In Focus
Storform iServ R505 Now Available
The newest addition to the Storform storage server lineup is the Storform iServ R505. It boasts 24 hot-swap drives with capacity up to 24TB, 2 internal SATA drives, 4 PCI expansion slots, and redundant power. This Intel Xeon processor-based server offers flexible build-to-fit capacity and exceptional compute power. A spares kit is also available for the R505. New Quad-Socket AMD Opteron-Based Offering
Introducing the Rackform nServ A421, an enterprise-level server solution well suited to demanding, mission-critical deployments. It's a 2U equipped with 4 Quad-Core or Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors, up to 128 GB DDR2 memory, 6 hot-swap SAS / SATA drives, integrated SAS controller, 4 PCI expansion slots, and redundant power supply with 88% maximum efficiency. It makes an excellent choice for virtualization. A spares kit is also available for the A421. Expert Support & Services Products
We are now making the Silicon Mechanics expert technical support personnel even more accessible to customers with our Expert Support and Expert Services products:
Hyperform Clusters by Silicon Mechanics
High Performance Computing at Silicon Mechanics has taken another step forward with the launch of Hyperform Clusters, an expansion and consolidation of our HPC hardware offerings. The newest addition to the Hyperform family is Hyperform ICR, an Intel Cluster Ready certified cluster. The Hyperform ICR cluster configuration is presented in our online cluster configuration tool, which means you can interactively create the configuration best suited to your HPC cluster requirements, using the certified Hyperform ICR cluster as your starting point. Intel Case Study Highlights Silicon Mechanics
Intel has recently released a case study (PDF) featuring Silicon Mechanics. The piece focuses on the company's participation in the Intel Cluster Ready program, and outlines the benefits to customers of the ICR specification and certification, principally a simpler way to buy, deploy, and manage high-performance computing clusters. The case study goes on to examine the Proof Point process, which was documented on video, and demonstrated how a Hyperform ICR cluster was able to load and run six separate HPC software packages in succession. Silicon Mechanics Cited in HPC Cluster Success Story
In a case study recently posted by Microsoft, Silicon Mechanics was highlighted as the hardware provider for a Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 HPC cluster implemented by the Daggett Research Group at the University of Washington Department of Bioengineering. The Daggett Research Group employs computational science to study the behavior of proteins at the molecular level, and the Group reports outstanding results. See the case study for the details on the hardware and other specifications. Ubuntu? Yes!
Silicon Mechanics is pleased to announce that we now have an Ubuntu Linux offering. The available version of the popular Open Source Linux distribution is the 8.04 LTS server edition, in 32- and 64-bit versions. The operating system comes preloaded for those who include it in their server configurations.
Next Trade Show
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November 17–20, 2008
Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
For a complete listing of scheduled trade show appearances and other events, visit our Events page.
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Press
July 21, 2008 — Silicon Mechanics, Inc. has announced the availability of Expert Support and Expert Services.
June 9, 2008 — Silicon Mechanics, Inc., a leading provider of rackmount servers, storage, and high-performance computing solutions, today announced the launch of Hyperform, an expansion and consolidation of their High Performance Computing hardware.
April 7, 2008 — Silicon Mechanics, Inc., a leading provider of rackmount servers, storage, and high-performance computing solutions, has announced the launch of a line of Virtualization solutions.
March 19, 2008 — Silicon Mechanics, Inc., today announced the release of its Bladeform 5100 Series blade server platform.
March 19, 2008 — Silicon Mechanics has launched Storform, a line of storage products. Initial product offerings include both Direct Attached Storage and iSCSI products.
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Library
Cluster technology is a complicated proposition, but increasingly required for a host of scientific and technical activities. The Intel Cluster Ready program, in an effort to streamline and simplify the process of deploying HPC clusters, established the ICR specification so that certified clusters will work, period. Hard to believe? Perhaps, which is the purpose of the Proof Point activity. Watch the Silicon Mechanics Proof Point video (about 6 minutes long), and see why it is that seven separate ISV codes could be successively loaded onto one cluster, and run successfully.
Don't miss our new section on Virtualization. We can offer an overview of the subject, a look at some of the pros and cons of virtual environments, and we have put together a list of links out to various articles and papers that could be just what you're looking for.
If you're looking for information on sustainable computing, the Sustainable Computing section of our Library is a great place to start. We have summarized some of the research we've found, but if you would like a longer list of sources, check out our Recommended Reading page.
See the RAMtv video shot right here at Silicon Mechanics (it's about 5 minutes long). See our headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Bothell, WA, and meet some of our Experts.
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