14 DAY TRIAL // Just in case there were any doubts whether supercomputing could be done on Windows, Microsoft applauded the high performance standards delivered by Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 is a Windows platform designed to integrate seamlessly with high-performance computing (HPC). And the Redmond company is now offering the results of two Linpack benchmarks indicating that the Windows for supercomputers made the Top500 list of machines, in conjunction with the Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Cluster Achieves 6.5 TFLOPS and the Microsoft Rainier Cluster Achieves 9.0 TFLOPS.
"Windows Compute Cluster Server (WCCS) 2003 provides a full clustering ecosystem. Microsoft and its customers are building supercomputing clusters that scale with some of the largest and most powerful supercomputers in the world while providing the deployment, security, and development environments of Microsoft Windows platform," reads an excerpt of the document from the Redmond company advertising the results of the top Linpack benchmark.
"I am pleased to see these new Top500 systems based on Windows Compute Cluster Server. The submissions underscore Microsoft's profound interest in our community and prove that supercomputing can be done on Windows," Prof. Dr. Hans Werner Meuer, Co-Founder of the Top500 list.
By being included into the Top500 list, Microsoft's Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 has made it into the trends of high-performance computing. The project is at this point somewhat of a tradition, having been compiled twice a year since 1993. The Linpack benchmark measuring the best performance of supercomputers placed the Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Cluster Achieves 6.5 in second position for the financial community, while the scalable test bed that is the Microsoft Rainier Cluster Achieves 9.0 was ranked at 106.
"Microsoft has been making impressive inroads in HPC. Dell is pleased to be partnering with Microsoft to provide solid performance platforms for clustered environments. Dell's HPC solutions combined with WCCS can provide customers with an architectural model that supports growing HPC workloads and delivers the same ease of implementation and usage expected in a Windows-based environment," stated Reza Rooholamini, Director, Dell Software Solutions Engineering.