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Following recent major successful deployments of Mandrakelinux Clustering, Mandrakesoft today announces a new version of its intensive calculation solution.
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___For Immediate Release ___
Mandrakesoft introduces new Mandrakelinux Clustering HPC Linux solution
Moreno Valley, Ca; Paris, France; March, 30th 2005 -- Following recent
major successful deployments of Mandrakelinux Clustering, Mandrakesoft
today announces a new version of its intensive calculation
solution. Dedicated to research laboratories and other
computing-intensive industries, the new Mandrakelinux Clustering
provides major updates such as Infiniband support and version 2.6 of
the Linux kernel by default. Apart from its performance and affordable
cost, Mandrakelinux Clustering provides unrivaled methods and tools
for easy installation and administration of the system.
Far more than just a product, Mandrakelinux Clustering is a complete
solution for deploying powerful calculation systems with a wide range
of uses, including crash simulation, acoustics, seismic modeling and
risk analysis.
Clustering solutions need power: both 64-bit AMD Opteron and Intel
EM-64T versions are available. Low latency and high bandwidth are made
possible by the use of high performance connections between nodes. In
addition to SCI connections, Mandrakelinux Clustering now supports
Voltaire Infiniband.
HP recently deployed its "HPC1" 240 CPU cluster in Europe, using
Mandrakelinux Clustering and Infiniband. The HPC1 will provide CPU
cycles to the oil, gas, manufacturing, bioinformatics industries, and
others.
"Nearly three years after the first release of Mandrakelinux
Clustering, it has matured to a point where we are starting to see
significant deployments of the product," said François Bancilhon, CEO
of Mandrakesoft. He added: "We believe that powerful and affordable
clustering solutions can be made possible through our own innovation
and the use of open source components in the product, while we
provide a comprehensive base around the product, including top quality
support and assistance."
Mandrakelinux Clustering can be quickly installed, using the PXE
network initialization technology. A full deployment is possible in
only a few minutes with the help of Clusterscripts and Ka-deploy
utilities. URPMI - the Mandrakelinux package management system and
dependency resolver - is parallelized to allow automated software
updating of all nodes simultaneously.
To guarantee an optimal user experience, Mandrakelinux Clustering
provides a graphical environment along with numerous administration
tools which allow the Cluster administrator to add and remove nodes
with a single click, create virtual partitions, assign users to
partitions, and graphically configure the entire system. Graphical
monitoring of the system is performed via a dedicated tool named
"Ganglia".
In addition, Mandrakelinux Clustering offers the ability to use two
separate network interfaces, thereby allowing the ability to separate
the administration network from the computing network.
The price of Mandrakelinux Clustering solutions - including product
and support - is dependent on the number of deployed nodes and
selected support options. Base price is $2,200 USD / 2,392 euro. For
support and prices, please consult:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/clustering
Core versions of the Mandrakelinux Clustering solutions are also
available at:
http://store.mandrakesoft.com/index.php?cPath=48_68
You may request sales assistance by contacting:
clustersales at mandrakesoft dot com
Mandrakelinux Clustering grew out of a government-funded research
project called CLIC (http://clic.mandrakesoft.com)
About Mandrakesoft
Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrakelinux operating
system, one of the most full-featured and easy to use Linux systems
available. The company offers its enterprise, government and
educational customers a complete range of GNU/Linux and Open Source
software and related services. Mandrakesoft products are available in
more than 120 countries through dedicated channels and also from
Mandrakestore.com, the company's online store. Number 1 in several
countries, Mandrakesoft has won many awards for quality and technical
innovation. "Born on the Internet" in late 1998, Mandrakesoft has
offices in the United States and France. Mandrakesoft is traded on
Paris Euronext Marché Libre (ISIN Code: FR0004159382/MLMAN; Reuters
code: MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF).
Http://www.mandrakesoft.com
Press enquiries:
Gaël Duval
press at mandrakesoft dot com
+33-1 40 41 00 41
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