Bull NovaScale® Clusters

Bull NovaScale Clusters are pre-configured solutions tuned to deliver maximum performance while significantly reducing Total Cost of Ownership. Bull NovaScale Clusters also offer optimal flexibility and modularity, to match your precise requirements. They are available in a wide range of configuration sizes, from 3 to hundreds of nodes, and offer a broad choice of options for processors, interconnects, and operating environments.

Key features:

• Optimal application performance and footprint: Bull NovaScale Clusters are tuned to deliver outstanding performance per watt and performance per square meter
• Turn-key systems: Bull NovaScale Clusters are fully factory-integrated and -tested, and are easily and quickly integrated to your infrastructure
• Modular, upgradeable solutions: additional modules can extend your configuration as your workload increases
• Efficient cluster management: with the Bull NovaScale Master monitoring environment
• High performance technologies: with the most recent Intel® Xeon® and Intel® Itanium® 2 processors

Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-W   

Access the world of High Performance Computing with NovaScale Clusters and Windows CCS 2003 (Windows HPC Server 2008 coming soon) Your organization is already running a Microsoft environment, your engineers are familiar with Windows? You can rely on Bull’s expertise to move to HPC with Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, and boost your compute capacity while maximizing the use of your existing infrastructure.

Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-W combines:

• The performance and density of Bull NovaScale R4xx servers equipped with Intel® Xeon® processors
• The advantages of Windows CCS 2003
• Pre-installed Operating System and Licenses
• Expert support from Bull’s Microsoft Competence Center

A broad choice of applications are already supported and certified for Windows CCS, such as structure analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and crash test software.

• Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-W4
  An affordable and upgradeable solution for a first investment in High Performance Computing, with 2 to 4 compute nodes that will relieve the strain on your workstations
• Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-W8
  An attractively-priced and easily-maintained solution that will give independent compute resources to a small team of users. 4 to 8 compute nodes will handle large jobs or several jobs simultaneously.
• Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-W16
  The ideal solution to equip a workgroup with independent high performance computing resources. 8 to 16 compute nodes will handle the compute workload of all users more than adequately.

Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-L   

The Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-L pre-configured solutions combine: The performance and density of Bull NovaScale R42x servers equipped with Intel® Xeon® processors The advantages of Bull’s  integrated, optimized Linux® environment And expert support from Bull’s HPC Competence Center

• Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-L24
  3 to 24 nodes - “Workgroup”
  A compact and affordable solution to equip a workgroup with independent high performance computing resources
   
• Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-L64
  24 to 64 nodes - “Departmental”
  The ideal solution to enable a department to handle large jobs or several jobs simultaneously
   
• Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-L96
  64 to 96 nodes - “Enterprise”
  A very powerful solution for a large Computing Center
   
• Bull NovaScale Cluster 400-L+
  Beyond 96 nodes - “Capability”
  Outstanding performance to match outstanding requirements, with a modular packaging that allows the configuration to grow as the workload increases
   

Bull NovaScale Cluster 3000   

The Bull NovaScale Cluster 3000 Series based on NovaScale 3xx5 servers offers: The outstanding performance of Intel® Itanium® 2 processors for the most complex instructions and for all applications that benefit from a large shared memory The advantages of Bull’s integrated, optimized Linux® environment And expert support from Bull’s HPC Competence Center

• Bull NovaScale Cluster 3000-L64
  3 to 64 nodes - “Departmental”
  The ideal solution to enable a department to handle large jobs or several jobs simultaneously
   
• Bull NovaScale Cluster 3000-L96
  64 to 96 nodes - “Enterprise”
  A very powerful solution for a large Computing Center
   
• Bull NovaScale Cluster 3000 L+
  Beyond 96 nodes - “Capability”
  Outstanding performance to match outstanding requirements, with a modular packaging that allows the configuration to grow as the workload increases