MILPITAS, Calif., April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Corporation
(NYSE: LSI) today announced a collaboration with Whamcloud to
provide Lustre™ support services for users of high-performance
computing (HPC) storage systems based on LSI® Engenio® technology.
Together, the companies will provide a single source of
comprehensive support to assist users in managing and maintaining
their HPC configurations.
"Lustre is the most prevalent parallel file system in today's
high-performance computing environments, but Lustre users need to
begin seeking support options for all of their non-Oracle
hardware," said Addison Snell, CEO,
Intersect360 Research. "Companies looking for an alternate supplier
can now turn to LSI and Whamcloud for a continuation of Lustre
product and support services from two companies that focus on
high-performance data management."
The collaboration between LSI and Whamcloud brings together a
storage industry leader in LSI, with more than 500,000 systems
shipped across a wide range of workloads and market segments, with
Whamcloud, a company of HPC and Lustre industry veterans focused on
evolving Lustre and advancing HPC storage. Lustre is open
source software that does not come with support services. Customers
considering deploying Lustre can now purchase product support
services from a single source that best understands the interaction
between storage and Lustre.
"Expanding the support options available to Lustre customers is
of vital importance, and this agreement with LSI delivers exactly
that," said Brent Gorda, CEO of
Whamcloud. "LSI and Whamcloud share in the commitment to advance
Lustre technology, and we're excited to be teaming up with such a
key player in the HPC field to deliver these critical services to
customers."
"Customers in the HPC space rely heavily on the
price-performance and flexibility of their storage systems to meet
the requirements of a wide range of Lustre workloads," said
Gerard Meluso, senior director of
HPC Segment, Engenio Storage Group, LSI. "With the addition of our
comprehensive Lustre support services, LSI is helping to ensure
that customers deploying systems based on LSI Engenio technology
have the opportunity to continue evolving their Lustre and HPC
storage environments without compromise or concern."
The new Lustre support services reinforce the continued
commitment of LSI to optimize its storage solutions for HPC
environments. LSI was one of ten computing industry leaders to
collaborate on the Hyperion Project at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory in an effort to accelerate the development of powerful
next-generation Linux® clusters. LSI contributed the first
storage system installed on the Hyperion cluster, the LSI Engenio
2600, and together with Whamcloud, conducted Lustre performance
testing using the Hyperion testbed.
The new Lustre support services will be available to LSI HPC
system integrators and OEM customers beginning April 11, 2011.
More information about the LSI HPC business 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.
About Whamcloud
Whamcloud Incorporated is a venture-backed company formed from
worldwide high-performance computing (HPC) storage industry
veterans focused on enabling unprecedented application scaling and
information insight through the evolution of HPC storage
technologies in collaboration with the world's most scalable
computing centers. http://www.whamcloud.com
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