RealScale Technologies Opens its High Availability Blade Server Cluster to Beowulf High Performance Computing

RealScale Technologies Opens its High Availability Blade Server Cluster to Beowulf High Performance Computing

Sophia Antipolis, France - October 19th 2001 - RealScale Technologies Inc. today announced it has validated Beowulf High Performance Computing on its innovative Intel®-based Blade Server cluster. From scientific applications to transaction processing, RealScales Linux® i-Cluster is ready to facilitate the execution of heavy-duty applications and to provide an affordable, scalable and highly-available computing solution.

Our i-Cluster Blade Server platform provides the ability to cluster 252 Linux® systems in a standard 19" rack and to deliver the performance of supercomputers for a fraction of the cost", said Serge Dujardin, President of RealScale Technologies. Today, we are the first Intel®-based Blade server manufacturer to announce Beowulf High Performance Computing. The driving design philosophy of a Beowulf system is to achieve the best possible price/performance ratio for a given computing problem. Our Blade Server structure is a perfect fit to obtain outstanding and cost-effective achievements in High Performance Computing."

The Intel®-based i-Cluster Blade Server architecture provides unequalled density, scalability and maintainability features for Linux® Beowulf systems," said Jean-Christophe Pari, CTO of RealScale Technologies. The i-Cluster is ideal for researchers and developers seeking to combine supercomputing-class processing power with superior scalability and availability for parallel processing applications. Running their Beowulf computing system on RealScales Blade Servers, they can upgrade their initial configuration in an easy, quick and cost-effective way, just by adding Blade Servers into the i-Cluster Chassis. Maintenance is also extremely easy thanks to the i-Cluster's hot-swappability and total redundancy features."

The i-Cluster offering is ready for shipment. Prices for i-Cluster based High Availability Blade Servers start at $990. For more information about price and availability, please contact RealScale at: sales@realscale.com.

About RealScale Technologies

RealScale Technologies, Inc. is a pioneer and leader of Blade Server Technology. Early in 2000, RealScale released the i-Cluster, the first patent pending Intel®-based Blade Server platform. Today RealScale delivers to Enterprises, Service Providers and OEMs the most comprehensive range of Blade Servers in the market. RealScale brings to its clients the most open, flexible and scalable managed Blade Server platform based on an industry proven server architecture (Intel®-based) while enabling unequalled availability, high server density and extremely low power consumption. Founded in 1997 by Serge Dujardin and Jean-Christophe Pari, the companys European headquarters are located in Sophia Antipolis, France.

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RealScale Technologies, Inc.
Serge Dujardin, President
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