IBM System Cluster 1600 solutions are comprised of IBM System p™, System p5™, and eServer™ p5 servers running either AIX® or Linux®. Cluster 1600 is a highly scalable cluster solution for large-scale computational modeling and analysis, large databases and business intelligence applications and cost-effective datacenter, server and workload consolidation. Cluster 1600 systems can be deployed on Ethernet networks, InfiniBand® networks, or with the IBM High Performance Switch and are typically managed with Cluster Systems Management (CSM) software, a comprehensive tool designed specifically to streamline initial deployment and ongoing management of cluster systems.
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Highly scalable AIX or Linux cluster solutions for large-scale computational modeling, large databases and cost-effective data center, server and workload consolidation |
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Cluster Systems Management (CSM) software for comprehensive, flexible deployment and ongoing management |
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Cluster interconnect options: industry standard 1/10Gb Ethernet (AIX or Linux), IBM High Performance Switch (AIX); 4x/12x InfiniBand (AIX or Linux); or Myrinet (Linux) |
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Operating system options: AIX Version 5.2/5.3/6.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5 |
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Complete software suite for creating, tuning and running parallel applications: Engineering & Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL), Parallel ESSL, Parallel Environment, XL Fortran, VisualAge® C++ |
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High-performance, high availability, highly scalable cluster file system General Parallel File System™ (GPFS™) |
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Job scheduling software to optimize resource utilization and throughput: LoadLeveler® |
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High availability software for continuous access to data and applications: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP™) |
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Mix and match IBM POWER5, POWER5+, and POWER6 servers:
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IBM System p™ 570, 550 and 520 |
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IBM System p5™ 595, 590, 575, 570, 560Q, 550Q, 550, 520Q, 520, 510Q, 510, 505Q and 505 |
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IBM eServer™ p5 595, 590, 575, 570, 550, 520, and 510 |
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Up to 128 servers or LPARs (AIX or Linux operating system images) per cluster depending on hardware; higher scalability by special order |
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