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ScaleMP to Support Intel True Scale InfiniBand and Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor
Nov. 27, 2012 10:05 AM
ScaleMP™, a leading provider of virtualization solutions for high-end
computing, today announced upcoming support for the Intel® True Scale
Fabric Host Adapter 7300 Series and the Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor.
“The upcoming vSMP 5.0 foundation builds upon support for Intel® Xeon®
processors, and adds support for new Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors and
Intel® True Scale fabric,” said Joe Curley, director of marketing in
Technical Computing Group at Intel Corporation. “Customers who have
already seen the benefit of ScaleMP’s virtualized environment will soon
be able to optimize their environment for highly parallel computing and
high performance interconnects.”
Support for Intel True Scale Fabric Host
Adapters
The upcoming vSMP Foundation 5.0 will support the latest Intel True
Scale Fabric Host Adapter 7300 Series. By supporting this InfiniBand
adapter, ScaleMP will provide customers with more choice of interconnect
technologies. vSMP Foundation depends on fast movement of data and as
such will utilize the unique architecture of the Intel True ScaleMP
Fabric HCA to provide improved performance compared to previous
generations of vSMP Foundation.
Support for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor
vSMP Foundation 5.0 will support the recently announced Intel Xeon Phi
coprocessor, Intel’s latest entry for high performance computing. This
revolutionary coprocessor is based on Intel Architecture (IA) and is
designed for highly parallel workloads. vSMP Foundation will support the
Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor in two modes: processor-virtualized mode and
coprocessor-aggregated mode.
Under the processor-virtualized mode, vSMP Foundation virtualizes the
entire platform, both the host CPU and memory with the Intel Xeon Phi
coprocessor cores and memory. Thus, any application that runs on an
existing IA host system will seamlessly run on the Intel Xeon Phi
coprocessor based system. Applications which are scalable will see an
immediate performance gain due to having over 60 cores available running
in one instance of the operating system. With coprocessor-aggregated
mode, vSMP Foundation support traditional coprocessor operational mode
allowing for offloading and native execution when aggregating multiple
servers to a larger virtual SMP.
“ScaleMP has been working with Intel for many years. We are very excited
to be able to offer our customers support for the Intel True Scale
Fabric Host Adapter which will enable the high performance that they
expect when running computationally and data intensive applications. In
addition, by allowing developers and customers the ability to run their
existing applications on the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor transparently
through virtualization, we are enabling ISV’s to develop and optimize
extremely powerful applications”, said Shai Fultheim, CEO and founder of
ScaleMP.
Pricing & Availability
vSMP Foundation 5.0 is maintaining the same licensing model as its
predecessors, starting as low as $400 per socket. The per-socket pricing
model allows for greater simplicity when it comes to selecting platforms
for vSMP Foundation and provides customer peace of mind, focusing on the
virtual SMP size and capabilities, rather than on the nodes size and
model.
vSMP Foundation is also available with floating licenses, allowing
customers to reuse the same license for future hardware generations.
Floating licenses provide the best ROI when it comes to vSMP Foundation
licenses. vSMP Foundation 5.0 will be available in 1Q2013 with
incremental feature releases throughout 2Q2013. Technology preview of
vSMP Foundation 5.0 will be available for selected customers in December.
About vSMP Foundation
vSMP Foundation aggregates multiple industry-standard off-the-shelf x86
servers into a single virtual high-end system. vSMP Foundation provides
customers with an alternative to traditional expensive symmetrical
multiprocessing (SMP) systems and also offers simplified clustering
infrastructure with a single operating system. It supports aggregation
of up to 128 servers into a single virtual SMP system, providing
customers with:
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Up to 256 TB of shared memory for large memory requirements;
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Up to 32,768 cores virtual SMP, proven scalability and record-breaking
memory bandwidth;
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Ease of use and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for clusters
coupled with simplified storage architecture;
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On-demand SMP with support for most common provisioning systems,
allowing for increased datacenter utilization with consolidated
architecture;
For more information on vSMP Foundation please visit http://www.scalemp.com/products.
About ScaleMP
ScaleMP is the leader in virtualization for high-end computing,
providing maximum performance and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
The innovative Versatile SMP™ (vSMP) architecture aggregates multiple
independent systems into a single virtual system, delivering an
industry-standard, high-end symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) computer.
Using software to replace custom hardware and components, ScaleMP offers
a new, revolutionary computing paradigm. For more information, please
call +1 (408) 342-0330 or visit http://www.ScaleMP.com.
vSMP Foundation is a trademark or registered trademark of ScaleMP. All
other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders and should be treated as such.
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