vSMP Scale MP
ScaleMP is the leader in virtualization for high-end computing, providing higher performance and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The innovative Versatile SMP (vSMP) architecture aggregates multiple x86 systems into a single virtual x86 system, delivering an industry-standard, high-end symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) computer. Using software to replace custom hardware and components, ScaleMP offers a new, revolutionary computing paradigm. vSMP Foundation aggregates up to 16 x86 systems to create a single system with 4 to 32 processors (128 cores) and up to 4 TB of shared memory.
Solutions based on vSMP Foundation provide superior performance at prices significantly lower than traditional SMPs and comparable to managed x86 clusters. These solutions conserve the advantages of the traditional SMP operating model (ease of installation and management as well as large memory) while leveraging the broad x86-based applications portfolio. For cluster customers, they can continue to run their parallel applications at the same levels of performance, without the complexities of managing multiple OS's, application provisioning, cluster file system, cluster interconnect management. In addition, the I/O architecture is significantly simplified and less expensive (particularly for fast scratch storage). Cluster customers also get a very versatile computing platform, being able to run large memory and high core count jobs in addition to their parallel workloads and the programming model is also more flexible, being able to run MPI, OpenMP, multithreaded and legacy code at optimum performance for High Performance (HPC) environments.
