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| We provide consulting and deployment services to address your specific requirements in the following areas of networking: |
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Parallel Computation Clustering: This is a multi-computer architecture with a single large-scale parallel computing cluster made of 10’s to 100’s of HD nodes. We utilize the Beowulf Cluster Operating System, a specialized Linux distribution built on second-generation Beowulf technology. It features simplified cluster integration and setup, minimal system administration, high reliability, and seamless cluster scalability. |
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Applications: Scientific Research, Rendering, Visualization, Streaming, Enterprise Applications and more. |
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| High Density Blade: Intel, AMD (32 or 64-bit), or |
| Ultra Dense: U-Class: Based on 1/2U, 1U or 2U SCSI or ATA Configs |
| Processor Options: AMD: Opteron/ Athlon; Intel: P4/ Xeon/ Itanium-2; Single or Dual. |
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| Based on 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U or 5U System; |
| Upto 20+ Removable Disk Drives, 6+ 64bit PCI-X Expansion. |
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| High Speed Interconnects (Optional): |
| Dolphin, Myrinet. |
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| Cluster Nodes: Compute, Master, Management/ Admin (optional). |
| Local Storage: RAID, Tape Library info. |
| Connectivity: LAN Gigabit or/ and High speed Interconnects. |
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| LAN Switches: Netgear, HP, Cisco, Extreme, Foundry. |
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| Optimized Racks: 20U, 36U or 42U (High Density, Air Flow, Serviceability, Cabling) |
| Remote Access: KVM over IP, Termainal Server |
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| Power: Remotely Managed Power Distribution Strips, UPS |
| Local Access: 1U Keyboard + LCD. |
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| Server Admin: Remote Server Management info |
| Cluster: Standard Linux or Tuned Beowulf Cluster Operating System; MS Windows. |
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| Compilers: C, C++, Fortran, CDK and Cluster Softwares. |
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Web Server Application Clustering: Built for scalability in a web environment. Allows you to easily add capacity as your web site grows, with minimal disruption to existing systems. Includes installation of system image, integration into your existing storage model, and the option of integration into a network model for complete automation. Even for complex sites using an application-level server, this technology can be integrated with minimal manual intervention. |
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Mail and Spam Application Clustering: Enables you to easily increase the CPU capacity of a mail system when processing demand grows much faster than storage requirements. Spam filtering and mail encryption are two applications that make good use of the power, scalability, administrative tools, and density of a cluster system with network-attached storage. |
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QA System Clustering: Uses blade servers in QA just for their density. If you have a product that needs to be tested on multiple operating systems and versions, one box with multiple systems could perform this testing in parallel if minimal user application is needed or if that interaction is scripted. For example, testing of software with Win98/ ME/ 2K and XP could proceed in parallel without cluttering your space with 4 separate boxes and all the wires required by a KVM switch. |
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High-Availability Fail-Over Clustering: Built for reliability. We offer dual-node solutions for most of our popular applications. Nodes connected with our SD-320-R provide a redundant cluster that can sustain a single-node failure without compromising availability. |
| HD (high-density, 1U rack-mount) servers are very useful in horizontally scaling applications such as web and mail hosting, and for other data-intensive uses such as computational and software quality assurance applications. Clustering adds a new level especially to UHD (ultra-high-density, blade rack-mount) servers by unifying management of: |
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Hardware and Operating Systems (Iron Cloud-SMU) |
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Applications (Iron Cloud-AMU) |
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| Please visit our "Cluster Server Management" section for more information on "Lights-Out" and "Out-of-Band" remote server management. |
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Call 1-800-921-IRON
