New Server Hardware Option for Midsize Environments
An innovative virtualization vendor called ScaleMP Inc. is attempting to bring high-performance computing to midsize companies with a model that is essentially the opposite of VMware Inc.’s: Instead of carving an x86 server into numerous partitions, ScaleMP aggregates multiple x86 machines and turns them into one powerful computer.
Aberdeen Group Inc. analyst Jeffrey Hill called ScaleMP’s technology “quite astounding.” Without such technology, a business could join x86 machines in a clustering model, but this would require IT expertise typically beyond what small and midmarket companies possess, he said. ScaleMP makes high-performance computing affordable and easy enough that it becomes obtainable for a workgroup within a midsize business, he said.
ScaleMP started developing its technology in 2003 and began selling it 18 months ago through systems manufacturers, which mainly targeted Global 1,000 businesses, according to ScaleMP founder and CEO Shai Fultheim.
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