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Appro Servers Support InfiniBand
Interconnect Technology
Appro, a leading developer of high-density, high-performance servers,
announced cluster solutions based on the Intel Itanium 2 processor. Appro
offers quad Itanium 2-based server clusters running the InfiniBand
Interconnect technology. This solution is ideal for customers wanting 64-bit
capability for meeting their high-performance computing needs. This solution
addresses scalability; availability and performance challenges presented by
database and other compute intensive applications.
"Appro's Itanium 2-based servers supporting the InfiniBand Interconnect
technology provides an superior high performance 64-bit compute clusters",
said Daniel Kim, CEO and president of Appro.
Appro's Itanium 2-based servers are uniquely designed for demanding
enterprise
and technical applications. Itanium 2-based platforms enable businesses and
organizations to maximize their investments by delivering industry leading
performance at lower cost with greater choice than proprietary technologies.
Appro's Intel Itanium based server is designed to complement Itanium 2
processors and take advantage of the impressive processor and memory
bandwidth, I/O throughput and memory addressability offered by the Intel E8870
chipset.
"InfiniBand architecture, with its low latency and high bandwidth, is a key
interconnect technology for the scale out of Intel-architecture server
platforms," said Jim Pappas, director of initiative marketing for Intel's
Enterprise Platform Group. "The combination of Appro's InfiniBand components,
Intel's Itanium 2 processor and the E8870 chipset-based platform provides a
high-performance and high-end cluster computing solution."
About InfiniBand Architecture
InfiniBand Architecture is the only 10 Gb/sec ultra low latency clustering,
communication, storage and embedded interconnect in the market today.
InfiniBand, based on an industry standard, provides the most robust data
center interconnect solution available with reliability, availability,
serviceability and manageability features designed from the ground up. These
parameters greatly reduce total cost of ownership for the data center. Low
cost InfiniBand silicon that supports 10 Gb/sec RDMA transfers is shipping
today providing eight times the bandwidth of Ethernet and three times the
bandwidth of proprietary clustering interconnects. With an approved
specification for 30 Gb/sec, InfiniBand is at least a generation ahead of
competing fabric technologies today and in the foreseeable future.
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