In this technical whitepaper, IBM describes the key technologies they are using to implement some of the world's largest and most complex clusters in the emerging commercial market for Linux clusters. Quoting from the whitepaper's conclusion . . .

“Linux is increasingly popular and increasingly capable. Linux clusters represent a way to horizontally scale beyond the capabilities of any given Linux SMP implementation. The price/performance of the Intel platforms and the enhanced functions of the RISC platforms both provide attractive building blocks for Linux clusters.”

“IBM has many years of clustering experience on various platforms and brings much of this experience to bear in the Linux cluster environment. The components necessary to successfully build and manage large Linux clusters, or Linux super clusters, include dense packaging, built-in systems management using service processors and highly capable scalable software, and strong systems integration skills.”

“IBM has built and continues to build the world's largest and most complex Linux clusters in response to our customer's requirements. The intellectual capital that allows successful creation and implementation of the largest clusters is being brought to bear on the emerging commercial market for Linux clusters of all sizes.”

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