Linux cluster vendor Linux Networx has released the Xilo scalable clustered
storage system.
Combining management software, scalable file systems and storage devices,
Xilo pools capacity from multiple storage devices into a single resource
to distribute large files.
“It’s most like a NAS Lowry added that Xilo is both hot swappable and mirrored, features that provide a high “Each Xilo storage device is fault resistant using triple redundant power supplies, multiple The clustering system makes use of Cluster File Systems’ Lustre, which Lowry explained that Xilo’s clustering capability does not work like a distributed “It’s like clustering from the perspective that it’s not a large monolithic storage piece; Don’t expect to see Xilo appear in a public Linux project anytime soon, though, as it’s “Xilo’s management software is proprietary,” Lowry said. “Lustre has an open model where older releases Linux clusters have been gaining significant ground of late. In August Linux Networx Supercomputer vendor Cray In separate Linux Networx news today, the company announced it received
the file system is able to scale across multiple devices to present a single global name space,”
Jason Lowry, product manager for cluster management tools at Linux Networx, told internetnews.com.
degree of redundancy and fault tolerance.
RAID controllers, hot swappable disks and high performance RAID for data protection,” he said. “Plus
there is data striping across multiple devices for additional data protection.”
that provides a high degree of performance and some kernel additions, according to Lowry.
single system image cluster.
it’s several smaller units that are able to provide scalable throughput and capacity,”
Lowry said.
not an open source project.
are made publicly available. Current releases and patches are closed.”
announced a U.S. Department of Defense contract for a pair of its 256 processor clusters that
will be used for battlefield simulations. The company’s fastest cluster, located at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory, actually ranked 11th on the last Top500 supercomputer listing
coming in at 11.26 teraflops. Overall cluster of all breeds represented 56 percent of all
entrants on the last Top500 supercomputer list.
recently unveiled
XD1, its Linux cluster product, which includes up to 144 Opteron
processors hitting a peak capacity of 691 gigaflops. XD1 pricing ranges from $100,000 to $2 million.
$40 million in Series B venture funding to further its international reach, as well as product development efforts.
