Reprints from my posting to SAN-Tech Mailing List and ...

2011/08/19

[san-tech][03350] Slide: US DOE 2011 Workshop on Architectures II: Exascale and Beyond: Configuring, Reasoning, Scaling (2011/08/08 - 10)

Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:50:38 +0900
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[san-tech][03349] Slide: US DOE 2011 Workshop on Architectures I: 
Exascale and Beyond: Gaps in Research, Gaps in our Thinking (2011/08/02, 03)
  Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:40:41 +0900
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先に [03349] 紹介した

2011 Workshop on Architectures I: Exascale and Beyond: Gaps in Research,
Gaps in our Thinking
  http://www.orau.gov/archI2011/default.htm

の関連ワークショップの資料が公開されています:

2011 Workshop on Architectures II: Exascale and Beyond: Configuring,
Reasoning, Scaling, 8/8/11 - 8/10/11
  http://www.orau.gov/archII2011/default.htm

 "The goal for this workshop will identify ways that we can abstract
   architectures, in general, to meet the ever-changing complexities
   inherent in exascale (and beyond). This workshop will be essential
   in molding our path forward in hardware and software architectures
   design space exploration, including simulation and emulation modeling
   and their role in developing and implementing abstract machine models.
   Moreover, we believe that such methodologies will prove insightful
   in discovering what could and should be included or changed in next
   and future generation hardware. Scholars from both DOE and non-DOE
   communities will participate. Together we will identify machine
   abstractions, their idealized primitives, and view of memory. It will
   be informative to discuss and debate the realization of these
   abstractions. Moreover, given an existing real system and/or subsystem,
   how do we do explain its machine abstraction and would this abstraction
   be sufficient to explain the performance attributes of exascale?"

[san-tech][03349] Slide: US DOE 2011 Workshop on Architectures I: Exascale and Beyond: Gaps in Research, Gaps in our Thinking (2011/08/02, 03)

Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:40:41 +0900
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以下のワークショップの講演資料が公開されています:

2011 Workshop on Architectures I: Exascale and Beyond: Gaps in Research,
Gaps in our Thinking
  http://www.orau.gov/archI2011/default.htm

  "It has been approximately two years since DOE and DARPA completed their
   "ground breaking" exascale reports. In July 2010, the DARPA UHPC program
   was started. Four teams were funded to research and develop ExtremeScale
   designs. Various computer vendors have claimed that they are investigating
   the designs of exascale computers (IBM, HP and SGI). Several DOE labs are
   also investigating exascale designs (LBL, Sandia). The purpose of
   this workshop is to address the hardware and software architecture
   challenges for developing exascale computers. It would be very informative
   to revisit the exascale studies and explore what has been learned and
   to discuss research gaps. To achieve this goal we will meet and discuss
   the lessons learned from these various activities."

2011/08/18

[san-tech][03346] Slide: 2011 Gordon Summer Institute (2011/08/08 - 12)

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:32:45 +0900
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First Flash Memory-based Supercomputerをうたい文句とした、SDSC Gordonの

Get Ready for Gordon - Summer Institute, August 8 - 11, 2011
2011 Gordon Summer Institute Agenda

の講演資料が公開されました。以下の Webページからダウンロード可能です:

[san-tech][03345] Xsigo Server Fabric, August 15, 2011

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:58:59 +0900
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Xsigoプレスリリースやビデオの前に、後半で紹介する The Registerの記事を
先に読んだ方が解りやすい気もしますが、まずはプレスリリースから

"Xsigo First to Market with Virtualized Server Fabric to Enable Cloud
Data Centers"

Xsigo Server Fabric lets enterprise IT managers and cloud providers
provision new services 10x faster at half the cost of operation
Xsigo leapfrogs switch and port-based legacy vendors Cisco, Brocade
and Juniper with fully virtualized network connectivity
August 15, 2011

"Xsigo Systems today announced the Xsigo Server Fabric, the industry's
first fully virtualized infrastructure for cloud-optimized data centers.
The Xsigo Server Fabric enables one-click network connections from
virtual machines to any data center resource - including servers,
networks, storage, and other virtual machines - to accelerate
the management of virtualized data centers."

