SGI
®
Altix
®
Clusters that Work:Fast, Effi cient, Cost Effective
System Highlights ? Top performance with Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel
® Xeon
® Processors? Flexible packaging with options for maximum extensibility or advanced compute density? Superior TCO, optimized for effi ciency and performance density
? Easy to build and deploy with custom-confi gurable, factory integrated clusters
DELIVERING BREAKTHROUGH CLUSTER FLEXIBILITY, PERFORMANCE AND VALUE
Advanced Cluster Platform Provides Top Performance for Enhanced Productivity SGI Altix XE servers and clusters deliver top value and performance, based on the winning combination of the latest Intel
® Dual-Core and Quad-Core Xeon
® Processor-based architecture and SGI expertise in designing and delivering the most advanced performance
professional computing systems on the market today. The SGI Altix XE systems support a super-fast 1600 MHz front-side bus, up to 64GB of memory per compute node, and an ultra-dense architecture that packs up to sixteen cores in a slim 1U form factor. Add to this support for DDR InfiniBand, quad-core processors, fully-buffered DDR2 memory, and an option to drive clusters with an Altix XE250 head node for advanced extensibility, redundancy, reliability, and I/O rich-features—and you have the most powerful cluster solutions available. Flexible Packaging to Optimally Address Needs SGI Altix XE clusters are available in a choice of packages, designed to optimally meet diverse customer needs. SGI Altix XE310 and SGI Altix XE320 compute nodes deliver ultimate cluster density, packing 16 processor cores into a slim 1U form factor. The powerful Altix XE250 is an ideal cluster head node or stand-alone departmental server, offering additional extensibility and I/O options. SGI Altix XE servers run industry-standard operating systems, with a choice of SUSE
® Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat
® Enterprise Linux
® , and Microsoft
® Windows
® Compute Cluster Server 2003. In addition, the SGI
® ProPack™ 5 for Linux
® OS includes resource management tools and enhanced development libraries like Flexible File Input/Output (FFIO) which provides programmers with fine-grained control of I/O transfers to maximize performance. Breakthrough Value with Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) With a choice of packaging options to optimally match processing and budgetary requirements, the SGI Altix XE product family delivers low total cost of ownership. An innovative board design that maximizes cluster compute density helps to optimize data center space and power-related expense, while reducing the cost of interconnect cabling and cards. Fewer cards and cables in turn enhance overall cluster reliability, delivering breakthrough customer value. Factory Integrated Clusters Simplify Deployment SGI Altix XE clusters can be customized to support the full spectrum of customer requirements, and are fully integrated and tested at the factory prior to shipment making them ready-to-deploy upon delivery. The SGI Altix XE cluster solution offers customers industry-leading software tools for cluster and workload management, and comes pre-loaded and tested so that clusters are delivered “ready to go”. SGI Altix XE clusters are backed by SGI world-class customer support organization, and a full 3-year warranty.