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HPC Systems, Inc. offers customized server and cluster solutions to meet any business needs.  With our help, you can customize a cluster based on an array of different platforms from a 1U single server, high availability blade solution, to a high performance 16 core super computer.
HPC Systems, Inc. is a QLogic Signature Partner. Together with QLogic we offer our customers the best value & highest performance for Infiniband products.
Recently, the availability of off-the-shelf commodity powerful microprocessors and high-speed networks as well as in part by the rapidly maturing software components available to support high performance and high availability applications, have made AMD based clusters very popular. The benefits of clusteing includes:
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  • Low cost for system administration, single point-of-control for large set of servers and nodes
  • Workload manager and isolation of non-production workloads
  • Improved availability by providing component redundancy, hot plug power, and cooling components and service processors
  • Excellent scalability

  • Let HPC Systems build your next cluster

  • New low-cost cluster alternatives, by providing clustering possibilities for small set of servers
  • High performance parallel file systems - IBRIX, PVFS2 and more
  • Factory installed scalable cluster management solutions - ROCKS, ROCKS+, SGE, PBS
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    HPC Systems, Inc. has many different solutions for different range of clusters that are possible. Our technical sales engineers can guide you through our cluster building block to arrive at the solution that is optimal for you.
     
    System Packaging High Density Blade Quad Server High Density Twin
    # cores per 42U cabinet 960 672 672
    Microprocessor AMD Opteron™
    Intel Xeon Nehalem
    AMD Opteron™
    Intel Xeon Nehalem
    AMD Opteron™
    Intel Xeon Nehalem
    # cores per system 16 / 8 16 16
    Memory (min / max) 1 GB / 128 GB 2 GB / 256 GB 512+512 MB / 128+128 GB
    Reliability, Availability, Servicability
    ECC Memory Yes Yes Yes
    Hot Swap Disks Yes Yes Yes
    Redundant Power Supplies Yes No No
    Hotswap Cooling Yes No No
    Capacity
    PCI Express Slots Mezzanine Slot One x16 2.0 One x16 2.0
    Disk bays per system 2 3 4
    Cluster Interconnect
    Gigabit Ethernet Dual Standard Dual Standard Quad Standard
    QDR, DDR Infiniband Optional Optional Optional
    Myrinet 2000 N/A Optional Optional
    10 Gigabit Ethernet Optional Optional Optional
    Communications and connectivity
    Serial / asynchronous Yes Yes Yes
    System Management IPMI 2.0 IPMI 2.0 IPMI 2.0
    Software Linux
    Windows
    Linux
    Windows
    Linux
    Windows
    Rack Cabinet Standard 42U Standard 42U Standard 42U
    Serial Console Management Optional Optional Optional
    Power Distribution Unit APC Optional APC Optional APC Optional
    UPS APC Optional APC Optional APC Optional