Univa UD, a provider of application and infrastructure software for IT environments, has unveiled native OpenSolaris version of its HPC management product UniCluster.
UniCluster integrates a range of technologies into a single, unified stack. It includes expanded systems management functionality that automates repetitive and homegrown administrative tasks, which is expected to reduce time to value and TCO for cluster owners.
Gary Tyreman, senior vice president of products and alliances at Univa UD, said: “Integration with the OpenSolaris Operating System (OS) will bring UniCluster capabilities to a vast new audience of users. Univa is committed to providing the support needed across key end user software and systems such as the OpenSolaris OS to ensure technical computing customers have the capabilities they need.”
According to Univa, UniCluster on the OpenSolaris OS provides fully integrated HPC cluster management stack for OpenSolaris. The product is functionally equivalent to the Linux version and offers cluster installation directly from OpenSolaris repositories with configurable software profiles for cluster nodes.
UniCluster for the OpenSolaris OS also offers scalability up to 5,000 compute nodes, increasing applicability for large enterprise users, the company said.
Fritz Ferstl, director of Sun Grid Engine at Sun Microsystems, said: “Sun is working closely with Univa to ensure the success of the integrations and are fully supportive of this effort, which will bring an expanded level of HPC systems management functionality – and eventually cloud capabilities – to the OpenSolaris community.”
