Platform Computing and Clustercorp Announce the Availability of Platform LSF for Rocks+
Industry
Leading Workload Management Software Combined with
Rocks+ Provides Customers Greater Control and
Flexibility of High Performance Computing
Environments
SAN JOSE, California, November 18, 2008 —
Platform Computing and Clustercorp have announced the
availability of Platform LSF™ for Rocks+.
Platform Computing has signed a Roll Distribution
Agreement with Clustercorp to make the Platform LSF
Roll available as part of Rocks+. In response to
customer and community demand, Platform, worked
closely with Clustercorp to integrate the
industry’s leading workload management software
into Rocks+. Platform LSF, the flagship product in
Platform’s HPC management suite, allows
customers to intelligently manage and accelerate
batch workload processing for mission-critical
compute and data intensive applications.
"With this solution, Rocks users will benefit from
receiving an Enterprise-class workload management
solution,” said James Pang, Vice President,
Product Management, Platform Computing. "Platform LSF
provides the community with the most powerful and
intelligent policy-driven workload manager for
distributed computing environments.”
Rocks+ is the commercial version of the Rocks Cluster
Distribution – an end-to-end HPCC software
stack, which includes the operating system, cluster
management middleware, libraries, and compilers; with
enterprise class commercial support from Clustercorp.
In addition to the LSF Roll, Rocks+ includes the
Intel® Roll, PGI® Roll, OFED Roll, TotalView® Roll,
and more.
“Clustercorp continues its commitment to
provide customers a production-ready cluster
operating system by adding support for industry
leading commercial software to the leading open
source cluster distribution," said Tim McIntire,
President of Clustercorp. "The Platform LSF Roll will
build on that foundation by providing Rocks+ users
improved workload scheduling capabilities.”
By packaging Platform LSF in a “Roll,”
Clustercorp allows for Platform LSF to be added to
any Rocks+ cluster by simply clicking on a check-box
at install time or running a few simple commands
post-install. The software is tightly integrated into
the Rocks framework, which automates deployment and
configuration across an entire compute cluster
without hands-on intervention from a system
administrator.
Rocks+ and the Platform LSF Roll are available to
end-users direct from Clustercorp and through
multiple channels, including Tier 1 HPCC hardware
partners (www.clustercorp.com/hardware) and
distributors. Rocks+ is also available to VARs and
System Integrators through Tech Data
Corporation’s Advanced Infrastructure Solutions
Division (see below for procurement details).
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing is a pioneer and the global leader
in High Performance Computing (HPC) management
software. The company delivers integrated software
solutions that enable organizations to improve
time-to-results and reduce computing costs. Many of
the world’s largest companies rely on Platform
to accelerate compute or data intensive applications
and manage cluster and grid systems. Platform has
over 2,000 global customers and strategic
relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft,
Red Hat and SAS, along with the industry’s
broadest support for HPC applications. Building on 16
years of market leadership, Platform continues to
define the HPC market. Visit www.platform.com.
Platform LSF is a registered trademark of Platform
Computing Corporation.
About Clustercorp
Clustercorp, a privately held corporation based in
San Jose, California, was founded by core members of
the Rocks community, and is the leader in commercial
software and support for the Rocks® cluster
distribution.. Clustercorp’s primary product
line is the commercial version of Rocks called
Rocks+, which includes Rocks+Support and Rocks+Rolls.
More information can be found at www.clustercorp.com.
To become a Rocks+ Reseller contact Clustercorp or
Tech Data. Tech Data provides Clustercorp resellers
with sales and technical resources to assist in
solutions development and software licensing. To
learn more call 800-816-4672.
This product includes software developed by the Rocks
Cluster Group at the San Diego Supercomputer Center
at the University of California, San Diego and its
contributors. Rocks is a registered trademark of the
Regents of the University of California.
For more information:
Platform
Ricochet Public Relations
Marc Georges
(212) 679-3300 ext. 125
mgeorges@ricochetpr.com
Clustercorp
Public Relations
408-694-3564 x2
info@clustercorp.com