Dell High-Performance Clusters Aid the University of Utah in Researching Ways to Prevent Accidental Fires and Explosions.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2002 New Study Shows Dell Leads Industry in Technical Cluster Deployments in First Half of 2002 Researchers at The University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. are using a Dell high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. cluster (HPCC HPCC - High Performance Computing and Communications ) to research and help prevent accidental fires and explosions. The university's Center for the Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explosions (C-SAFE C-SAFE Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency C-SAFE Cyber Security Awareness for Everyone C-SAFE Center for the Simulation of Accidental Fires & Explosions (University of Utah) ) will use the cluster to provide government and corporations with insights into the safety of storing and handling chemicals and hazardous materials. C-SAFE is a program created by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI ASCI American Society for Clinical Investigation. ) to integrate large, complex computer models for solving the nation's critical scientific and engineering problems. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. new research by industry analyst firm International Data Corp., deployments like those at the University of Utah add to the growing number of organizations buying standards-based supercomputing clusters from Dell. The firm recently recognized Dell as the leading provider of Intel-based Linux technical clusters in the first and second quarters of 2002 with approximately 40 percent of the worldwide market.(1) "Before we deployed the Dell HPCC solution we executed almost all of our simulations on proprietary supercomputers, primarily those provided by the DOE ASCI program," said Steve Parker Dr. Steven Parker (better known as "Steve" or "Stevo") is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The character, played by Steve Bastoni, debuted on screen on July 23, 2007. , research assistant professor, The University of Utah. "The price and performance of the Dell cluster enables us to bring more of our research onsite for development before performing even larger simulations on the ASCI framework." Russ Holt, vice president and general manager of Dell's Enterprise Systems Group, said the tens of thousands of systems that Dell has deployed to date is evidence of the steady growth in the use of high-performance clusters to replace traditional supercomputers. "Accidental fire and explosion prevention is yet another example of beneficial research that can be accomplished through Dell HPCC solutions," he said. The cluster consists of 128 Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 2650 servers with dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors running Red Hat(R) Linux. The University of Utah will use the PowerEdge servers to process up to nine terabytes of data involved in a range of accident scenarios, such as those resulting from jet-fuel fire after an airplane crash or the ignition of chemicals in a containment building A containment building, in its most common usage, is a steel or concrete structure enclosing a nuclear reactor. It is designed to, in any emergency, contain the escape of radiation despite pressures in the range of 60 to 200 psi ( 410 to 1400 kPa). . For more information about Dell's HPCC program, please visit: www.dell.com/hpcc. For more information about the C-SAFE program at the University of Utah, please visit: www.csafe.utah.edu. About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $32.1 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at www.dell.com. Dell and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. (1) According to IDC's Worldwide MidRange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually and High Performance Server Overview report, the Intel/Linux technical cluster market reached $86 million in Q102 and$116 million in Q202. |
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