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EINUX ANNOUNCES INTEL DUAL XEON
GRID CLUSTER ARRAY
At the Intel Developer's Forum, Einux, in collaboration with Intel,
Agilent, Mellanox and IBM, showcased the Einux Grid ClusterArray, the highest
density Intel Dual Xeon server grid cluster available today, utilizing
Mellanox's high-speed InfiniBand host channel adapters and switch and
Agilent's low latency 8-port 4x InfiniBand switch chassis.
Based on Intel's Xeon processors, the ClusterArray will be demonstrating
IBM's DB2 cluster database engine, which is able to fully utilize the
increased bandwidth of InfiniBand and the power of 16 clustered Intel Xeon
processors. In addition, InfiniBand management software from Lane15 Software
will also be showcased on the ClusterArray. The Cluster Array will be
showcased in Einux's booth at IDF being held at the McEnery Convention Center
in San Jose.
With escalating real estate prices and higher costs associated with
building and maintaining data centers, density has become a main factor in the
design of servers. 1U rackmount servers, with a height of 1.75", are becoming
more and more popular with their ability to fit 40 servers in a rack. The
ClusterArray, with Einux's patent-pending DoubleRack technology, takes this a
step further by cutting the server depth in half to 14.9 inches, thereby
allowing Einux's servers to be racked back-to-back effectively by doubling the
density of its 1U servers and achieve the equivalent of a 1/2U form factor
rackmount server.
This allows for up to 80 ClusterArray server nodes to be racked in a
standard 19" rack. And despite the condensing of space, the Cluster Array
still offers full-size server features such as support for up to two Intel
Xeon processors at up to 3.06GHz, up to 12 GB of DDR ECC memory, up to 300GB
of IDE hard drive storage on one drive and Gigabit and Fast Ethernet network
interfaces. "The ClusterArray represents the next evolution of high density
server design and offers the power of up to 160 Intel Xeon processors with
next-generation high- speed InfiniBand interconnects," said Rex Wong,
president of Einux.
The ClusterArray demo at IDF will be interconnected using high-speed
InfiniBand technology from Mellanox and Agilent. Mellanox's second-generation
InfiniBand Switch, with InfiniScale technology and second-generation Host
Channel Adapter, with InfiniHost technology, enable standard single and
multiprocessor servers to deliver performance previously found only in high-
end multiprocessor server systems.
The InfiniBand architecture and InfiniHost silicon are designed to lower
costs, improve reliability, scalability and overall availability of servers.
The InfiniHost device benefits communication or bridging applications, such as
to the Internet, by supporting millions of simultaneous connections, helping
to lower the cost of web-centric communication.
The high-quality Agilent 8-port 4x InfiniBand 1U switch chassis is the
industry-first InfiniBand switch chassis in production. It is designed with
Agilent's HDMP-2840 InfiniBand switch IC. The Agilent 8-port 4x switch chassis
in the Cluster Array demo provides 160Gb/s aggregate bandwidth with high-
efficiency and low latency connections among Einux's Cluster Array technology
servers.
"With InfiniBand architecture expected to deploy in data centers in 2003,
it's exciting to see powerful Intel-architecture-powered InfiniBand grid
clusters on display at IDF," said Jim Pappas, director of initiative marketing
for Intel's Enterprise Platform Group. "Working with Einux has allowed us to
showcase the performance of dense Xeon processor servers."
The Cluster Array is shipping now and is in use at several Fortune 1000
enterprises, universities and research institutions including Boston
University and Notre Dame.
About Einux
Einux is a leading developer of high-density server, storage and networking
solutions based in Milpitas, California, with offices worldwide and revenues
of $300 million in 2001. Einux's customers include Fortune 1000 corporations,
leading universities and educational institutions and growing small and
medium-sized businesses from over 30 countries around the world.
http://www.einux.com/about/idf2003.php
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