From:	 "Brad Rutledge" <brutledge@linuxnetworx.com>
To:	 "" <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Powers New Particle Discovery With 96-Processor Linux NetworX Cluster Supercomputer
Date:	 Tue, 06 Nov 2001 09:57:47 -0700

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Nov. 6, 2001 - Linux NetworX, a provider of powerful and 
easy-to-manage cluster supercomputing solutions, announced today that scientists 
at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) are using a Linux NetworX 
cluster to help identify new particles as part of a worldwide scientific collaboration 
to find subatomic clues to reveal the building blocks of the universe.

Linux cluster supercomputing, sometimes called parallel processing or distributed 
computing, is a method of linking multiple computers together to form a unified 
and very powerful system. By taking advantage of standard computer components, 
Linux NetworX clusters can match the performance of supercomputers for a fraction 
of the cost.

Fermilab scientists are studying the collisions of protons and antiprotons in 
an effort to identify new particles that are produced as a result of the collisions. 
Only a fraction of the millions of particle collisions per second are selected 
for further study and the Linux NetworX cluster powers the system that quickly 
identifies unique collisions. 

"For CPU intensive tasks, clusters are at present more cost-effective than larger 
systems," said Gustaff Brooijmans, a Wilson Fellow at Fermilab and project leader 
for the computing cluster of the experiment. "To select the most interesting 
particle collisions, it is essential that we have a high-performance computing 
solution that is reliable and powerful."

Located in Batavia, Ill., Fermilab's 48-node cluster from Linux NetworX includes 
96 Pentium III 1.0 GHz processors, 48 GB of memory (RAM) and a Fast Ethernet 
interconnect. Fermilab also signed an on-going service and support agreement 
with Linux NetworX.

"The price and performance advantages of Linux clusters make Linux NetworX a 
natural choice for laboratories requiring high performance computing power," 
said Clark Roundy, vice president for Linux NetworX. "Linux NetworX has provided 
several national laboratories with Linux cluster solutions with recent installations 
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and Lawrence Berkley National Laboratories."

About Linux NetworX
Linux NetworX (www.linuxnetworx.com) brings its powerful and easy-to-manage cluster 
technology to those demanding high performance and high availability systems. 
Linux NetworX provides solutions for organizations involved in oil and gas exploration, 
aeronautical and chemical modeling, biotechnology research, graphics rendering 
and visual effects, Web serving, ISPs, ASPs, and other technological research 
fields. Through its innovative Evolocity(TM) hardware, ICE(TM) cluster management 
tools and professional service and support, Linux NetworX provides end-to-end 
clustering solutions. To date, the company has built some of the largest cluster 
systems in the world, and boasts numerous Fortune 500 customers.

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Brad Rutledge
Linux NetworX
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