Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 IE7 Issues Fixed On Forums
On the Bink.nu Forums, we use a component called FreeTextBox for users to enter their posts. Aparently, there was a small bug that prevented people from posting in IE7. I have updated the script files, and we are all fixed.
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9.8.2006On the Bink. Inside DEMOfall 08
Not in my whole journalistic career have I seen PR people as aggressive as the ones here at DEMOfall 08.
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10.9.2008 Windows HPC 2008 R2 CTP released
If you've got a spare supercomputer that is just sitting around waiting to test pre-released software on, then you'll be glad to hear that Microsoft has made the Community Technical Preview (CTP) of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 available on Microsoft Connect.
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22.5.2009 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Advance Notice June 08
Next Tuesday its ol' patch your Windows time again. This month there are 7 fixes due.
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6.6.2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) is the compact database for rapidly developing applications in both native mode and the .NET Compact Framework that extend enterprise data management capabilities to devices.
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26.11.2005 Microsoft Updates Its Windows Server Roadmap, Longhorn server delayed
Expect Longhorn Server Beta 3 in the first half of next year, but no Windows Server 'Centro' for mid-size businesses until 2008. And there might be a Windows Server Branch Office in the future, after all.
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24.5.2006 Micrososoft drops major features in Windows Server Virtualization - Viridian, beta starts with Longhorn Server RTM
Microsoft does it again, promise great cool features and even demo them. They let us wait for months/years and then just drops the cool stuff for a "future release" Just like the Windows Server team did with R2 at the time.
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11.5.2007 Longhorn Server to Be Named Windows Server 2007
ActiveWin are claiming that the final designation for Windows Codenamed Longhorn Server will be Windows Server 2007 after all, how original! Speculated here long before Vista hit RTM.
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17.1.2007 Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008
To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles.
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10.5.2007 New Windows Server 2008-Based Server Products Available
Windows Essential Server Solutions are basically designed as a bundle of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, along with additional Microsoft technologies, set up as an all-in-one IT offering for small and midsize customers.
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13.5.2008 An Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Server
Server is a new installation option that was introduced in Windows Server 2008. It provides the ability to install and configure a trimmed-down version of Windows Server 2008 which is designed to perform only certain server tasks.
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9.6.2009 Windows Server 2008 Is 45 Times Faster Than Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is no leas than 45 times faster than its predecessor, Windows Server 2003, in terms of network transfer speeds.
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22.11.2007 Windows 7 Server vs. Windows Server 2008 SP2 Performance Comparison
Its that time again! Microsoft traditionally doesnt allow the benchmarking of its products as long as the software is still in development, but both the Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009.
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18.8.2009 Microsoft: Windows 7 Server, the Next Major Release of Windows Server
If there is one thing that Microsoft is more mute than Windows 7, then its Windows 7 Server.
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15.7.2008 Windows 7 Server Is Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 Server and Windows Server 2008 R2 are both, much in the same sense, future iterations of the Windows Server platform.
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14.8.2008 Up next: Longhorn Server
Now that Windows Vista is finally finished, it's time to turn the spotlight onto the next version of Windows due to hit: Longhorn Server.
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11.11.2006 What is next for Windows Server
With Microsoft having just released to manufacturing SQL Server 2008 the last unshipped piece of its updated application platform its time to look ahead as to whats next for Windows Server.
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7.8.2008 Two Server Releases, One Day
It's a busy day on Microsoft Connect today, as two new, and anxiously awaited downloads appear. It seems that both Beta 2 of Windows Home Server as well as the February CTP of Windows Server codenamed "Longhorn" have been released.
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17.2.2007 Home Server: The best kept secret ...
Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over a year without leaking anything about it.
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26.7.2007 Windows Server 2008: Need to Know
After many months of waiting, Microsoft finally released the Beta 3 version of Windows Server 2008 (previously codenamed "Longhorn"), a major milestone pre-release version of the next version of Windows Server.
