Sandia National Laboratories and 25 Percent of the Top 50 High-Performance Computing Networks Demand Foundry to Power Their Infrastructure and Gain Industry-Leading Power Efficiency
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 17, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced Sandia National Laboratories, a nation-leading science-based systems engineering laboratory, selected multiple Foundry(r) NetIron(r) MLX-32 MPLS routers for their industry-leading 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) density, performance and computing power while significantly reducing its costly energy consumption overhead. Sandia installed the NetIron MLX-32 to expand and extend the capabilities of its supercomputer, Red Storm. By installing the world's most dense and efficient routers within Red Storm's high-performance input/output system, Sandia is able to maximize research and development cycles through its geographically distributed external Sandia and tri-lab networks and data center.
Currently ranked in the top 12 on the global TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers, Red Storm is a massive parallel processing supercomputer at Sandia and one of the Advanced Simulation & Computing supercomputers dominating world computing records. With the sheer amount of data that Red Storm is able to process, it was imperative that Sandia selected the highest performing networking router available. The NetIron MLX-32, which is capable of forwarding up to 7.68 terabits per second per chassis, exceeded requirements to manage, switch and route the traffic to and from the supercomputers.
Utilizing previous generations of Foundry switches and routers for Red Storm's routing needs, Sandia turned to Foundry again to meet important performance, density, scalability and lower power consumption requirements. Representing a major breakthrough in router performance and capacity, the NetIron MLX-32 routers offer Sandia unparalleled switching and routing capacity, data throughput, and up to 128 ports of line-rate 10GbE or 1536 ports of GbE connectivity while also allowing them to consolidate many chassis. This not only provides extremely compelling economies of scale, but also delivers unparalleled initial and ongoing energy efficiency and cost savings not possible with alternative solutions on the market. Alongside high performance and lower total cost of ownership (TCO), the NetIron MLX-32s provides exceptional scalability future headroom, capacity, and reliability when compared to other offerings. With the expansion of Red Storm, Sandia was aware other factors, such as power usage, cooling requirements, space efficiency and reliability, were important to consider as well.
