HPCwire
 The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / April 9, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 14

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Cluster Computing:

APPRO LAUNCHES THE HYPERBLADE MID-CLUSTER SOLUTION

Appro, a leading developer of high-density, high-performance servers will be demonstrating its new HyperBlade Mid-Cluster designed to work with a standard 19" rack cabinet at ClusterWorld in San Jose, CA, booth number 512.

HyperBlade Mid-Cluster Solution

The Appro HyperBlade Mid-Cluster is a flexible and scalable solution that addresses current business needs for customers wanting to continue with the standard 19" rack cabinet but still have concerns about space optimization in the data center. Appro HyperBlade Mid-Cluster supports up to 50 HyperBlade servers in a standard 42U cabinet. It contains five sub-racks stacked in a row, housing 10 servers in each sub-rack. Each HyperBlade is an independent server, with its own processors, memory, storage, network controllers, operating system and applications. Appro HyperBlade servers offer a variety of configuration options; SAN, NAS based storage, high-speed Interconnect, BladeDome remote management tool and a choice of Linux or Windows operating systems.

Appro HyperBlade Mid-Cluster sub-rack key features include support for 10- HyperBlades in each sub-rack, integrated power strip for compute blade direct connections and blade locking mechanism. The HyperBlade server key features include: Dual AMD Opteron, Dual Intel Xeon, Dual Intel ItaniumÒ 2 or Single Intel PentiumÒ4. It supports up to 16GB ECC, DDR memory, 500GB local storage and one PCI-X card slot.

Appro 1U-1142H -Quad AMD Opteron Server Appro also will showcase its brand new 1U Quad AMD OpteronÔ Processor-Based Server. This server is designed to deliver the highest power-to-density ratio of any 1U server available. Product announced at CeBIT 2004.


Often referred to as "cluster computing on steroids," Grid computing is for real. Web services, utility computing, .NET, CPU harvesting and distributed computing are just a few of the technologies that fall under the Grid computing umbrella. Gt04 -- a premiere enterprise Grid computing conference targeting industrial and commercial users -- will gather experts, and outline strategies and road maps for Grid deployment. For more information, visit http://www.gt04.com.

"Appro combines excellent engineering design, use of superior components and the latest in Intel and AMD multi-processor technology to deliver scalable clusters and supercomputing performance"; said John Lee, Director of Product Marketing for Appro.

About Appro

Appro’s headquarters is in Milpitas, CA. Appro has an R&D and manufacturing center in Asia and currently plans to expand its US presence. APPRO enables a variety of network computing applications by developing powerful, scalable, and reliable clusters, servers, storage subsystems and high-end workstations for the high-performance computing (HPC), Internet computing and cluster market. http://www.appro.com.

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