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Cluster Resources developed Moab Hybrid Cluster - a high-performance computing solution that dynamically changes cluster servers between Linux and Windows based on workload, defined policies, and application needs - to improve cluster efficiency through its ability to cater to the needs of multi-platform users. The hybrid solution surmounts capacity-planning challenges that stem from trying to estimate the number of servers to allocate to different OS-specific resource pools. In the hybrid paradigm, a cluster is a single, unified resource, with Moab intelligently creating efficiencies within shared resource pools.
"Cluster Resources' Moab Hybrid Cluster solution allows administrators to efficiently and dynamically manage workload across mixed-OS environments", stated Herb Schultz, marketing executive for IBM's HPC business. "Customers require greater ease of use along with the ability to manage mixed workloads effectively; Moab Hybrid Cluster fills those needs."
"For years Cluster Resources has used Moab in standard single-OS environments to deliver the industry's highest utilization and broadest policy controls", stated Michael Jackson, president of Cluster Resources. "Taking our multi-OS cluster solution to IBM's new, affordable scale-out iDataPlex platform provides ultra-efficiency and flexibility at a mass-market price."
IBM's System x iDataPlex is a cost-effective computing system for organizations facing power, cooling, or physical-space constraints. Its innovative design has a smaller footprint yet accomodates double the number of servers in a single rack, facilitating better overall space utilization; it uses up to 40 percent less energy while increasing data center computing power up to 5x. The iDataPlex also features front-access cabling and a liquid cooling system designed to significantly reduce cooling costs. Adding the Moab Hybrid Cluster solution to the iDataPlex gives organisations cost-effective, high-power computing in an energy- and space-efficient system. |
