HAMBURG, Germany, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ISC '10 -- LSI
Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that Cray Inc. has selected
the LSI™ Engenio® 2600 storage system for integration with the new
Cray CX1000 supercomputer. The Engenio 2600 is an entry-level
storage system designed to provide customers with midrange
performance and advanced functionality without sacrificing
simplicity or affordability.
The Cray CX1000 supercomputer is a dense, energy-efficient and
powerful rack-mounted system designed for data-intensive,
high-performance computing (HPC) environments. The Cray CX1000
system redefines HPC by delivering hybrid capabilities through a
choice of chassis and other components that can be
mixed-and-matched in a single rack, creating a customized hybrid
computing platform to meet a variety of scientific workloads.
The flexibility of the Cray CX1000 supercomputer is complemented
by the integration of the highly adaptable LSI Engenio 2600 storage
system. The 2600 system is the newest member of the Engenio line of
modular storage systems and the first to feature 6Gb/s SAS
technology. The system combines multi-protocol host connectivity,
flexible drive support, an intuitive management interface and
advanced energy-saving features, delivering a fully featured
storage system integrated with the Cray CX1000 supercomputer.
"The Cray CX1000 supercomputer is our first system based on
Intel® processors and an InfiniBand® interconnect designed to fit
between our Cray CX1 desktop line and our Cray XT family of
supercomputers," said Ian Miller,
senior vice president of the productivity solutions group and
marketing at Cray. "The Cray CX1000 system is tightly integrated
with the LSI Engenio 2600 to allow customers to address both
computational and storage requirements within a single system. The
2600 system is the perfect complement to the new Cray CX1000
supercomputer and our overall vision of adaptive
supercomputing."
The Engenio 2600 system combines proven LSI controller
technology with leading host interface connectivity to deliver a 4X
improvement in throughput performance compared to the previous
generation product. The system also delivers 2X IOPS (input/output
operations per second) improvement in random disk reads compared to
its predecessor. The system's balanced and sustainable performance
allows it to support a wide range of HPC workloads by being equally
adept both at delivering throughput to bandwidth-intensive
applications and IOPS to transaction-oriented applications.
"HPC professionals in the lower end of the market have the same
need for maximum computational efficiency and continuous data
access as those in the high end," said Steve Hochberg, senior director, HPC segment,
LSI. "However, system attributes such as storage density, power
efficiency and ease of use often play a larger role in the purchase
decisions of these customers. The Cray CX1000 supercomputer with
integrated LSI storage technology delivers on these requirements
while providing the flexibility to meet future project needs."
With over 100 petabytes deployed in HPC environments and more
than 400,000 systems shipped across a wide range of workloads and
market segments, LSI storage systems are helping to accelerate
scientific research and innovation for many of the world's largest
government and university-based research centers.
The LSI Engenio 2600 is available today through select OEM
partners, including Cray. More information is available at
www.lsi.com/hpc.
About LSI
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative
silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products
which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content
together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and
services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters,
systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known
brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking
markets. More information is available at www.lsi.com.
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