Swiss National Supercomputing Centre Upgrades Cray Supercomputer and Integrated LSI Storage Systems
June 22 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
LSI Engenio 7900 HPC storage systems meet performance and budget
requirements of Switzerland's most powerful supercomputer
installation HAMBURG, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ISC09 --
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that five LSI(TM)
Engenio(R) 7900 HPC storage systems have been installed by the
Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) as part of an upgrade
from its current Cray XT3(TM) supercomputer to the new, faster Cray
XT5(TM) system. The massively parallel Cray XT5 supercomputer is
integrated with five LSI Engenio 7900 HPC systems, delivering a
sustained data transfer rate of 20 GB/s for the incorporated
Lustre(R) file system. The recently completed upgrade has resulted
in a system that is the most powerful supercomputer in Switzerland
and one of the largest high-performance computing (HPC) systems in
Europe. "The upgrade to the Cray XT5 with integrated LSI Engenio
7900 storage is a significant step toward sustained petascale
computing capability," said Prof. Thomas Schulthess, director of
CSCS. "The exceptional storage performance is important to achieve
a well-balanced supercomputer that will enable our users to push
the boundaries of simulation-based science and gain scientific
insights that would otherwise be impossible." The CSCS research
facility develops and promotes technical and scientific services
for the Swiss research community in the fields of high-performance
and high-throughput computing. The new Engenio 7900 HPC systems,
which were implemented by Cray, are the latest in a series of
successful LSI storage installations at the CSCS which have been
integral to the Centre's breakthrough results in research and
petascale computing technology. The new Cray XT5 supercomputer with
integrated LSI storage will enable large-scale simulation-based
science in fields ranging from climatology and geology to genetics,
astronomy and experimental medicine. "The LSI Engenio 7900 was
chosen for its ability to maximize supercomputing efficiency while
meeting the customer's price/performance requirements," said Steve
Hochberg, senior director, HPC segment, LSI. "With over 80
petabytes deployed across a wide range of HPC environments, LSI
Engenio storage systems are trusted by the world's leading server
OEMs and end customers to deliver the performance and
enterprise-class reliability that the world's most demanding
applications environments require." Based on LSI seventh-generation
XBB2 architecture, the Engenio 7900 HPC is ideally suited for
computing environments that store and utilize vast amounts of data
for high-bandwidth and mixed-workload applications. The system
combines industry-leading bandwidth and flexible host connectivity,
including InfiniBand(R) and 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel, with scalability
to 480 drives and advanced reliability features designed for
continuous high-speed data accessibility and protection across a
wide range of HPC workloads. More information on the 7900 system is
available at http://www.lsi.com/hpc. About LSI LSI Corporation
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