We will examine the core aspects of the Octimod Clustering Platform and how its design provides advantages over blade systems and traditional servers.
Ainkaboot believs every apsect of cluster design can have a significant impacts on the eventual functionality of the cluster and before designing a cluster it is important to take the time to evaluate it's intended use, scalability, projected usage and physical constraints.
A comodity cluster also known as a Beowulf cluster can fall into two distinct catogories. Class 2 make use of specialist technology (generally more expensive) and Class 1 use widely available comodity hardware. Ainkaboot specialises on optimising class 1 clusters to minimise the toatal cost of ownership and maximise performance.
We address a number of issues in the next few slides: