| Red Hat is ready for high-performance computing |
Nov. 14, 2007
Red Hat may be not be a super-computer company, but with its just-announced partnership with Platform Computing, it is ready to deliver the enterprise-grade high-performance computing goods.
At the International Supercomputer Conference's in Reno, Nev., Red Hat and Platform Computing, a global leader in HPC infrastructure software, announced that they would be jointly offering a new product, the Red Hat HPC Solution. This package integrates Platform's Open Cluster Stack1 with RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux).
This new offering provides users with an end-to-end solution with a range of tools necessary to deploy and manage an HPC cluster in a wide range of environments, from SMB (small and midsize businesses) to the enterprise, while offering what Red Hat claims is competitive pricing and outstanding performance.
Red Hat contends that businesses are increasingly utilizing HPC clusters to gain a competitive edge. This new RHEL package is designed to allow users to deploy their HPC applications in a more cost-effective manner, while providing tools in a single, easy-to-deploy package. The Red Hat/Platform Computing package incorporates the operating system, device drivers, cluster installer, resource and application monitor and job scheduler for every node in the cluster.
Besides including RHEL, Red Hat HPC Solution also incorporates the device drivers and interconnect support necessary for efficiently running a high-performance cluster, and also includes Platform's Lava-based job scheduler to rapidly schedule user workloads.
The entire system is delivered in one product. This reduces the complexity and time needed to set up and optimize an HPC cluster. All of the components are supported by Red Hat's global 24x7 enterprise-level services.
"Platform's 15 years of expertise deploying high-performance clusters, combined with the performance and stability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, provide a perfect technology match for customers looking for an HPC solution," said Paul Cormier, Red Hat's executive vice president of worldwide engineering, in a statement. "This agreement also enables us to tailor our existing enterprise solutions for smaller-sized customers, so this new and rapidly growing HPC market can enjoy the benefits of open-source software."
"Platform is excited to partner with Red Hat to reach new markets for HPC solutions," said Songnian Zhou, Platform's CEO, in a statement. "Organizations…will be able to adopt open-source solutions that are fully supported and easy to use. This agreement supports Platform's strategy to enable organizations to improve time to results and reduce computing costs when deploying cluster and grid software solutions."
The Red Hat HPC Solution has completed certification on a range of hardware platforms and will be available at the end of 2007.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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