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Optimized to provide extremely high I/O throughput, the Sun HPC 5500 provides exceptional performance for demanding network-based applications. In fact, the Gigaplane, our 2.6-GB/sec system interconnect, delivers extremely high system bandwidth with very low sustained latencies. Connected to the Gigaplane are up to 14 high-speed UltraSPARC processors and 14 GB of memory. This design, combined with the multiprocessing efficiency of the Solaris operating environment, means the HPC 5500 can support the most computationally demanding applications, as well as data sets with more than a terabyte of data.

Highly integrated system design with built-in redundancy

The highly integrated system design dramatically reduces component count relative to conventional compute servers, making it inherently reliable. With built-in redundancy, the HPC 5500 can tolerate power supply, cooling, or storage failures without affecting system operation-and can automatically recover from most other failures, such as CPU faults, with minimal disruption. The main system components are hot-pluggable so hardware repairs and installations can be performed while the system is on line. And the server's integrated system monitor, SolsticeTM SyMONTM, can even predict failures before they occur, so a component can be replaced before it fails.

Software to help you manage your workload

Each HPC system includes selected software tools that perform workload and resource management, and support the development and execution of high-performance, parallel applications. By offering tools like LSF for workload management, MPI, and MPI I/O for message passing, Sun provides unrivaled parallel application development and management capabilities, bringing Sun's network computing vision to high-end technical markets. The Sun HPC ClusterTools 3.0TM software suite provides the tools needed to solve your complex, compute-intensive applications, and in a cost-effective manner.
Like all Sun servers, the HPC 5500 comes with SolarisTM, the most popular and advanced networked computing environment that supports over 12,000 applications, including all of the important analysis, modeling and simulation solutions. It is backed by SunServiceSM, which is consistently rated among the leaders in customer satisfaction, and is there for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with hardware and software support and expert consulting.