Thursday 29 July 2010
The July 27th Migration Workshop is a free session that provides participants with access to valuable tools and knowledge about upgrading from commercial cluster schedulers such as Platform LSF to a more cost-effective and complete environment. This workshop includes a detailed discussion of the differences between schedulers, a look at the benefits of core optimization, how to efficiently manage the migration, and how migrating puts organizations in a better position to leverage both private and public cloud computing. This workshop is the fourth in a series of similar events which have taken place in Tokyo, Japan, Austin, Texas and Santa Clara, CA.
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eXludus Technologies, the leading developer of multi-core system capacity management, virtualization and provisioning solutions, today announced that it will be part of a team of electronic design automation (EDA) and cloud computing experts to offer a free workshop during the Design Automation Conference 2009 (DAC09) in San Francisco. eXludus will co-host this workshop with Sun Microsystems and UnivaUD - the fourth in a series of similar events that have taken place in Tokyo, Japan, Austin, Texas and Santa Clara, California.
This workshop will provide: Expert training and best practices for high performance computing (HPC) cluster users; valuable tools and knowledge on improving EDA application performance by optimizing multi-core system throughput, enhancing cluster management and improving cluster scheduler cost-efficiency; and, will also include a detailed discussion on the benefits of core optimization, the differences between available cluster schedulers, how to manage scheduler migration and how to best leverage private and public cloud computing.
Xludus is the leading developer of multi-core system resource management, virtualization and provisioning solutions for data center, cluster and grid deployments. eXludus’ innovative ‘coreware’ - software products that virtualize and manage processing cores - optimizes system productivity allowing more work to be completed in less time at lower cost. eXludus solutions complement existing infrastructure so customers can instantly benefit from productivity gains without need for application modifications, lengthy deployment cycles or long learning curves. eXludus has sales offices and partnerships worldwide.
After slowing construction for several months, the heart and soul of Microsoft’s ‘cloud computing’ initiative is moving again. owever, if the company really wants to win the battle for cloud computing dominance as the concept catches on, Microsoft executives knew they had to ante up to build mega datacenters — bad economy or not. Microsoft will open a new 300,000 square foot datacenter in Dublin, Ireland — its first mega datacenter outside the U.S. — and the company plans to open its mammoth, 700,000 square foot Chicago datacenter on July 20, according to a blog post by Arne Josefsberg, general manager of Microsoft’s Infrastructure Services organization within Global Foundation Services.
The two most recent datacenters that Microsoft opened were a 477,000 square foot facility in San Antonio, Texas in September of last year, and a 500,000 square foot datacenter in Quincy, Wash. which opened in April 2007. Additionally, the datacenters will also support Ozzie’s Azure cloud application platform. In its two newest datacenters, Microsoft is trying to use the latest technology to contain costs for both equipment and electricity.
Containers conserve energy and will help us realize new advancements in power efficiency … These prepackaged units (with up to 1,800 to 2,500 servers each) can be wheeled into the facility and made operational within hours, so they represent important advances in the ability to quickly and efficiently provision capacity. The density inside the containers can exceed 10 times that of traditional data centers.
Microsoft will open a new 300,000 square foot datacenter in Dublin, Ireland — its first mega datacenter outside the U.S. — and the company plans to open its mammoth, 700,000 square foot Chicago datacenter on July 20, according to a blog post by Arne Josefsberg, general manager of Microsoft’s Infrastructure Services organization within Global Foundation Services. owever, if the company really wants to win the battle for cloud computing dominance as the concept catches on, Microsoft executives knew they had to ante up to build mega datacenters — bad economy or not.
The two most recent datacenters that Microsoft opened were a 477,000 square foot facility in San Antonio, Texas in September of last year, and a 500,000 square foot datacenter in Quincy, Wash. which opened in April 2007. Ozzie and other top Microsoft executives have identified cloud computing as crucial to the company’s long-term survival. In its two newest datacenters, Microsoft is trying to use the latest technology to contain costs for both equipment and electricity.
Additionally, the datacenters will also support Ozzie’s Azure cloud application platform. These prepackaged units (with up to 1,800 to 2,500 servers each) can be wheeled into the facility and made operational within hours, so they represent important advances in the ability to quickly and efficiently provision capacity
