[July 15, 2008] NEC Deutschland GmbH: NEC super computer developments to aid industry and research; New NEC LX Series combines cutting edge technology and continual availability' with maximum five minutes downtime per year Tweet (M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:14072008 London -- NEC Deutschland GmbH has today announced updates to its popular NEC LX Series (NEC HPC 144Rc-1 and NEC Express5800 FT) that will further improve the performance, scalability and availability of the cluster solution. The innovative updates will also deliver a reduction in power consumption and server size. The NEC HPC 144Rc-1 server update has enabled a theoretical maximum performance of 29 teraflops, whilst the integration of new fault tolerant server NEC Express5800 FT simultaneously provides an availability of the master node of more than 99.999%. "Both the industrial and scientific worlds are increasingly demanding HPC clusters which are based on really cutting edge technology but are also extremely reliable," explains Dr. Andreas Findling, Product Line Manager and Technical Director of the Business IT Department at NEC Deutschland GmbH. "Our strength lies in assembling and configuring high quality components to form a turn-key high performance solution. We are absolutely confident that NEC's state of the art HPC cluster technologies offer unbeatable performance and data security." The latest LX Series innovations at a glance: The power of two servers NEC is now offering the new NEC HPC 144Rc-1 server with 16 single cores in just one 1U casing. The heart of the server comprises of two motherboards, each with 2 Harpertown Series (Quad Core Intel Xeon Series 5400) processors with a 1600 MHz FSB. This is the first Xeon processor using the latest 45 nm Penryn architecture. The top end specification provides for configuration of 2 x 32 GB RAM. ScaleMP technology allows these 64 GB to be used in parallel as shared memory by each of the 16 single cores, resulting in an extremely high performance SMP server, with a theoretical top performance of over 200 gigaflops. Continual availability In this round of updates, NEC has become the first company to enable the integration of a fault tolerant NEC server into the HPC cluster to serve as the master node. The extremely high availability of these servers means users can expect unscheduled downtime of less than 5 minutes a year, including repair, upgrade and general maintenance times. With each component duplicated and Lockstep technology providing for continuous synchronization, the system literally runs nonstop. Damaged components can be exchanged as hot plug-ins. Always Linux? Following customer feedback, the LX Series can now be configured with Microsoft HPC Server 2008 in addition to Linux. OSCAR for NEC NEC is an active member of the Open Source Cluster Applications Resource (OSCAR), through which it assists in the shaping of the freely accessible administration software, together with other industrial and research partners. NEC's commitment to furthering HPC administration capabilities ensures that it will always be at the forefront of new developments in this area, for example, NEC OSCAR Pro, the company's configurable cluster software solution recently received certification as Intel Cluster Ready, allowing it to be offered in connection with other vendors' HPC clusters. About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation(TSE: 6701) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at:http://www.nec.com About NEC Deutschland GmbH NEC Deutschland GmbH, formed 1987 with head office in Dusseldorf, is a 100% subsidiary of NEC Corporation. Its product portfolio encompasses supercomputers and high performance computing, telecommunication and IT solutions, as well as biometric security solutions for enterprises and public institutions. CONTACT: Kim Hollingdale, European Communications Manager (Interim), NEC Europe Ltd Tel:+44 (0)20 8752 2796 Tel: +44 (0)77 2041 5875 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.nec.de ((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]