2011/08/16

[san-tech][03344] SmartOS from Joyent (ZFS, DTrace, KVM (OS-based virtualization (Zones)), Crossbow)

Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:35:03 +0900
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Sun DTraceの開発功績で、Technology Review, MITの TR35に選出された
Bryan Cantrill氏が移籍した Joyentから、(illumosベースの) SmartOSが
一般公開されました:

"Joyent Announces SmartOS With KVM: An Open Source, Modern Operating System"

 KVM on SmartOS provides entrepreneurs and enterprises highest performance
 and profit potential through best of breed cloud technologies
 August 15, 2011

  "... today announced that it has ported KVM to its operating system,
   SmartOS. SmartOS turns any server into a highly efficient,
   multi-tenant application hosting platform.  The open source project
   offers innovative tools for application developers looking for
   reliable, resilient storage and efficient virtualization that
   Joyent has tuned and hardened for modern, data-intensive real-time
   (DIRTy) application deployment."

2011/08/15

[san-tech][03299] 2011/08/25(木):SS研 HPCフォーラム2011 「ペタスケール HPC技術が支える地球科学」

Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:54:55 +0900
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2011年 8月 25日(木)、サイエンテフィック・システム研究会 (SS研) により、
SS研 HPCフォーラム 2011
ペタスケールHPC技術が支える地球科学
  http://www.ssken.gr.jp/MAINSITE/activity/sectionmeeting/sci/2011-1/program.html
  http://www.ssken.gr.jp/MAINSITE/activity/sectionmeeting/sci/2011-1/program.pdf
が開催されます。
※申込み:Webページ経由  [受付期間:7/22(金)~8/15(月)]

2011/08/12

[san-tech][03342] 次世代スーパーコンピュータ「京」ビデオ、ディスカバリーチャンネル&BS-TBS

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:40:37 +0900
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少し前のビデオですが、富士通さんサイトで以下の 2本のビデオが公開されています:

動画で見る、「次世代スーパーコンピュータ」

"日本発 次世代スーパーコンピュータ「京」"
  ディスカバリーチャンネル (2011年 3月 21日初回放送)
  5分 59秒、ダイジェスト版 (英語+日本語字幕等)

"夢をカタチにするスーパーコンピュータ"
  BS-TBS (2010年 12月 18日放送)
  6分 23秒、ダイジェスト版 (日本語)

「次世代スーパーコンピュータ」

[san-tech][03341] Slide: Flash Memory Summit 2011 (2011/08/09 - 11)

Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:36:15 +0900
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2011年 8月 9日~ 11日に開催されていた:

Flash Memory Summit 2011 Proceedings, August 9 - 11, 2011

2011 Program At-a-Glance
Preview Program

の Slideが公開されています。

[san-tech][02826] Virident tachIOn (PCIe SSD):住友情報システムが代理店契約

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:12:57 +0900
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住友情報システムさんが、Fusion-ioとは別の PCIeベース SSD専門会社の
Virident社と代理店契約を結びました:

"Virident Systems Expands Global Reach to Japan with Sumisho Computer
 Systems", Nov. 15, 2010
  http://www.virident.com/news_10_11_15_sumisho.php

  "announced a new partnership with Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation
   (SCS), a leading provider of solutions and services to the Japanese
   enterprise and high-performance computing (HPC) market. In partnering
   with SCS, Virident will leverage the Tokyo-based firm's expertise in
   the Japanese enterprise market and gain a local provider of
   enterprise-class systems."

2011/08/10

2011/09/10 (土) 「三好甫先生記念計算科学シンポジウム」

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2012/04/15
 
講演集・展示
   http://www.hpfpc.org/miyoshi-sympo/proceedings.html

"このページには当日のご講演プレゼンテーション,展示コーナー,
会場と懇親会の様子を用意しましたのでご覧ください."

