Microway Delivers "Personal Linux Cluster" Configuration

January 8, 2001

Microway today announced availability of its "Personal Linux Cluster." The fully configured cluster includes three nodes with 800 MHz Intel® Pentium® III, 17" monitor and an HP 8 port switch for connectivity. This design has everything needed to quickly get a Linux lover started using clustering technology for scientific computing. This cluster has impressive roots. A formidable platform for future cluster expansion and growth is provided by using the widely respected SuperMicro dual processor Super 370 motherboard. This motherboard incorporates the ServerWorks ServerSet III LE chipset and has proven to be a totally reliable and capable performer since it's initial release. The Microway Personal Linux Cluster can quickly double in size from three to six CPUs by adding a second CPU to each motherboard, plus additional compute nodes in the future can be added as one's budget allows.

Sales Manager Mike Browne says: "Microway has done all the hard work for the user. We've provided a solid platform upon which to grow your cluster. We preinstall Red Hat Linux 7.0 along with MPICH (the message passing interface) so that you can get to the real work without the steep learning curve normally associated with assembling and configuring a cluster. We even install the gnu compiler of your choice: Fortran, C or C++. We have also included the book, 'How to Build a Beowulf' A Guide to the Implementation & Application of PC Clusters' as part of the package."

And the Linux Cluster is priced at just $4,995 delivered to your door via FEDEX (continental US orders only)!

Microway, based in Plymouth, Massachusetts has provided HPC solutions to the university and government research computing communities since 1982. The company currently integrates Alpha, Intel® Pentium®, and Athlon processors into Linux and UNIX based workstations and Beowulf Clusters. Its trademarks include NumberSmasher, FastCache, RuggedRak, and QuadPuter.