ClusterVision
ClusterVision is a European hardware and software company that provides HPC (high performance computer) solutions and has its headquarters in the Netherlands.[1]. The company was co-founded by Alex Ninaber and Matthijs van Leeuwen in 2002 to provide solutions to deploy and manage high performance computing clusters based on commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware [2]. Ninaber and van Leeuwen started from a division in Compusys LTD in 1999 together with Dr Paul Calleja. The approach of building HPC clusters was introduced by Thomas Sterling and Donald Becker at NASA and was known as Beowulf computing. Ninaber and Calleja started experimenting with the concept of Beowulf computing at Birkbeck College in 1998 as part of the research group of Dame Julia Goodfellow [3][4].
History
The founders started the company in the domain of HPC systems as they had a background in the field of computer science, both academically and professionally. The HPC clusters were built using ready-made hardware with customized open-source software, and custom environments [5].
Universities and government research institutes were the early adopters of the technology. ClusterVision, along with three other companies (Compusys, Streamline Computing and OCF) is known to be a major integrator for the academic community [6][2]. In 2003, ClusterVision developed its first supercomputer for Manchester University, UK [2]. The Linux based supercomputer comprised of 70 processors that were based on the then new 64-bit AMD Opteron processors [7][8]. The supercomputer was developed so that chemical reactions could be carried out. In 2004, ClusterVision launched its cluster management software which was commercially available in 2008 under the name of ClusterVisionOS v4 [9].
In 2009, the company spun off its software into a separate entity named Bright Computing. The software was renamed to Bright Cluster Manager, and it was headed by van Leeuwen as the CEO. Two years later, in 2016, Bill Wagner was appointed as the new CEO for the company, succeeding van Leeuwen. In 2018, van Leeuwen stepped down from his position and left the company [10].
Insolvency and acquisition
In February 2019, ClusterVision was declared insolvent [11][12]. The company (intellectual property and assets [13]) was acquired by the Taurus Group[14], a computer hardware distribution company that sells computer components used in Desktop PCs and Servers [15]. ClusterVision still operates under the same name post acquisition [16].
Customers
ClusterVision has its clients in all major continents with a presence in the EMEA region [2]. Its clients are from the automotive industry, healthcare industry, education industry, oil and gas industry and life sciences industry [17].
Awards
The Top500, a list used to rank the top 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world, was launched in 1993. The list follows a benchmarking approach to rank supercomputers based on their ability to solve linear equations, A x = b, known as the Linpack Benchmark [18][19]. The rating is announced twice each year, in June and November. Following the Linpack benchmark, it can be said that any supercomputer can enter the top 500 list of the most powerful computers if it is capable of solving linear equations making use of floating-point arithmetic units [20]. Top500 is a measure to identify the fastest supercomputers in the world. It analyses data collected over the past 2 decades from the trends in the HPC systems, which is also effective in predicting the developments in the performance of these computers [21][22]
Since 2004, ClusterVision was listed with 17 different HPC clusters in the Top500 list. The table below shows a summary of the top 100 entries of ClusterVision for the given year. The table shows the cluster name, with its rank, the site at which it was installed and its Linpack Performance.
