“The ICE Box appliance is an ideal cluster management tool that provides vital features like serial access to nodes and remote power control so I never need to go down to the server room,” said Gene Cutler, bioinformatics scientist for Tularik.

Tularik, a biotechnology company specializing in drug discovery andĭevelopment using gene regulation, is using a 150 processor EvolocityĬluster from Linux NetworX, and is one of the first organizations to use ICE Box in production. Together for reliability or higher performance.”

“Clustering products, such as ICE Box andĬlusterWorXÂ®, are clearly focused on reducing those costs in anĮnvironment in which the power of many systems has been harnessed Typically show that staffing makes up over fifty percent of the cost of a computing solution,” said Dan Kusnetzky, vice president system “IDC’s many studies on cost of ownership and return on investment By providing direct serial access to individual nodes within the cluster, ICE Box delivers a level of control, convenience and manageability not previously available for Linux cluster systems. ICE Box features include node health and environmental monitoring, power control, node reset capabilities, and advanced serial switching, which allows administrators to maintain redundant serial connections in a cluster.

This is the latest product development focused on improving cluster management from Linux NetworX. ICE Box empowers administrators with advanced serial switching and remote power control capabilities, and is the only appliance of its kind designed specifically to improve the manageability of Linux clusters. Linux NetworX, a provider of powerful and easy-to-manage Linux cluster computing solutions, announced today plans to unveil its innovative ICE Box 1500 cluster management hardware appliance at the SC2001 trade show in Denver, Nov.

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