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vSMP Foundation for SMP
The vSMP Foundation for SMP™ solution targets customers who need large-scale compute, memory and I/O performance they've traditionally received from proprietary SMP's, but at a significantly lower cost than the proprietary options. It is targeted at applications that benefit from large memory or high core-count such as simulation, analytics and modeling. vSMP Foundation for SMP enables the aggregation of up to 16 servers into a single virtual machine, with up to 128 cores and 4TB or main memory. It supports the latest generation of Intel Xeon processors (Nehalem - 55xx series) and large memory as well as offering high availability features such as partitioning and redundant InfiniBand backplane.
vSMP Foundation for SMP uses blade or rack-mounted systems and InfiniBand to offer tremendous price/performance advantages for the high-performance computing market. In essence, it provides a unique way to leverage entry-level systems to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). vSMP Foundation for SMP delivers the operational simplicity of traditional shared-memory systems while maintaining the acquisition cost associated with x86 clusters. It is ideal for any application that benefits from large memory, high core-count coupled with shared memory.
For simplified installation, the software is delivered on vSMP Foundation Devices (an off-the-shelf flash memory devices such as USB memory stick or Compact Flash). vSMP Foundation is tuned for Intel Xeon (dual- and quad-core) processors and available for selected platforms tuned and optimized for virtualization for aggregation Support Matrix.
For cloud infrastructure, see our new network bootable vSMP Foundation for Cloud.
Key messages:
- Use vSMP Foundation for SMP and your existing x86 infrastructure to create large CPU and memory systems for your high performance workloads at a fraction of the price of proprietary systems;
- No sacrifice in performance, management or application compatibility;
- Scale higher – up to 4TB of memory, up to 128 cores – and leverage higher x86 performance and lower costs;