httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itEpgBz6Z7U In this video, Nicolas Dube from the Green Grid describes newly established sustainability metrics for datacenters. Just as Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) has become a standard for measuring power efficiency, the new metrics take into account the environmental impact of a datacenter in terms of Energy Reuse Effectiveness (ERE), Water Usage Efficiency (WUE), and […]
Archives for September 2011
Video: New Sustainability Metrics Measure Datacenter's Total Impact on the Planet
September 28, 2011 by
NetApp Wins 55 Petabyte Lustre Storage Deployment for Sequoia Super
September 28, 2011 by
Today NetApp announced that the DoE has selected the company to provide the storage foundation for its pending 20 Petaflop Sequoia supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Based on the IBM Blue Gene/Q architecture, Sequoia is expected to start shipping in 2011 and be fully deployed in 2012. Sequoia’s supercomputing capabilities will provide LLNL with […]
SDSC Launches Massive Data Storage Cloud for Researchers
September 28, 2011 by
Clipped from: www.sdsc.edu (share this clip) This week the San Diego Supercomputer Center announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S., specifically designed for researchers, students, academics, and industry users who require stable, secure, and cost-effective storage and sharing of digital information, including extremely large […]
insideHPC Newsletter Now Available Daily or Weekly
September 27, 2011 by
It’s been a long time in the works, but those of you who like to get your insideHPC News in your inbox now have a choice of Daily or Weekly email delivery. Subscribing is easy, so thanks for reading!
ISC Cloud'11 Kicks off in Mannheim
September 27, 2011 by
The ISC Cloud’11 conference kicked off in Mannheim yesterday, and you can follow the show from their Live Twitter Stream. Recently Conference Chair Wolfgang Gentzsch interviewed Ian Foster about his keynote on the state of HPC cloud computing: I am delighted to be invited to speak at ISC Cloud’11, because it gives me an opportunity […]
Sponsored Post: Whitepaper – The New Reliability Requirements: Tape Libraries
September 27, 2011 by
Clipped from: www.spectralogic.com (share this clip) What is Reliability? Very often in the tape storage market, the word “reliability” appears, yet it is difficult to find a comprehensive definition of reliability. In some cases, it means redundant hardware: in others, read‐ after‐write technology. While reliability is an important factor in tape library technology, if a […]
Job of the Week: Senior Consultant: Data Developer at Think Big Analytics
September 27, 2011 by
Think Big Analytics is seeding a Senior Consultant: Data Developer in our Job of the Week: In this job, you will: Design design and develop pathbreaking large scale cluster data processing systems Mentor sophisticated organizations on large scale data processing and work with client teams to deliver results Provide technical leadership for project teams Review […]
Podcast: SC11 – Everything You Wanted to Know About Supercomputing
September 26, 2011 by
By Dan Olds, Gabriel Consulting • Get more from this author This year the supercomputing community gathers in Seattle on November 14-17 for SC11, the conference to learn and talk about how they design and build and code the biggest computers in the world. So what can you expect? Who better to ask than the […]
Podcast: Lund University Makes Heart Transplants Safer with MATLAB Parallel Computing
September 26, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2xVR2V1PBc In this slidecast, Silvina Grad-Frelich from MathWorks discusses how Lund University used MATLAB, Neural Network Toolbox, Parallel Computing Toolbox, and MATLAB Distributed Computing Server to improve long-term survival rates for heart-transplant recipients by identifying optimal recipient and donor matches. Read the Full Story. Download the MP3 * Subscribe on iTunes * Subscribe on other […]
Dell Powers IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antartica
September 26, 2011 by
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rwLY5jIg3Q In this video, Dr. Martin Merck from the University of Wisconsin discusses the environmental and compute challenges faced by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory project in Antartica. Dell and Intel were able to provide them with a robust computing solution that met their needs for power efficiency under harsh conditions. The photos from the site […]
