Windows HPC Server 2008
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Windows HPC Server 2008, released by Microsoft
on 22 September 2008, is the successor product to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Like WCCS, Windows HPC Server 2008 is designed for high-end applications that require high performance computing clusters (HPC stands for High Performance Computing). This version of the server software is claimed to efficiently scale to thousands of cores. It includes features unique to HPC workloads: a new high-speed NetworkDirect RDMA, highly efficient and scalable cluster management tools, a service-oriented architecture
(SOA) job scheduler, an MPI
library based on open-source MPICH2
, and cluster interoperability through standards such as the High Performance Computing Basic Profile (HPCBP) specification produced by the Open Grid Forum
(OGF).
In June 2008, a system built collaboratively with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA) and Microsoft ranked #23 on the Top500
list, a ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers, with a LINPACK
score of 68.5 teraflops. The NCSA supercomputer uses both Windows Server HPC and Redhat Enterprise Linux 4. As of June 2011, that ranking has since dropped to #145.
In the November 2009 rankings published by Top500, a Windows HPC system built by the Shanghai Supercomputer Center
achieved a peak performance of 180.6 teraflops and was ranked #19 on the list. As of November 2009, Windows HPC has about 1% (5 out of 500) of the market of the 500 most powerful supercomputers, with about 1.5% of total gigaflops, with Linux dominating the rankings with 89.20% and Unix second place with 5%. The other two systems in the top 100 that can run Windows HPC do so only part of the time.
, was released on 20 September 2010.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
on 22 September 2008, is the successor product to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Like WCCS, Windows HPC Server 2008 is designed for high-end applications that require high performance computing clusters (HPC stands for High Performance Computing). This version of the server software is claimed to efficiently scale to thousands of cores. It includes features unique to HPC workloads: a new high-speed NetworkDirect RDMA, highly efficient and scalable cluster management tools, a service-oriented architecture
Service-oriented architecture
In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
(SOA) job scheduler, an MPI
Message Passing Interface
Message Passing Interface is a standardized and portable message-passing system designed by a group of researchers from academia and industry to function on a wide variety of parallel computers...
library based on open-source MPICH2
MPICH
MPICH is a freely available, portable implementation of MPI, a standard for message-passing for distributed-memory applications used in parallel computing...
, and cluster interoperability through standards such as the High Performance Computing Basic Profile (HPCBP) specification produced by the Open Grid Forum
Open Grid Forum
The Open Grid Forum is a community of users, developers, and vendors for standardization of grid computing. It was formed in 2006 in a merger of the Global Grid Forum and the Enterprise Grid Alliance. The OGSA, OGSI, and JSDL standards were created by the OGF...
(OGF).
In June 2008, a system built collaboratively with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is an American state-federal partnership to develop and deploy national-scale cyberinfrastructure that advances science and engineering. NCSA operates as a unit of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign but it provides high-performance...
(NCSA) and Microsoft ranked #23 on the Top500
TOP500
The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful known computer systems in the world. The project was started in 1993 and publishes an updated list of the supercomputers twice a year...
list, a ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers, with a LINPACK
LINPACK
LINPACK is a software library for performing numerical linear algebra on digital computers. It was written in Fortran by Jack Dongarra, Jim Bunch, Cleve Moler, and Gilbert Stewart, and was intended for use on supercomputers in the 1970s and early 1980s...
score of 68.5 teraflops. The NCSA supercomputer uses both Windows Server HPC and Redhat Enterprise Linux 4. As of June 2011, that ranking has since dropped to #145.
In the November 2009 rankings published by Top500, a Windows HPC system built by the Shanghai Supercomputer Center
Shanghai Supercomputer Center
Shanghai Supercomputer Center , founded on December 2000, was invested by Shanghai Municipal Government. With its world-class facilities and quality services, Shanghai Supercomputer Center offers high performance computing, technical support and technical consulting services to wide range of...
achieved a peak performance of 180.6 teraflops and was ranked #19 on the list. As of November 2009, Windows HPC has about 1% (5 out of 500) of the market of the 500 most powerful supercomputers, with about 1.5% of total gigaflops, with Linux dominating the rankings with 89.20% and Unix second place with 5%. The other two systems in the top 100 that can run Windows HPC do so only part of the time.
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, based on Windows Server 2008 R2Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009 and launched on October 22, 2009. According to the Windows Server Team blog, the retail availability was September 14, 2009. It is built on Windows NT 6.1, the same core...
, was released on 20 September 2010.