High performance calculations are quickly entering commercial mainstream. Will the new market pattern are like Linux like the old market pattern? Linux may still have a malm in the business desktop field, but in the high-performance computing (HPC) system market is another
One situation, because Linux has stabilized his heel in this market, and established its own status, and the technical reputation is outstanding. In the next few years, Linux may still be a strong competitor in the HPC market, because in recent years, it has established its leadership in the enterprise server and specific computing market. However, with the continuous development of the HPC market, manufacturers who support other platforms will become more and more likely to enter this market, the key to the problem is that Linux will continue to dominate the HPC market as in the past? Or will the opponents swarmed, compete for a piece? The seductive market prospects Yankee Group analyst said that the potential income of the HPC market has reached billions of dollars, which makes it a large system manufacturer. In addition, it is expected that the market will grow at a speed of 10% to 15% in the next two years. If it is not the last economic recession, this growth will be faster. IDC also believes that the HPC market situation is good. The company said that the annual sales revenue of technology high-performance systems increased by 6.1%, lasting until 2007; in 2007, the high-performance system market income increased by 7% to $ 6.3 billion. IDC also predicts that the Linux system will play in the cluster computing market: the income of the third quarter of 2004 is nearly $ 1 billion, an increase of 40% over the previous quarter. Bruce Toal, the HP High Performance Calculation Department of the HP High Performance Calculation Department, Bruce Toal, Linux, obviously played an important role in this field. Total said, "Linux grows in the HPC area exceeds the business area. If you look at the growth rate of IDC release, you will find that the actual situation is basically the case, the growth rate of Linux in the HPC field exceeds UNIX growth in business sectors. "The success of the success of Linux Linux in the high performance field benefits from UNIX. Analysts from Illuminata believe that Linux occupies a leading advantage in the HPC market because many IT staff responsible for high-performance systems have a strong UNIX technology background, so they can quickly become familiar with Linux, because Linux itself is also a kind UNIX. Number of low-cost hardware products are another major advantage of Linux in the HPC environment. Although some high-performance systems such as Krei's system use cost high-cost platform, most Linux-based HPC systems run in ordinary machines. If you simply analyze an existing HPC cluster, you will find that most of them are running Linux, using the cost of low-cost dual machines. Scyld Beowulf Cluster Operating System Manufacturer Scyld Software's CTO and founder Don Becker said that Linux also exhibits an Open Source Grid Architecture (OSGA) in compliance with HPC standards. This group of open standards covers all other key services for many security, management, communication and grid infrastructure. Becker said: "Because the grid calculation is not the main body in the computer field, don't expect that all tools can be used on the grid. To do this, you need to change these tools, and Linux is an excellent platform because it is open, Users are more likely to share results to ensure consistency of utilities. "Becker also said that the open standard makes it easy to change the software designed for the HPC environment. He said: "Linux is a good choice for grids and clusters. You can modify software that is not designed for grid, which makes it a part of the interactive environment. Open source can make you use it for Tools designed on grids and clusters, verify that it can be run in this environment, or if there is a subtle or significant defect, it can be changed. "Qlusters is a business software manufacturer providing the management Linux data center, and Vice President PAOLA LUBET It is also mentioned that Linux has the advantages of using open standards and low-cost commercial hardware.
