HPC for German University: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series
Case Study: Powerful processing propels university into the future
Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series High-Performance Computing Data-Intensive Computing
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen is one of the three largest technical universities in Germany and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. In 2007, it was chosen as one of nine German Universities of Excellence by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German Research Foundation.
Challenges:
• High-performance computing. The university needed to develop its HPC capability to ensure it was well equipped to meet future research demands.
• RISC or server cluster? RWTH Aachen wanted to establish whether a server cluster architecture would meet its HPC needs or whether it should stay with its existing RISC-based architecture.
Solutions:
• Evaluate Intel® Xeon® processors. The university tested the performance of the Linux* and Microsoft Windows* 2008 operating systems on Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series.
Impact:
• Implemented small server farm. Intel Xeon processor 5500 series performed more powerfully than RISC architecture, leading the university to begin developing its HPC architecture based on Intel Xeon processors.
• Big virtualzsation: The potential to create up to 100 virtual servers on one physical server compared to 30 with existing servers.
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HPC for German University: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series
Case Study: Powerful processing propels university into the future
Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series High-Performance Computing Data-Intensive Computing
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen is one of the three largest technical universities in Germany and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. In 2007, it was chosen as one of nine German Universities of Excellence by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German Research Foundation.
Challenges:
• High-performance computing. The university needed to develop its HPC capability to ensure it was well equipped to meet future research demands.
• RISC or server cluster? RWTH Aachen wanted to establish whether a server cluster architecture would meet its HPC needs or whether it should stay with its existing RISC-based architecture.
Solutions:
• Evaluate Intel® Xeon® processors. The university tested the performance of the Linux* and Microsoft Windows* 2008 operating systems on Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series.
Impact:
• Implemented small server farm. Intel Xeon processor 5500 series performed more powerfully than RISC architecture, leading the university to begin developing its HPC architecture based on Intel Xeon processors.
• Big virtualzsation: The potential to create up to 100 virtual servers on one physical server compared to 30 with existing servers.
Read the full HPC for German University Case Study.
