May 5, 2010
The interconnects between nodes in High Performance Computing (HPC) environments has always posed one of the greatest challenges when putting together a fast, reliable system. Node-to-node bandwidth, and bandwidth to all nodes at the same time requires high speed switches and complex topologies. Equally important are latency between nodes, protocol handling, application support, in-built intelligence [...]
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May 4, 2010
As revealed in this item on the datacenterknowledge.com website, the volume of digital information created and duplicated around the world will hit a staggering 1.2 zettabytes in 2010 (that’s 1.2 million petabytes), exceeding forecasts, and is set to grow to 35 zettabytes by 2020. This is according to research conducted by IDC.
Over 75% of what [...]
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