Microsoft Launches Windows HPC Server 2008

Microsoft India has announced the Release to Manufacture (RTM) of Windows HPC Server 2008 – its latest offering in the High Performance Computing (HPC) segment. With this, Windows HPC Server 2008 will be available to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and computer manufacturers for final distribution. Evaluation copies of Windows HPC Server 2008 are now available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/hpc

Pallavi Kathuria, director, Server Business Group, Microsoft India, said, “We are confident that Windows HPC Server 2008 will help us further build our position by offering an easy to deploy, cost effective and scalable HPC solution for firms to leverage their existing resources and scale from workstation to cluster — all in a familiar Windows environment”.

With this launch, Microsoft has strengthened its commitment to driving the adoption of High Performance Computing beyond traditional HPC workloads into mainstream scenarios. “While the contribution of HPC solutions has been acknowledged worldwide in complex computational scenarios like engineering, science and medical research projects – today, this technology has indeed evolved beyond its conventional realms of utility to include a wide range of mainstream modern day technologies like storage, networking and data management,” said Kathuria.

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Based on Windows Server 2008, Windows HPC Server 2008 is designed to deliver:

- Improved productivity of systems administration and cluster interoperability by simplifying the overall deployment, administration and management over the entire system lifetime while ensuring interoperability with existing systems infrastructure.

- Rapid HPC application development through integration with Visual Studio 2008, which provides a comprehensive parallel programming environment. In addition to supporting standard interfaces such as OpenMP, multiprocessor interconnect (MPI) and Web services, Window HPC Server 2008 also supports third-party numerical library providers, performance optimisers, compilers and debugging toolkits.

- Seamless scaling from workstation to cluster by allowing end users to harness the power of distributed computing through a familiar Windows-based desktop environment without requiring specialised skills or training.