Cray CX1000
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The Cray CX1000 is a family of high-performance computers which is manufactured by Cray Inc.,and consists of two individual groups of computer systems. The first group is intended for scale-up
symmetric multiprocessing
(SMP), and consists of the CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes. The second group is meant for scale-out cluster computing
, and consists of the CX1000 Blade Enclosure
, and the CX1000-HN, CX1000-C and CX1000-G nodes.
The CX1000 line sits between Cray's entry-level CX-1 Personal Supercomputer range and Cray's high-end XT-series supercomputers.
group of systems consists of the CX1000 Blade Enclosure
, CX1000-C compute Node, CX1000-G GPU
Node and CX1000-HN Management Node. Unlike the CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes, these nodes cannot be used for scale-up SMP, as they were designed without a cache-coherency capability. The CX1000-C and CX1000-G nodes both have blade form factors, and the CX1000-HN node is a rackmount 2U Server. The CX1000-HN is intended to act as the head (service) node in an HPC cluster, with CX1000-C and/or CX1000-G compute nodes.
SCALE-UP
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symmetric multiprocessing
Symmetric multiprocessing
In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture...
(SMP), and consists of the CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes. The second group is meant for scale-out cluster computing
Cluster Computing
Cluster Computing: the Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications is a journal for parallel processing, distributed computing systems, and computer communication networks....
, and consists of the CX1000 Blade Enclosure
Blade server
A blade server is a stripped down server computer with a modular design optimized to minimize the use of physical space and energy. Whereas a standard rack-mount server can function with a power cord and network cable, blade servers have many components removed to save space, minimize power...
, and the CX1000-HN, CX1000-C and CX1000-G nodes.
The CX1000 line sits between Cray's entry-level CX-1 Personal Supercomputer range and Cray's high-end XT-series supercomputers.
CX1000 scale-out cluster computing nodes
The CX1000 scale-out cluster computingCluster Computing
Cluster Computing: the Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications is a journal for parallel processing, distributed computing systems, and computer communication networks....
group of systems consists of the CX1000 Blade Enclosure
Blade server
A blade server is a stripped down server computer with a modular design optimized to minimize the use of physical space and energy. Whereas a standard rack-mount server can function with a power cord and network cable, blade servers have many components removed to save space, minimize power...
, CX1000-C compute Node, CX1000-G GPU
Gpu cluster
A GPU cluster is a computer cluster in which each node is equipped with a Graphics Processing Unit . By harnessing the computational power of modern GPUs via General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units , very fast calculations can be performed with a GPU cluster.- Hardware :The hardware...
Node and CX1000-HN Management Node. Unlike the CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes, these nodes cannot be used for scale-up SMP, as they were designed without a cache-coherency capability. The CX1000-C and CX1000-G nodes both have blade form factors, and the CX1000-HN node is a rackmount 2U Server. The CX1000-HN is intended to act as the head (service) node in an HPC cluster, with CX1000-C and/or CX1000-G compute nodes.