Systems/Enterprise:
UNIV OF AMSTERDAM SELECTS FORCE10 FOR HPC
GRID COMPUTING
Force10 Networks Inc announced the University
of Amsterdam has selected
Force10 E-Series switch/routers to provide a
high-performance network
infrastructure for next-generation grid computing
applications.
The E-Series aggregates Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit
Ethernet connections
from computer nodes of the university's DAS-II
(Distributed ASCI Supercomputer
II) supercomputer grid cluster into a
10-Gigabit Ethernet upstream connection
to SURFnet, which is the national
research and education network in the
Netherlands and connects 200 higher
education and research organizations to
each other as well as to other
research networks in Europe and the rest of the
world.
"We selected
the Force10 Networks solution because it is the only
next-generation
switch/router with high-density Gigabit Ethernet and true,
line-rate
10-Gigabit Ethernet," said Cees de Laat, researcher at the Faculty
of Science
of the University of Amsterdam and member of the Global Grid
Forum Steering
Group.
"The Force10 E-Series delivers the performance, density, and
scalability we
need for building the grid clusters of today as well as into
the future.
Force10 is supplying us with the networking performance we need to
deliver
innovative grid applications that will change the way the world thinks
about
computing."
The University of Amsterdam is a leading member of
DataGrid, a project funded
by the European Union working towards the creation
of a next-generation
computing infrastructure providing intensive computation
and analysis of
shared large-scale databases across widely distributed
scientific communities.
Using 10-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to SURFnet as
part of the DataGrid
Project, research teams in Amsterdam can work on
solutions that will enable
international scientific collaborations to share
and access massive databases
in fields such as particle physics, astronomy,
biology, seismology.
"Grid computing is the next wave of computing and
requires high-performance
Ethernet switch/routers with true, line-rate
10-Gigabit Ethernet," said Steve
Mullaney, vice president of marketing at
Force10. "We are very excited to be
working with the University of Amsterdam
to meet the new demands placed on the
network infrastructure of the computing
backbone and enable the next wave of
grid computing systems and
applications."
About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is
the only provider of next-generation, high-performance
Ethernet switch/routers
with true 10-Gigabit Ethernet. The Force10 E-Series
platforms leverage its
EtherScale ASIC-based architecture and FTOS
switching/routing software to
deliver unmatched scalability, line-rate
performance and full L2 switching and
L3 routing functionality for high
performance Ethernet applications.
About Faculty of Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
The
Advanced Internet Research group of the University of Amsterdam's Faculty
of
Science researches new architectures and protocols for the Internet. It
actively participates in worldwide standardization organizations such as the
Internet Engineering Task Force and the Global Grid Forum. The group conducts
experiments with extremely high-speed network infrastructures, and carries out
ground-breaking research in the fields of security, authorization,
authentication and accounting for Grid environments.
The Institute is
developing a virtual laboratory based on Grid technology for
e-science
applications.
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