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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Special Features:
VIRTUAL COMPUTE CLUSTER OPERATIONAL; GRID INITIATIVE AHEAD
Westlin Corp announced that Virtual Compute Corp's (VCC) new
High-Performance-Computing (HPC) cluster is now installed and in production.
The initial nodes are being used for contracted on-demand computing services
for various oil and gas exploration firms. Other applications for the cluster
include numerous related Oil and Gas projects as well as biomedical and
Government tasks.
In addition, VCC is moving forward on a Grid computing initiative that will
network other clusters into a massive parallel computing platform. VCC's
unique plan will allow use of unused time on other computer systems in the
networked cluster for use by members of the Grid. The completed Grid will be
one of the largest Grid-based supercomputers in the United States when
complete. VCC's current carrier connections will allow Grid members to join
from most of the major cities in the United States. In preparation for the
larger cluster operations, VCC has almost tripled their space in the Westlin
Datacenter to house the additional equipment.
VCC provides on-demand computing resources for various markets, primarily
operating in the seismic analysis, scientific and biomedical arenas. The VCC
supercomputing facility allows clients to utilize the massive computing power
on demand without having to purchase and maintain their own equipment.
Virtual Compute is emerging as a serious player in the "on-demand" computing
space with plans to grow to 25,000 nodes at various secure facilities during
the next five years.
"I am pleased to announce that we have achieved our objective to have the
initial segments of the HPC cluster available for use. The support I have
received from the geophysical and biomedical communities has been
overwhelming," said Edward Hawes, CEO of VCC.
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