Milpitas, CA - November 04, 2004 - Appro, http://www.appro.com, a leading provider
of high-performance enterprise computing systems will be showcasing cluster technology
demonstrations at the SuperComputing show in Pittsburgh, PA, November 8-11, 2004.
Appro booth # 1941
-Appro launches Next Generation Blade Product - Appro will unveil its Next Generation
Blade servers powered by AMD Opteron processors. Appro's Next Generation blades
offer reliability, scalability and agility meeting the key requirements for
enterprise customers. It leverages the performance advantages of Infiniband,
AMD Opteron processors and AMD Hypertransport technology to maximize the performance
advantage of the entire blade cluster while dramatically reducing the complexity
of management and administration. Stay tuned for the big announcement on Monday
and stop by the booth for a technology demonstration, hands on interaction and
formal customer presentations. In addition, receive a free Appro tabletop 2005
calendar!
- Storage and Cluster Demos -Appro will also demonstrate its new Storage Systems
working with the Appro HyperBlade Linux Cluster solution featuring server and
storage management capabilities. The Appro Storage systems are fully compatible
with the Appro HyperBlade Cluster Series providing storage solutions for fast
and simple data consolidation to mission-critical, high-performance data center
applications. Customers can configure the device as a DAS, NAS or SAN solution
that can scale according to their needs.
- Microsoft Ticket for Exciting Prizes -In addition, Appro will showcase HyperBlade
Cluster Solution based on Windows Server 2003 demonstrating BladeDome remote
management capabilities. This demonstration is part of the Microsoft Passport
Program. The completion of any of 5 company's product demonstrations is needed
to be eligible for an Xbox or all demonstrations for the grand prize drawing
(42" plasma TV). Stop by Microsoft booth #1815 for more details.
AMD booth # 1841 -Appro will showcase its WH300 workstation to demo Paradigm's
newest VoxelGeo - Volume-Based Seismic Interpretation software. The demo will
be displayed on dual-head flat panel monitors and will run on 64-bit Redhat
Enterprise Linux 3.0. Powered by Hyper-Transport technology and 64-bit computing.
ASC booth # 403 (Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories)- The Appro
HyperBlade Cluster solution will be part of the Sandia's StorCloud demonstrations
at the SC04. Appro provides a cluster solution consisting of 48 dual Opteron
Blades running BladeDome Remote Management Software to support the following
demonstration: High Accuracy Quantum Theory Computations with the Massively
Parallel Quantum Chemistry (MPQC) Program. The StorCloud demonstration challenge
applications that demand fast transfer rates and/or use multiple file systems
in interesting or comparative ways. To learn more about this demonstration,
go to http://www.vtksolutions.com/StorCloud/apps/app1.shtml
About Appro
Appro's headquarters is in Milpitas, CA. Appro has an R&D and manufacturing
center in Asia and a sales and service office in Houston, Texas. APPRO enables
a variety of network computing applications by developing powerful, scalable,
and reliable clusters, servers, storage subsystems and high-end workstations
for the high-performance computing (HPC), Internet computing and cluster mark
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