiece of both next-generation HPC and making >> it easy to use, commercially reliable and supportable." >> >> SUSE Linux Enterprise has been a leader in the high performance >> computing market for more than a decade, based on the strong >> engineering heritage of the distribution. >> >> "SUSE Linux Enterprise has become the HPC operating system of >> choice, thanks to its scalability and performance capabilities and >> the wide variety of open source software and development tools >> available," said Carlos Montero-Luque, vice president of product >> management for Open Platform Solutions at Novell. "By leveraging >> industry-standard servers and clusters running SUSE Linux >> Enterprise, customers and partners can build and deploy the world's >> best HPC-class products and applications." >> >> More information on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for High >> Performance Computing can be found at www.novell.com/linux/hpc > > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > ---- > Kiggundu Mukasa > KYM-NET LTD. > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 772 972255 > +256 414 571779 > Fax: +256 312 262122 > > http://kym.net > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
