WALTHAM, Mass., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Supercomputers around
the world are running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell(R).
According to TOP500, a project that tracks and detects trends in
high-performance computing, SUSE Linux Enterprise is the Linux* of choice on
the world's largest HPC supercomputers today. Of the top 50 supercomputers
worldwide, 40 percent are running on SUSE Linux Enterprise, including the top
three -- IBM* eServer Blue Gene at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
IBM eServer BlueGene/P (JUGENE) at the Juelich Research Center and SGI* Altix
8200 at the New Mexico Computing Applications Center.
Leveraging the economics of open source software and low cost hardware,
Novell, together with its partners, is bringing the same high performance
computing capabilities utilized in supercomputers to enterprises and
mid-market customers in a range of industries, including manufacturing,
research and academic organizations.
Customers such as Audi, MTU Aero Engines, NASA Advanced Supercomputing
Division, Porsche Informatik, Seoul National University, Swinburne University
of Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Wehmeyer are running
supercomputers and computer clusters on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to handle
mission-critical workloads with minimal downtime.
Three supercomputers at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division
currently operate on SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell. These computers are
used to evaluate next-generation technology to meet NASA's engineering and
science requirements, control system operation and launch programs, and
support NASA's aeronautics, science and space operations initiatives. NASA's
next supercomputer, scheduled for completion this summer, will also run on
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and when deployed will be one of the largest SGI
Altix ICE systems, on par with the current third-ranked most powerful
supercomputer.
"At NASA we are working to solve some of science's most complex
challenges, so an operating system that can help us achieve the highest level
of computational functionality is very important," said William Thigpen,
engineering branch chief in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division. "In
selecting an operating system, performance and flexibility are two of our top
considerations. The right operating system helps us to push the boundaries of
computing performance and bring new levels of innovation to our space, science
and aeronautics programs."
Partners Leverage SUSE Linux Enterprise
Companies like Appro International, Atipa Technologies, Cluster Resources,
HP, Penguin Computing, SGI and Teradata are incorporating SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server into the high-performance computing solutions they are
providing to their own customers.
"We recently introduced a new family of platforms from entry-level to
active-enterprise data warehouses that addresses many customer needs," said
Scott Gnau, chief development officer, Teradata Corporation. "Our solutions
are designed to drive powerful business intelligence and real-time decisioning
applications, including fraud detection and prevention, customer segmentation,
human resources and forecasting. Our solutions run on SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server from Novell, which, thanks to its extreme scalability, reliability,
flexibility and ease of use, is the optimal Linux operating system for our
customers' businesses. We selected Novell and its SUSE Linux Enterprise
platform because of its full range of industry-leading Linux services to
support large-scale, mission-critical enterprises."
Irene Qualters, SGI senior vice president of software, said, "At SGI, our
focus is on high-performance computing and robust scalability, and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server is the operating system of choice for many of our Altix and
Altix XE customers. As the requirements for high-performance computing
continue to grow more complex across industries, the collaboration between SGI
and Novell ensures that SUSE Linux Enterprise will continue to be the leading
operating system for high-performance clusters that meet those new business
needs today."
Michael A. Jackson, president of Cluster Resources Inc., said, "Our
partnership with Novell is helping to overcome the complexity and
supportability limitations of the HPC market. The resulting Moab Cluster
Builder for SUSE Linux Enterprise installs a turnkey, HPC-optimized version of
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with easy-to-use resource and workload
management. In addition, with Novell's interoperability alliance with
Microsoft, we can enable a dynamic hybrid OS cluster. This next-generation
solution causes a single cluster to be a mix of both SUSE Linux Enterprise and
Windows and to dynamically change the OS mix based on the workload submitted.
Novell is truly a centerpiece of both next-generation HPC and making it easy
to use, commercially reliable and supportable."
SUSE Linux Enterprise has been a leader in the high performance computing
market for more than a decade, based on the strong engineering heritage of the
distribution.
"SUSE Linux Enterprise has become the HPC operating system of choice,
thanks to its scalability and performance capabilities and the wide variety of
open source software and development tools available," said Carlos
Montero-Luque, vice president of product management for Open Platform
Solutions at Novell. "By leveraging industry-standard servers and clusters
running SUSE Linux Enterprise, customers and partners can build and deploy the
world's best HPC-class products and applications."
More information on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for High Performance
Computing can be found at http://www.novell.com/hpc.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most
interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management
software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and
risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell
harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology
to work as one. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com.
Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United
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SOURCE Novell, Inc.