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~わが国スーパーコンピュータの来し方・未来を語る~一日として
「三好甫先生記念計算科学シンポジウム」を開催いたします.
  http://www.hpfpc.org/miyoshi-sympo/

講演会・懇親会 参加登録
  http://www.hpfpc.org/miyoshi-sympo/touroku.html
参加申込方法:
事前登録へのご協力をお願いいたします.
8月10日(水)までにお申し込みください。
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Take a Bath!


2011/08/09

Laleham Park, England, 2009/11


[san-tech][03339] SIGGRAPH 2011でも Fusion-io, Aug. 8, 2011

Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:05:41 +0900
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Fusion-ioのプレスリリースです:

"Fusion-io Teams Up with NVIDIA, Tweak Software and Thinkbox Software
 to Accelerate Entertainment Production"

 Innovative Industry Leaders Unlock Performance to Unleash Creativity
 in Digital Content Creation Tools Showcased at SIGGRAPH 2011
 Aug. 8, 2011

[san-tech][03337] IBM: NCSA Blue Watersキャンセルだ!, Aug. 8, 2011, Effective August 6, 2011

Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:39:33 +0900
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※Blue Waters Interconnect Network情報追加 (09 Aug 2011 21:13:59 +0900)

あれまぁ、

"Blue Waters Update-NCSA/IBM Joint Statement"
 Aug. 8, 2011, Effective August 6, 2011

  "IBM terminated its contract with the University of Illinois to provide
   the supercomputer for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications'
   Blue Waters project."

  "NCSA is confident that its goal of building a sustained-petascale
   supercomputer remains achievable in a timely manner. NCSA is
   coordinating with the National Science Foundation to ensure project
   continuity and that the goals of the project are achieved."
.....
  "IBM will return money received to date and NCSA will return equipment
   delivered by IBM per terms of the contract."


関連記事 (と言っても上のプレスリリースがメイン)

"IBM Cancels Blue Waters"
 Aug 8, 2011, insideHPC

[san-tech][03336] New EMC Disk Library for Mainframe, The industry’s fastest mainframe VTL for z/OS, August 8, 2011

Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:10:06 +0900
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EMCのプレスリリースです:

"New EMC Disk Library for Mainframe is First Integrated Solution
 for All Tape Use Cases"

 EMC DLm6000 2x Faster than Competition and Reduces Reliance
 on Mainframe Tape
 August 8, 2011

News Summary
  *)The new DLm6000 is the only solution that can address the full
    range of mainframe tape workloads with a single, consolidated
    all-disk system
  *)Designed for use in IBM z/OS environments, the new EMC DLm6000
   is the industry's fastest mainframe VTL
  *)Integrates EMC VNX7500 and/or EMC Data Domain DD890 storage
    systems to support all mainframe use cases
  *)Matches different workloads to the most appropriate storage

[san-tech][02806] "EMC Acquires Bus-Tech", November 10, 2010

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:24:40 +0900
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"EMC Acquires Bus-Tech", November 10, 2010

  "... today announced it has acquired Bedford, Massachusetts-based
   Bus-Tech, Inc. Bus-Tech is a privately held provider of VTL
   (Virtual Tape Library) solutions that utilize open systems disk
   storage to store and retrieve mainframe tape data. Bus-Tech
   products enhance EMC solutions for mainframe batch processing,
   backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and data archiving
   applications. Bus-Tech now becomes part of the rapidly growing
   EMC Backup Recovery Systems division, which delivers next-generation,
   disk-based backup and recovery solutions. The acquisition is not
   expected to have a material impact to EMC GAAP and non-GAAP EPS
   for the full 2010 fiscal year."

2011/08/07

London Eye, 2009/11


[san-tech][03335] OpenDRAC (Re: "Ciena's Dynamic Resource Allocation Controller Released As Open Source Software", 2010/06/03)

Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:18:37 +0900
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一年以上前の投稿への自己レスですが、Ciena Dynamic Resource Allocation 
Controller (DRAC)、元は Nortelの技術は、既に

OpenDRAC
the Open Dynamic Resource Allocation Controller

サイトが用意され、すでに OpenDRAC 4.1.0 (June 2011) が公開されてました。