Chelsio Shows Complete Cluster Solution for $29,999
Partners With Penguin Computing To Deliver 8-Node Cluster Solution with IP SAN
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Chelsio Communications, Inc.,
the leading provider of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters and ASIC
solutions, today announced the availability of a complete 8-node cluster with
IP SAN solution for less than $30,000.
Chelsio has partnered with Penguin Computing to develop an 8-node Unified
Wire cluster at a new price point suitable for departmental deployments. The
cluster consists of a total of 32 compute cores and 40GB of memory, and 1TB of
IP SAN with full-service storage functions (consolidated SAN/NAS, snap shots,
mirroring, volume management, etc.), a 25" rack, KVM, cluster management
software, a low cost, high performance switch fabric consisting of a
low-latency 24 port 10GbE switch based on the FocalPoint switch chip from
Fulcrum Microsystems and Chelsio's 10GbE Unified Wire adapters, shipping
crate, all for a list price of $29,999. This plug and play cluster is ready
to use out of the box and includes 16 10GbE uplink ports for scaling of the
8-node leafs into larger clusters.
The cluster can concurrently run storage, clustering, and networking
traffic at 10Gb full-duplex with a very high IOPs to the centrally managed
storage that is bundled, and as such can be used for a wide variety of
applications.
"This is a new price point for the industry, at less than $1000 per core
for a 10Gb Unified Wire cluster," said Kianoosh Naghshineh, president and CEO
of Chelsio. "This cluster demonstrates the immediate availability of fabric
convergence on industry standard TCP protocol using low cost 10Gb Ethernet
switches."
"Our data center and web farm customers can now benefit from the reduction
in the total cost of ownership that is achieved via consolidating the various
fabrics in the data center over 10GbE," said Charles Wuischpard, president and
CEO of Penguin Computing. "With Chelsio's technology, our High Performance
Computing customers can also directly connect the high-performance 10Gb
cluster fabric to Chelsio's Unified Storage and interfacing to existing
Gigabit infrastructure becomes straightforward and cost efficient.
The cluster is available immediately and can be quoted through Chelsio's
or Penguin's sales force. The cluster will be demonstrated this week at the
Chelsio booth (#2115) at SC'08 conference in Austin, Texas.
About Chelsio Communications, Inc.
Chelsio Communications is leading the convergence of networking, storage
and clustering interconnects with its robust, high-performance and proven
unified wire technology. Featuring a highly scalable and programmable
architecture, Chelsio is shipping 10-Gigabit Ethernet and multi-port Gigabit
Ethernet adapter cards, delivering the low latency and superior throughput
required for high-performance computing applications. For more information,
visit the company online at http://www.chelsio.com.
