NEC wins order for bio-grid computing platform system from Osaka UniversityTokyo 04 March 2002 NEC Solutions has received an order for a bio-grid platform system for bio research from the Osaka University Cyber Media Center.
The server system consists of two sub-systems: a genome data analysis system and a protein structural simulation system. The genome data analysis system mutually connects 78 Express5800/BladeServer servers with a total of 156 CPUs. The servers have a total of 12TB of disk storage, facilitating data analysis at high speed.
The protein structural simulation system mutually links eight Express5800 Series rack-mount servers on a high-speed Myrinet2000 network to boost simulation speeds. Using 15TB of disk arrays, the system can store huge databases for research.
Each system runs Linux and SCore, Linux parallel processing software developed by the Real World Computing Partnership, a technology development consortium which successfully completed a government-initiated real world computing project on January 31, 2002.
The university centre will support the system with its on-campus gigabit network ODINS to help bio researchers on two university campuses speed up their research projects.
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