New WH300 Runs Windows or Linux
Appro, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems will be demonstrating its HyperBlade Cluster solution and Workstations products based on the Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron processors at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) show next week at the Dallas Convention Center, TX.
Appro plans to showcase its brand new workstation, theWH300. This workstation is ideal for complex and demanding graphics applications such as Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD) and Engineering (MCAE) for automotive and aerospace, petroleum exploration and production, scientific visualization, designers, digital content creation artists, 3D modeling and CAD.
The WH300 comes with dual AMD Opteron processors, as much as 16 GB of ECC proc DDR333 memory, up to six internal, fixed hard drives, and graphics cards from either ATI or Nvidia. The system runs Windows 2000, XP, Windows 2003 or Linux.
Appro will also display its HyperBlade Server Cluster solution provides outstanding performance and reliability for a broad range of enterprise and technical computing applications. It supports up to 80 blades/160 CPUs in one cabinet, utilizes the Linux operating system and demonstrates the Appro BladeDome server management software. The Appro BladeDome is a sophisticated hardware-and-software monitoring and management tool that gives visual feedback on all your hardware subsystems. BladeDome offers a feature-set application delivering basic management functions without the use of expensive baseboard controllers.
Established in 1991, Appro is a privately held company headquartered in Milpitas, California. Appro enables a variety of network computing applications by developing powerful, scalable, and reliable clusters, servers, storage and workstation solutions for the high-performance computing and Internet infrastructure markets.