NEWS:Silicon Graphics Claims I/O Bandwidth Record on Its ccNUMA Origin2000 Server
The Origin Server Allows High-Performance Computing and Data Management Customers to Store and Serve Massive Data in Record Time
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: SGI) today announced a new I/O bandwidth performance world record in data manipulation. The record-setting Silicon Graphics(R) cache-coherent Non- Uniform Memory Access (ccNUMA) Origin2000(TM) server running the IRIX(TM) 6.4 operating system delivered sustained I/O bandwidth performance of more than seven gigabytes per second. The large bandwidth capacity allows customers to capture, crunch, analyze and serve big data in record time to gain insight that can strategically improve business decisions. It also reaffirms the Origin(TM) server line as the leading choice for technical computing, media serving, Internet services and data warehousing customers.
"These results are an industry breakthrough," said Patricia Harrell, director of Origin product marketing at Silicon Graphics. "The Origin servers coupled with advanced 64-bit file system technology deliver the most high-performance bandwidth available for customers who need to manage enormous amounts of data."
The 32-processor Origin2000 server delivered a sustained raw I/O bandwidth performance of 7.32 gigabytes per second across 88 fibre channel loops with a total of 897 fibre channel disks. This record-breaking bandwidth measurement demonstrates the throughput scalability that is achievable in high bandwidth computing environments with the Origin 2000 ccNUMA server.
In addition, the system successfully read a single large file at 4.03 gigabytes per second and wrote a single large file at 4.47 gigabytes per second in sustained I/O bandwidth through the XFS(TM) file system. The numbers in real-time sustained mode were 4.04 gigabytes per second for reading a single file and 4.47 gigabytes per second for writing a single file through the XFS file system. Real-time mode ensures that data will be delivered at a predictable rate for applications that require immediate real-time response.
The IRIX 6.4 operating system with the 64-bit XFS file system is the only file system available that provides a Guaranteed Rate I/O (GRIO) feature, allowing applications to reserve specific bandwidth to or from the filesystem. This functionality is critical for media delivery systems such as video-on-demand or data acquisition.
Many organizations -- ranging from Internet service providers (ISPs) and financial institutions to digital distribution houses and corporate information warehouses -- are experiencing data explosions. Stored enterprise data is expected to increase 400 percent every three years. Effectively managing and sharing that data will improve worker productivity and is crucial to staying competitive. The Origin2000 server with its scalable ccNUMA architecture, fast 64-bit RISC processors and revolutionary I/O subsystem can easily manage massive amounts of data reliably and quickly.
About Origin Servers The modular ccNUMA Origin server line provides a simple building-block approach that scales from one-to 128-processor configurations and leads the industry in performance, bandwidth, I/O, scalability and cost structure in a true 64-bit environment. Over 10,000 systems have been sold since its introduction in October, 1996. Origin systems are available through Silicon Graphics worldwide sales offices and associated resellers. Cray Research is the supercomputing subsidiary of Silicon Graphics and provides the leading supercomputing tools and services to solve customers' most challenging problems.
SOURCE Silicon Graphics Inc.
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