128-Processor Linux Cluster at the Ohio Supercomputer CenterMountain View 12 Aug 99 "Presenting new technologies, like the 128-processor Linux cluster, to Ohio is central to OSC's mission," said Charlie Bender, executive director, OSC. "This type of project provides the center with an opportunity to expand its role as a statewide resource by bringing even more scalable computing power to Ohio's scientists and engineers. This collaborative project with SGI will help us assist researchers using Linux at their desktop to use the high-performance computing systems found both at OSC and the National Science Foundation supercomputer centers." Beowulf clusters like OSC's are specialized supercomputers that are gaining popularity in the technical and enterprise computing market because of their high performance at a relatively low cost. Beowulf clusters are used for solving very specific types of problems through what is known as parallel decomposing. Ohio's research community will be able to access the Beowulf cluster through OARnet, a division of OSC. OARnet is the state's high-performance network providing Internet connectivity to more than a million Ohioans. As a leader in computing and networking, OSC is a state-supported resource for Ohio's scientists and engineers with an impressive array of machines and visualization equipment including Cray T3E and Cray T94 supercomputers, and two Origin 2000 servers The OSC Linux cluster will consist of 32 SGI 1400L servers, each with four 500 MHz Intel® Pentium III Xeon processors. Preloaded with the SGI Linux ; Environment with Red Hat ; Linux 6.0, the SGI 1400L server is an enterprise-class server designed to fulfill customer needs for comprehensive and cost-effective solutions that merge SGI's expertise and innovation in scalability, bandwidth and performance with industry-standard components and operating systems. The Ohio Supercomputer Center is a statewide resource located in Columbus, Ohio. High-performance computing and networking converge at OSC to help position Ohio as a technology state. OSC works to bring the latest education and information technologies to the state through its involvement with the Ohio science and engineering community and its role in state and national advanced technology collaborations.
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