DataDirect Networks Imbues Spirit of Technology Innovation in New Breed of High Performance Computing Solutions at SC08
Industry-Leading DDN S2A(TM) Storage Platforms to Power 10 HPC Demonstrations Including Caltech Bandwidth Challenge and SCinet 40 Gb/s InfiniBand Network
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO: DataDirect Networks, Inc. the data infrastructure provider for the
most extreme, highest performance computing environments in the world. With
over 160 petabytes installed worldwide, the company's Silicon Storage
Architecture(TM) (S2A(TM)) technology delivers more aggregate bandwidth to the
Top500 Supercomputers than all other vendors combined -- powering six of the
world's Top10, 28 of the Top50 and 48 of the Top100.
WHAT: DataDirect Networks will demonstrate its comprehensive portfolio of
high bandwidth HPC storage solutions, including the new S2A6620 entry-level
storage appliance, the new, ultra flexible S2A9700 and its award-winning,
flagship S2A9900 data infrastructure platform. These platforms represent the
pinnacle of HPC design and innovation and select models are available from
leading HPC solution providers such as Bull, Cray, Dell, IBM and SGI.
At SC08 the industry-leading S2A9900 storage platform will power the
SCinet 40Gb/s InfiniBand Network -- the world's largest 40Gb/s networking
ecosystem demonstration -- supporting a real-time rendering application of a
Boeing 777 jetliner. With its unparalleled high bandwidth capabilities, the
S2A9900 will also serve as the extreme storage behind Caltech's entry for the
SC08 Bandwidth Challenge.
The company's new breed of high performance computing technology will also
be featured in industry leaders' exhibits such as IBM, Louisiana State
University, Mellanox, SGI, Sun Lustre(R), Texas Tech University, the
University of Texas: Texas Advanced Computing Center and Voltaire.
WHEN: November 17-20
WHERE: SC08
Austin Convention Center, Booth #1233
Austin, Texas
For more information, visit:http://sc08.supercomputing.org/
About DataDirect Networks
DataDirect Networks, Inc. is the data infrastructure provider for the most
extreme, content-intensive environments in the world-including the largest
online gaming and music sites, social networking applications developers,
photo and video sharing services, high performance computing environments, and
more than 400 broadcast and post-production facilities around the globe. With
more than 160 petabytes installed worldwide, the company's S2A(TM) (Silicon
Storage Architecture(TM)) technology delivers massive throughput, scalable
capacity, consistency, efficiency and data integrity for today's extremely
competitive and evolving markets. Founded in 1998, DataDirect Networks serves
customers through its global partnerships with Dell, IBM, Sony and other
industry leaders; and through its offices in Europe, India, Asia Pacific,
Japan and throughout the U.S. For more information, go to
www.datadirectnet.com or call +1-800-TERABYTE (837-2298).
DataDirect Networks, S2A and Silicon Storage Architecture are trademarks
of DataDirect Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
