Drew Robb

NEC and Neck NEC's presence in HPC was most widely publicized with the 35 T/Flop Earth Simulator. This machine held the No. 1 slot on the Top500 list

Big Bluenux Perhaps the biggest emerging trend, though, is the distinct blue hue Linux is taking on. True to its word, Big Blue is rolling open source

Beige or Lemon? Most refurbished servers come in two metaphorical colors — beige and lemon. Therefore, organizations that buy second-hand equipment

Side by Side The IBM system was implemented at the institute with the help of systems integrator Key Information Systems of Woodland Hills, Calif. This

5. Consolidate hardware, software, and operating systems: Consolidation across the board appears to be an ongoing trend in IT. Fewer servers doing more

The SAN Touch To take full advantage of its consolidated infrastructure, Advance Transformer added a SAN. The addition of its XP1024 SAN means that most

Adding Fiber to the Data Center Diet Whether due to unfamiliarity or lack of foresight, data center personnel often underestimate their requirements for

VMS Superdome While the release of entry-level Integrity systems for OpenVMS is a good start, a large percentage of the VMS user base uses midrange and

Not Strictly a Cash-Flow Decision So when should companies lease and when should they buy? Snow says the simple truth is that the availability of capital

Future Clusters Penn State's insatiable demand for research compute power continues unabated. Forty 4-way Sun V40z servers are en route, and it is talking

Vendor Choices The early days of grids are best characterized as being the province of a few dedicated techies evolving ways and means of hooking up

Not So Sexy Although RAID 6 gets the bulk of the coverage, it is still a relatively new and untried technology. But it certainly holds enormous promise on