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Grid computing


Grid Computing provides a cost-effective way to meet collaborative supercomputing needs by transforming a collection of independent IT server and storage devices into interconnected computing resources. IBM System p™ and System Storage™ offerings are an ideal platform for Grid Computing solutions, providing the ability to accelerate research and development, run high-performance simulations, or store, share and analyze large volumes of data. System p servers deliver high levels of performance and advanced availability, reliability and security features for data-intensive research and analysis. The unique virtualization capabilities of a System p5™ server and System Storage™ SAN Volume Controller offer an efficient way to increase server and storage utilization by dynamically reallocating resources when and where they are needed. And IBM BladeCenter® blades can be leveraged as a scalable, cost-effective starting point for Grid Computing.

Highlights

Deploy Grid Computing solutions on a System p5 server and get the ability to . . .

  • Reduce computational and analysis times with the leadership performance of IBM POWER5™ technology-based server and storage platforms
  • Increase resource utilization in collaborative server environments with optional Advanced POWER™ Virtualization (standard on select platforms), enabling the sharing of server processor, storage device, network and database resources
  • Meet service level requirements for performance and availability while reducing management and infrastructure utility costs

Solutions

IBM Grid and Grow™ Express
This solution utilizes best-of-breed Grid technology and IBM BladeCenter servers to speed up business application processing and make it easier to share data across your organization with an easy to deploy, integrated solution for customers interested in beginning the grid journey.