PUTTING THE WORK BACK IN WORKSTATION

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The Cray CX1-iWS system reinvents the
workstation for the next era of technical
computing.
Engineers, scientists, researchers and other workstation users are
continually challenged with more complex problems and shorter
deadlines in which to solve them. The Cray CX1-iWS (integrated
WorkStation) system addresses both of these issues by allowing
larger models and simulations to be worked within the workstation
environment, eliminating the need to move the problem to an
external shared resource cluster. The result is more productive
engineers and scientists, faster product development and time to
insight, and workflow that avoids unnecessary disruption.
The Cray CX1-iWS system integrates a workstation and a cluster in
a single convenient deskside form factor that can be run without
any special power or machine room infrastructure. The workstation
node is powered by Microsoft Windows

7 and features an NVIDIA

Quadro

graphics card that can support two high-definition

monitors for visualization. NVIDIA Quadro cards also feature
multiple levels of GPU acceleration leveraging NVIDIAs CUDA
environment. The 24-core Intel

Xeon

Processor 5600 series cluster

is powered by Windows HPC Server

2008 R2.
The Cray CX1-iWS system can also deliver these benefits to the
workgroup as well as the individual power user by becoming the
hub for workgroup high performance computing (HPC). It features
an integrated 16-port gigabit Ethernet switch allowing additional
workstations or iSCSI storage devices to be plugged into the system.
Additional workstations can leverage the Cray CX1-iWSs shared
storage, cluster nodes and even schedule jobs on the NVIDIA
CUDA GPU accelerator.
The Cray CX1-iWS system redefines what the workstation user or
workgroup can expect from their system and delivers a new era of
responsiveness and power. The technical workstation is back.
KEY FEATURES
Three configurations
Combined power of a workstation and HPC cluster
High-end visualization card included
Onboard storage included
STANDARD CONFIGURATIONS
Each Cray CX1-iWS system comes with one visualization workstation
powered by Windows 7 with 24GB memory, a three node compute
cluster powered by Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, storage, one or
two power supplies and Gigabit Ethernet switch. All nodes are dual
socket.
Good
Workstation blade
(Intel Xeon 2.26GHz low power processors, Quadro FX 380)
Compute cluster
(Intel Xeon 2.26GHz processors, 12 GB memory)
4TB storage (4x1TB SATA)
Better
Workstation blade
(Intel Xeon 2.26GHz low power processors, Quadro FX 4800)
Compute cluster
(Intel Xeon 2.66GHz processors, 24GB memory)
4TB storage (4x1TB SATA)
Best
Workstation blade
(Intel Xeon 2.26GHz low power processors, Quadro FX 5800)
Compute cluster
(Intel Xeon 2.93GHz processors, 24GB memory)
4TB storage (4x1TB SATA)
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