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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EMPLOYS UNITED DEVICES GRID MP
United Devices announced it is in the process of linking 500 computers at the
University of Florida to create a computational Grid for powering a wide range
of projects. The United Devices Grid MP platform will allow the University to
increase the power of its core resources without having to invest in
additional hardware.
"Grid technologies have matured to a level where they can be widely deployed,"
said Fedro Zazueta, director of academic technology at the University of
Florida. "These technologies promise to transform some of the ways in which we
use computing resources. They are increasingly driving collaboration that
enables academics with high-powered tools and resources, such as distributed
computing, large-scale data analysis, computer-in-the-loop instrumentation and
collaborative work platforms."
Zazueta explains that in academic enterprises, estimates indicate that 70
percent to 90 percent of the total installed capacity of desktop computers is
unused at any given time. High-speed computers and networks at the University
of Florida can now come together to form a large computational resource.
Deploying a Grid across 500 teaching computer laboratories will generate a
computing capacity of well over 2 Teraflops. The institution intends to deploy
such an infrastructure using United Devices' Grid MP technology and will make
this resource available to university faculty and students who require
computational resources at that level.
"The University of Florida is a leader in using Grid computing to supplement
its existing resources," said Ed Hubbard, CEO of United Devices. "This move
vastly increases their available power, frees up existing resources for other
uses and creates new possibilities for their proprietary applications and
research."
Grid MP Enterprise from United Devices is the leading Grid solution for
on-site institutional deployments. By collectively harnessing the latent power
of existing clusters, servers, desktops, and workstations, organizations
maximize the value of resources they already own while gaining compute power
to accelerate and refine their research and analysis. The software aggregates
heterogeneous resources into a virtual processing network capable of
increasing processing power (and decreasing processing time) exponentially.
According to representatives at the university, there are several
possibilities for further utilizing the Grid, including teaching current
professors and staff to Grid-enable their existing proprietary applications.
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