PROVO, Utah, November 24, 2008—Cluster Resources, a leading provider of high-performance computing (HPC) resource-management and scheduling software, today announced that Rocks+Moab has been chosen as the standard cluster-management tool on the new Silicon Mechanics Cluster Configurator.

The Silicon Mechanics online Cluster Configurator is the industry-leading interactive tool of choice for customers seeking turnkey clusters. This tool gives customers the ability to configure a best-fit cluster solution, from CPUs and RAM to software and support, and immediately understand its impact on their budget. The Silicon Mechanics Hyperform HPCi and HPCn Rocks+ integrated clusters offer affordable, scalable starting configurations: an eight-node cluster with a one-year academic license, a powerful head node, Rocks+Moab, and everything a cluster needs to run—including knowledge transfer and support—for less than $28,000.

Rocks+, developed by Clustercorp, is a commercial version of the open-source Linux distribution of Rocks and is excellent for setting up and managing a stable HPC software stack. By combining Rocks+ with Moab—a powerful workload manager that integrates scheduling, managing, monitoring, and reporting of cluster workloads—clusters of all sizes can achieve a maximized workload and 90-99% utilization. Moab also provides guaranteed service levels to users and organizations, higher resource utilization rates, and the ability to get more jobs processed with the same resources, resulting in improved ROI.

“We are excited to partner with Cluster Resources to offer Moab as the standard cluster manager on our Hyperform Rocks+ Integrated Configurators,” said Kirtan Shah, product manager of Silicon Mechanics. “Rocks+Moab provides the full solution that our customers are looking for, and organizations will benefit from its simplified use, its access and control for users and administrators, and its ability to provide higher resource utilization.”

For more information about Rocks+Moab, visit http://www.clusterresources.com/rocks . To view the Silicon Mechanics Hyperform Rocks+ Integrated Cluster Configurators, visit http://www.siliconmechanics.com

About Clustercorp

Clustercorp, a privately held corporation based in San Jose, California, was founded by core members of the Rocks community who saw a clear need for commercial software, services, and support for the Rocks cluster distribution. Clustercorp’s primary product line is a commercial version of Rocks called Rocks+, which includes Rocks +Support, Rocks+Rolls, and Rocks+Moab. More information can be found at www.clustercorp.com or by calling +1 (408) 694-3564, ext. 2.

About Cluster Resources

Cluster Resources Inc. is a leading provider of workload- and resource-management software and services for cloud, data center, cluster, grid, and adaptive computing environments. With more than a decade of industry experience, Cluster Resources delivers software products and services that enable organizations to understand, control, and fully optimize their compute resources and related processes.

For more information, please visit the company’s website at http://www.clusterresources.com, or call +1 (801) 717‐3700 (for the Americas and Asia Pacific), +44 (1223) 437134 (for Europe, Middle East and Africa), or email info (at) clusterresources.com

Moab and Moab Workload Manager are registered trademarks of Cluster Resources, Inc. All third-party trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

This product includes software developed by the Rocks Cluster Group at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, and its contributors.

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