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Cluster 1350 Cluster 1600
Cluster 1350 Cluster 1600
Intel® Xeon®, AMD Opteron™ and IBM Power Architecture™ technology-based HPC cluster nodes:
Highly scalable Linux® or Windows® cluster solutions for high performance, scientific, technical and commercial computing workloads

Servers:
·  IBM System x3650, x3550, x3455, x3655, x3755
·  IBM BladeCenter® HS21, HS21 XM, JS22, LS21, LS41, QS21


Processor:
·  Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus (x3650, x3550)
·  Dual-core AMD Opteron up to 3.0 GHz (x3455)
·  Dual-core AMD Opteron up to 2.8 GHz AMD Opteron (x3655)
·  Dual-core AMD Opteron up to 3.0 GHz (x3755)
·  Dual-Core Intel Xeon up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel Xeon up to 2.33 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus (HS21 XM)
·  Dual-Core Intel Xeon up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel Xeon up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus (HS21)
·  Four 64-bit 4.0 GHz POWER6 (JS22)
·  Dual-core AMD Opteron up to 3.0 GHz (LS21, LS41)
·  Multi-core 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine™(QS21)


Number of servers:
·  Up to 1,024 cluster nodes; 1- to 8-core nodes


Interconnect:
·  Gigabit Ethernet
·  Myrinet
·  InfiniBand
POWER™ processor-based AIX 5L™ and Linux clusters:
Targeting scientific and technical computing, large-scale databases and workload consolidation

Servers:
·  IBM System p5 595, 590, 575, 570, 560Q, 550Q, 550, 520Q, 520, 510Q, 510, 505Q and 505


Processor:
·  1.5 GHz to 2.3 GHz IBM POWER5+, POWER5


Number of servers/ Logical Partitions (LPARs):
·  Up to 64 1- to 8-core SMPs and 128 LPARs
·  Up to 32 16- to 32-core SMPs and 128 LPARs
·  Up to 16 48- to 64-core SMPs and 128 LPARs


Interconnect:
·  10/100Mbps Ethernet (AIX 5L or Linux)
·  1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (AIX 5L or Linux)
·  4x/12x GX HCA (AIX 5L or Linux)
·  SP Switch2 (AIX 5L and PSSP)
·  High Performance Switch (AIX 5L and CSM)
·  Myrinet-2000 (AIX 5L and Linux)

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