(SYS-CON Media) – Penguin Computing, an AMD Platinum Solution Provider, has announced the Altus 600 server, specifically designed for the needs of high performance computing (HPC). Equipped with up to two Next-Generation AMD Opteron 2000-series processors and up to 64GB of memory, Altus 600 eliminates features not typically needed by HPC customers, reducing the cost of clustering without sacrificing performance or efficiency.

Typical rackmount servers are designed to address the needs of the enterprise market and include features that are frequently unnecessary in an HPC cluster environment. The Altus 600 has been tailored to deliver all the key features that HPC users running complex simulations need, such as strong performance and speed with the dual-core AMD Opteron 2000-series processors, and with the least amount of overhead for HPC applications compared to general purpose Linux servers.

Available now, Penguin’s Altus 600 server features the highest memory capacity available in a 1U form factor, onboard Gigabit Ethernet, SATA hard drives and a PCI Express x16 expansion slot for high-speed, low-latency cluster interconnects. Scaling to support memory and bandwidth hungry applications, the Altus 600 is also energy efficient, maximizing compute power per rack and minimizing the impact on AC and utility bills.  In addition, integrated IPMI 2.0 management enables remote health monitoring and power control to reduce administrative workload.