| S.No. | Date | Highest rank | Cluster Name | Rmax (TFlop/s) | Rpeak (TFlop/s) |
| 1. | 2006 | 20 | Darwin - PowerEdge 1950, 3.0 GHz, Infinipath, ClusterVision/Dell
University of Cambridge United Kingdom |
18.3 | 28.10 |
| 2. | 2008 | 100 | PowerEdge 1950, Xeon 51xx 3.06 GHz, Infinipath, ClusterVision/Dell
University College London (UCL) United Kingdom |
18.9 | 24.40 |
| 3. | 2008 | 67 | BlueCrystal - xSeries x3450 Cluster Xeon quad core, 2.8 GHz, Infiniband, ClusterVision/IBM
University of Bristol United Kingdom |
28.8 | 37.60 |
| 4. | 2010 | 22 | LOEWE-CSC - Supermicro Cluster, QC Opteron 2.1 GHz, ATI Radeon GPU, Infiniband, Clustervision/Supermicro
Universitaet Frankfurt Germany |
285.2 | 469.7 |
| 5. | 2014 | 85 | VSC-3 - Oil blade server, Intel Xeon E5-2650v2 8C 2.6GHz, Intel TrueScale Infiniband, ClusterVision
Vienna Scientific Cluster Austria |
596 | 681.6 |
| 6. | 2019 | 74 | Tetralith - Intel H2204XXLRE, Xeon Gold 6130 16C 2.1GHz, Intel Omni-Path, ClusterVision / Hammer
National Supercomputer Centre (NSC) Sweden |
2969 | 4335.2 |
Products and services
ClusterVision develops hardware and software solutions for HPC computations. The hardware solutions are developed by combining compute, storage, and GPUs.[23]. Functional support and services are also given to make the cluster operational. The company specializes in the design, execution and support of large-scale storage and compute clusters [2]
TrinityX
In 2013, ClusterVision started developing the cluster management software environment TrinityX. TrinityX is released under the GPL v2 license, having its source code available on GitHub. The software was initially based on OpenStack. Later it was replaced with a torrent-based approach for the distribution of OS images.
References
- ↑ Osseyran, Anwar; Giles, Merle (2015-04-01). Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4665-9681-8. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kitchen, Christine; Guest, Martyn; Kozin, Igor; Wain, Richard; Deegan, Miles (2007). "2006 Review of the UK HPC Integration Market". Science and Technology Facilities Council: 1–46.
- ↑ Richard, Bruno; Augerat, Philippe (2002-04-04). "I-Cluster: Intense computing with untapped resources" (PDF). HP Laboratories Grenoble: 1–8.
- ↑ Osseyran, Anwar; Giles, Merle (2015-04-01). Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4665-9681-8. Search this book on
- ↑ "Management Team | ClusterVision". 2016-05-08. Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "Chapter 1 The UK HPC Integration Market: Commodity‐Based Clusters". Advances in Computers. 75: 1–111. 2009-01-01. doi:10.1016/S0065-2458(08)00801-2. ISSN 0065-2458.
- ↑ Byelas, Heorhiy; Kanterakis, Alexandros; Swertz, Morris (2011-02-XX). "Towards a MOLGENIS Based Computational Framework". 2011 19th International Euromicro Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing: 331–338. doi:10.1109/PDP.2011.53. ISBN 978-1-4244-9682-2. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "ClusterVision Spins Off Cluster Management Software Company". HPCwire. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "ClusterVision in Bankruptcy, Fate Uncertain". HPCwire. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ LaptrinhX (2019-02-14). "ClusterVision in Bankruptcy, Fate Uncertain". LaptrinhX. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "Supercomputerbouwer ClusterVision overgenomen door it-conglomeraat Taurus Group". Tweakers (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "Taurus Europe GmbH - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ↑ "Taurus Group Acquires HPC Specialist ClusterVision". HPCwire. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "Taurus Group Swallows ClusterVision". StorageNewsletter. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "Prime Ventures - Bright Computing". www.primeventures.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "The Linpack Benchmark | TOP500". www.top500.org. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "Call for Participation in the TOP500 / Green500 Lists | TOP500". www.top500.org. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Garnar, Andrew Wells; Shew, Ashley (2020-11-03). Feedback Loops: Pragmatism about Science and Technology. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4985-9763-0. Search this book on
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- ↑ Zheng, Weimin (2020-06-08). "Research trend of large-scale supercomputers and applications from the TOP500 and Gordon Bell Prize". Science China Information Sciences. 63 (7): 171001. doi:10.1007/s11432-020-2861-0. ISSN 1869-1919. Unknown parameter
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