Success stories: 'Intel' category

IIT Kanpur sets up mission critical, High Performance Computing powerhouse on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

32 node and 96 node clusters power national research projects

Industry: Academia
Challenges: Modernize and scale proprietary, SMP-UNIX infrastructure. Set up a high performance computing environment that can handle cutting edge research projects. Simplify management and system administration.
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hardware: AMD64 and Intel 32-bit servers
Benefits: Improvement in performance and overall computation time through 64-bit x86 servers. Significant TCO reduction by eliminating the need for proprietary licenses and RISC based hardware. Freedom to modify and work with the source code
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Filed under Education, APAC, AMD, Intel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux on October 15th, 2007 | No comments »

At the Munich Trade Fair: Red Hat Global File System (GFS) provides a modern cluster solution with virtualized storage

Messe Munchen International (Munich International Trade Fai–MMI), which organizes about 40 trade fairs for capital goods, consumer goods, and new technologies is one of the world’s leading trade fair companies. Over 30,000 exhibitors representing more than 90 countries and two million visitors from about 180 countries take part in the events in Munich every year. With fi ve subsidiary companies abroad, global trade fairs and 75 foreign branches dealing with 89 countries, MMI has a very strong worldwide network.

MMI is clearly set for further growth, and, as the business expands, so must the IT infrastructure. This need became apparent by the middle of 2005; the existing infrastructure for providing web services was no longer fully able to cope with the increased requirements. Further scaling of the system would have involved great expense. At that time, the web services were based on a Linux cluster using the NFS fi le system; the operating system used on the cluster nodes was Debian.
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Filed under Consumer, HP, Intel, EMEA, Global File System on October 15th, 2007 | No comments »

Airtel sets up India’s largest televoting backbone on Enterprise Linux

SMS servers handle millions of messages generated by viewers of popular reality TV shows — Kaun Banega Crorepati & Indian Idol

Industry: Telecommunications
Geography: India
Challenges: Design a failproof televoting system to manage millions of SMSes. Conform servers to a peak load requirement in excess of 4000 messages per second. Ensure faster processing of votes and eliminate any window for performance delays. Build a system that can handle highly volatile SMS traffic. Ensure security of servers from viruses and attacks
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hardware: Intel Xeon
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Filed under Telco, Technology, APAC, Intel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux on October 15th, 2007 | No comments »