High Performance Compute Nodes

With modern HPC compute clusters the typical design objective is to pack the maximum compute power in minimum physical space, subject to environmental limitations such as available power and cooling. Penguin Altus and Relion families include multiple choices for high density, high performance compute clusters. Standard 1U form factors provide multiple expansion slots and can accommodate the hottest processors with highest clock speeds. Double density or "twin" form factors can fit even higher number of processors in the same physical envelope provided that the data center can deliver the power and evict the heat.

  Altus 1750 Altus 1804 Altus 2804 Relion 1751 Relion 1752 Relion 2740
Role HPC cluster, high frequency trading High Performance Computing Clusters HPC Clusters,outsized memory needs General purpose server, cluster management High Performance Computing Clusters High Performance Computing Clusters
Form Factor Rackmount 1U Rackmount 1U Rackmount 2U Rackmount 1U Rackmount 1U Rackmount 2U
Processor 1 or 2 AMD Opteron 4100 Series 2 or 4 AMD Opteron 6100 Series 2 or 4 AMD Opteron 6100 Series 1 or 2 Intel Xeon 5600 Series 2 Intel Xeon 5600 Series per node 2 Intel Xeon 5600 Series per node
Cores Four/Six-core Eight/Twelve-core Eight/Twelve-core 4/6 cores 4/6 cores 4/6 cores
Memory
Capacity		 12 DIMMs Up to 96GB 32 DIMMs Up to 256GB 32 DIMMs Up to 256GB 12 DIMMs up to 192GB 12 DIMMs up to 192GB 12 DIMMs up to 192GB
Storage
System		 Up to 4 hot swap SATA/SAS drives Up to 3 hot swap SATA or SSD drives Up to 3 hot swap SATA or SSD drives per node Up to 4 hot swap SATA/SAS/SSD drives, optional RAID Up to 2 hot swap SATA/SSD drives, per node Up to 2 hot swap SATA/SAS drives, per node
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