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Making It Simpler To Buy, Deploy And Manage
SGI has delivered some of the highest performing clusters in the world. As a member of the Intel Cluster Ready (ICR) community, SGI is making it easier to experience the power of high-performance computing (HPC) by helping to simplify the purchasing, deployment, and management of Intel® processor-based SGI clusters. The SGI ICR Altix XE server product line built with latest Intel® Xeon® Processors offers superior performance, reliability and energy efficiency at an attractive price point.
For more information regarding Intel Cluster Ready SGI, please see the SGI and Intel Cluster Ready Program brochure (PDF 218K).
Intel Cluster Ready Altix XE Servers from SGI
Experience Real TCO Benefit and Cost Efficiencies
- Value-priced SGI Altix XE server and cluster solutions which are designed to be highly reliable for best bottom line TCO.
- Ultra-dense (1U form factor server delivers top data center density and reduced infrastructure costs without sacrificing performance or functionality. Powerful 2U form factor server with advanced reliability features, large memory and enhanced storage capacity. Flexible 3U form factor server with ultimate I/O capabilities and storage capacity.
- Breakthrough energy efficiency with features designed to optimize power utilization and system cooling.
Discover Ultimate Configuration Flexibility, Performance, and Reliability
"Every day more scientists, engineers, and analysts can benefit from high performance computing. Intel Cluster Ready allows them to use cluster technology without administrative setup, overhead, or complexity."
- Bill Mannel, Senior Director, Server Marketing, SGI
"Intel Cluster Ready provides the specification and tools that help reduce costs and simplify the process of designing and deploying HPC Clusters. With Intel Cluster Ready compliant platforms, and working with leading software vendors, SGI is able to rapidly deploy HPC solutions that offer end users faster time to computing"
- Richard Dracott, General Manager of High Performance Computing, Intel Corporation
- SGI Altix XE1200 and SGI Altix XE1300 cluster solutions combine the flexibility of a-la-carte component selection for ultimate application right-sizing, but with the convenience of full factory integration.
- Turbo charge SGI Altix XE clusters with SGI® ProPack™. SGI ProPack for Linux is SGI's suite of performance optimization libraries and tools that accelerate applications and optimize and parallelize cpu, memory, and I/O resources.
- Choose servers and cluster nodes that make perfect sense for you: SGI Altix XE320 or XE340 for low cost + performance density, SGI Altix XE250, XE270 or XE500 for enhanced I/O, redundancy options and expandability.
Easy to Build, Deploy, and Use
- Fully integrated and factory ICR tested SGI Altix XE clusters.
- Choice of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux Server, Microsoft® Windows® HPC 2008.
- Available with a complete cluster software stack to simplify deployment and management. SGI's ISLE Suite, includes an integrated system management framework for high performance along with world-class system administration and user tools. ISLE Suite reduces the complexity of building and managing a cluster environment allowing you to include both SGI and leading third party software.
- Confidently backed 100% by SGI World-class Customer Service organization, with full support for all SGI Altix XE hardware and software system components.
A Sample of SGI ICR Certified Configurations
- Integrated SGI Altix XE 1200C
- 2.8GHz/8M/6.4GT/s 95W Quad-Core Xeon Processor (X5560), 6GB/core, GigE or InfiniBand interconnect
- 32-core / 64-core / 128-core (XE 270 head and compute node)
- Integrated SGI Altix XE 1300B
- 3.0GHz/12M/1600/80W Quad-Core Xeon Processor (E5472) 2GB/core, InfiniBand interconnect
- 32-core / 64-core / 128-core (XE 250 head node and 320 compute node)
- SGI Altix XE Servers and Clusters Datasheet (PDF 133K)
To learn more about SGI and Intel Cluster Ready contact your SGI sales representative or contact us.
