Obsidian Longbow Delivers InfiniBand Storage Across University of Florida's Campus and WAN Links.UFeIUs InfiniBand Cluster and Rackable Systems Clustered File System A clustered file system is a file system which is simultaneously mounted on multiple servers. There are several approaches to clustering, most of which do not employ a clustered file system. Achieve over 950 MB/s Transfers via WAN Link TAMPA, Fla. -- Obsidian obsidian (ŏbsĭd`ēən), a volcanic glass, homogeneous in texture and having a low water content, with a vitreous luster and a conchoidal fracture. Research Corporation, the leader in InfiniBand range extension, has teamed with Rackable Systems and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. to deliver computing, storage, and networking equipment to the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. (UF). This equipment enables high-performance storage across Wide-Area Network (WAN) links at rates approaching wire speed. UFeIUs InfiniBand-based (SDP (Session Description Protocol) An IETF protocol that defines a text-based message format for describing a multimedia session. Data such as version number, contact information, broadcast times and audio and video encoding types are included in the message. ) cluster file system built using Rackable SystemseIU clustered file system technology currently supports sustained transfer rates of 1.4 GB/sec to the underlying Rackable Systems OmniStore Fibre Channel (FC) RAID arrays. Obsidian Research Corp.eIUs Longbow longbow Leading missile weapon of the English from the 14th century into the 16th century. Probably of Welsh origin, it was usually 6 ft (2 m) tall and shot arrows more than a yard long. InfiniBand range extension technology exposes this high-performance, parallel file system to other remote clusters on campus. "The Obsidian Longbow products allow UF to distribute InfiniBand-connected storage over a campus-area or wide-area link at full data rates," said Dr. David Southwell, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Obsidian Research Corporation, "This capability eases management and sharing of data in UFeIUs emerging grid infrastructure." UF will showcase its advanced network technology in real-time at Supercomputing eIU06 (Booth #2051 and #252). UF Provides Ideal Case Study for InfiniBand and Range Extension In October 2005, UF deployed a high-performance compute cluster from Rackable Systems consisting of two-hundred IB-connected, dual-processor nodes with AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Opteron 275 processors (800 cores). They wanted an I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output subsystem that would compliment rather than negate the clustereIUs computational capacity; that would utilize the IB interconnect; and that would scale in performance and capacity as storage needs increased. "We found our solution in Rackable SystemseIU clustered file system technology utilizing IB/SDP for iSCSI transport", said Dr. Craig Prescott from the UF HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. Center, "This I/O solution is capable of sustaining in excess of 1.4 GB/s of aggregate throughput for random write access patterns and will soon be expanded to support over 2.4 GB/s." With the local storage issue resolved, UF now needed a solution that allowed remote clusters to access the high-performance storage as simply as possible. "The Obsidian Longbow products were the only solution that allowed us to transparently extend the reach and performance of our InfiniBand storage network," said Dr. Charles Taylor
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FLR Florence, Italy (Airport Code) FLR Flare FLR Florida Lambda Rail FLR Forest Land Reserve FLR Forward-Looking Radar FLR Female Led Relationship FLR Force of Lower Readiness ) WAN." See InfiniBand Storage and Range Extension in Action at SC06 With the help of InfiniBand infrastructure switches and host channel adapters (HCAs) from Cisco Systems, network connectivity from Florida Lambda Rail, and Longbow InfiniBand range extension products from Obsidian, UF will demonstrate remote InfiniBand storage not only across Campus, but across 1,100 km of Florida State. In this demonstration, Rackable Systems servers located in the UF/FLR booth (#2051) access large data sets located in arrays of Rackable Systems storage appliances (Booth #252) using InfiniBand. Obsidian Longbow Campus units transport the iSCSI protocol payload via IB/SDP through a 10 km, dark-fiber spool, preserving local performance levels across a simulated campus network. Identical application software drives I/O traffic to the UF/FLR booth (#2051) from additional storage appliances located in the High Performance Computing facility on the Gainesville campus using Obsidian Longbow XRs, a networking platform that preserves all the performance advantages of InfiniBand across 10GE, ATM, and OC-192 WANs. UFeIUs demo proves that islands of InfiniBand storage can be aggregated campus-wide and maintain superior performance to other storage and storage transport technologies while easing configuration, access control, capacity balancing, and management processes. About Obsidian Obsidian Research Corporation and the Obsidian Longbow LP are the developers of Longbow, a series of InfiniBand range extension products. Longbow technology allows an InfiniBand fabric, normally a short-range network used in high-performance computing, to be extended via optical fiber over varying distances. Longbow connects across Campus, Metro or Global networks to offer unparalleled high bandwidth, low latency access to InfiniBand compute and storage resources. Obsidian is available online at www.obsidianresearch.com. About University of Florida The University of Florida is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The state's oldest, largest and most comprehensive university, Florida is among the nation's most academically diverse public universities. Florida has a long history of established programs in international education, research and service. It is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities that belong to the Association of American Universities The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. . |
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