Server Clustering, Blade Servers, and Grid Computing

News

2005/08/11 Clustering comes to NAS

2005/10/03 HP to buy blade management expert RLX

Companies/Products

Appro International Inc.

• XtremeBlade Clusters
• HyperBlade Clusters

CA

• XOsoft

Cluster Resources

• Moab Cluster Suite

Cubix Corp.

• LaserBlade
• BladeStation

Dell

• PowerEdge 1855 Blade

Egenera

• BladeFrame (similar to Unisys ES7000 and IBM xSeries 445)

EMC

• FullTIme

Fujitsu Computer Systems

• Primergy BX300/BX600 Server Blade
• PRIMECLUSTER

Hitachi

• BladeSymphony

SGI

• Altix server

DataSynapse

• GridServer (SOA Execution Platform)

Fabric7 Systems

• Q80
• Q160

HP

• Serviceguard
• BladeSystem

IBM

• Cluster Software
• BladeCenter

Intel

• Enterprise Blade Server Family
• Intel Deployment Manager by VERITAS OpForce (White Paper)
• Cluster Tools
• Message Passing Interface (MPI) Library 2.0
• Trace Analyzer and Collector 6.0
• Cluster Math Kernel Library 8.0
• Integrated Performance Primitives 5.0
• VTune Performance Analyzer for Linux 8.0

Linux Networx

• LS Series
• Clusterworx

Liquid Computing

• LiquidIQ

Marathon

• FTvirtual Server

Microsoft

• Windows Server Clustering Services

NEX COMputers Inc.

• Server Chassis, Server Blades, Peripheral Blades
• PC Cluster

Novell

• Cluster Services

NSI Software

• Double-Take, GeoCluster

Open Source

• Beowulf
• Linux-HA project
• Linux Virtual Server project

Oracle

• Oracle Database Real Application Clusters

Platform Computing

• LSF

PolyServe

• Matrix Server

Red Hat

• Cluster Suite

RLX Technologies

Withdrew from hardware market in 2004 to focus on blade server management software

SiCortex (MIPS Technologies microprocessor design)

• SC5832
• SC648

SteelEye

• LifeKeeper

Sun

• N1 Grid Engine
• Grid Rack System
• Sun Fire Blade Platform is retired and no longer orderable

Terracotta

• Virtualization Server (JVM clustering)

Symantec

• VERITAS Cluster Software

• Cluster Server
• Storage Foundation – Cluster File System
• Storage Foundation for Database (DB2, Oracle, Sybase) HA version
• Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
• CommandCentral Availability and VCS Global Cluster Option replaced Global Cluster Manager

Verari Systems

• BladeRack
• Verari Command Center

Telecom

Carrier-grade Linux

Carrier-grade server form-factors:

• PICMIG (ATCA) – similar in function to
• Blade.org (IBM BladeCenter)
• ATCA is similar in function to IBM BladeCenter but is oriented more toward telecom I/O interfaces.

HP Carrier-Grade servers

• bh5700 ATCA blade shelf
• bc2100 server blades
• bs7200 Ethernet hubs
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Sun Netra Carrier Grade Systems

• ATCA Blade Platform
• MontaVista Carrier Grade Edition

IBM BladeCenter T

• White Paper
• OCAF

Other companies producing ATCA servers include:

• Alliance Systems
• Emerson (Artesyn)
• Continuous Computing
• Diversified Technology
• Intel
• Kontron
• Motorola (Embeddded Communications Computing)
• RadiSys

Some ATCA server boards:

• GDA Technologies ATCA-G2800 Dual Intel IXP2800 ATCA Reference Board
• Mercury Computer Systems Momentum AXA-100

NEBS Storage:

• EMC CLARiiON CX
• IBM DS4300 and DS4000 EXP710
• Sun StorEdge 3510 (FC), 3511 (SATA), 3320/3120 (SCSI), S1

Organizations/Standards

Blade Systems Alliance (BladeS)

Blade.org

Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA)

The Globus Alliance

• Globus Toolkit

TeraGrid project

Global Grid Forum (GGF)

• Open Grid Service Architecture/Infrastructure (OGSA/OGSI)
• Grid Checkpoint Recovery (GCR)
• Database Access and Integration Services (DAIS)

Project MegaGrid (Oracle, Dell, EMC, Intel)

Service Availability Forum (HA Clusters for Telecom)

Open Source Projects

• Condor
• Kimberlite
• openMoxix
• OpenPBS
• Rocks (intro)
• SourceForge/Freshmeat

(e.g., CDS Cluster, Cleo, LCM, openSSI webView, OSCAR, SimParEx)

Some history