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31.7.2007 Old server - Caffeine machine
BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2
Whatsmore you don't need to wait until midnight to pick it up either :). As of now BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 is available at betaplace. We haven't updated ms.com yet (its coming) but the instructions are the same as the CTP. This time around there is the main product CD and a separate Adapters CD. Beta 2 had a strong quality bar (production beta for early adopters) so I think you are going to like it.
This week is Thanksgiving week. I never really understood why American's have their longest holiday of the year in the darkest time of the year - but then again coming from a country that celebrates X-mas on the beach with a cricket game what do you expect.
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23.11.2005 Windows Server 'Longhorn' Updated
Alongside the December CTP of Windows Vista, Microsoft has released build 5270 of Windows Server "Longhorn." Both operating systems are available on the same DVD image. Although development is currently in line with the client build, the next Windows Server won't be ready until 2007.
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19.12.2005 Longhorn Server 5600 Released
Longhorn 5600 was just released on
MS Connect, with the following builds:
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6.9.2006 Vista KMS activation server
This new KMS server, kms.vbs.net.cn (or vbs.net.cn), claims to operate 24 hours.
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9.12.2006 New build of Windows Server Longhorn
Theres a new build 6001.16406 up on the ongoing Longhorn Server beta program.
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20.12.2006 Windows Home Server Preview
At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week Microsoft previewed its long-awaited Windows Home Server (WHS) product, a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server for consumers that dispenses with the complexities of most Windows Server versions and provides the core storage, sharing, and remote access functionality that digital media and home networking enthusiasts require.
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8.1.2007 New information on Windows Home Server
Joel Sider, Senior Product Manager, Windows Server PR Microsoft Corp. provided some new information about Home Server.
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17.1.2007 Windows Home Server Blog
The Microsoft Home Server Team started Blogging, some interesting facts from the first posts.
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5.2.2007Windows HPC Server 2008 April CTP Release Now Available
Phil Pennington: Please see the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) release of Windows HPC Server 2008 at the beta program community site (
http://Connect.Microsoft.Com). If you aren't yet a registered beta program participant, then
you'll first need to join the program using the same web site.
This CTP release includes the HPC Pack which may be installed on
any x64 edition of Windows Server (an evaluation version is also available for download) as well as the HPC Pack SDK (for developing HPC applications)
and the HPC Pack OPK (for OEMs preparing HPC offerings). Be sure to provide feedback on the CTP features using the Feedback Tool on the Connect
website. Also, please leverage the HPC MSDN Forums to obtain product support for ITPro's and Developers (
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsHPC).
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23.04.2008Windows HPC Server 2008 RC1 Now Available
Phil Penn: You may now download the Windows HPC Server 2008 release candidate via
http://connect.microsoft.com. Register for the "Windows HPC Server 2008" beta program.
You'll also want to grab the corresponding SDK. Please do provide usability feedback using the "Feedback Tool" on the beta program web-site.
For technical discussions, join and participate in the Windows HPC forums accessible via the "Forums" tab on
http://windowshpc.net.
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01.07.2008CTP of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 available today
Ryan Waite: It was almost exactly one year ago that we signed off on beta 2 of Windows HPC Server 2008 and today we made available the Community
Technical Preview (CTP) of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2. Based on Windows Server 2008 R2, the CTP is a preliminary release, allowing an early preview of
planned functionality for HPC Server 2008 R2.
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21.05.2009Windows HPC Server 2008 RTM's
Ryan Waite: Were DONE with HPC Server 2008! We shipped our first beta last November, then a series of CTPs, then a second Beta in May, then a couple
release candidates, and now we are FINISHED. 600MB of technical specifications, 500K lines of code, 250 customer based design changes, and 3000 beta
downloads.
2 years and 3 months ago we shipped Compute Cluster Server 2003 (yes, a strange name for a product that shipped in
2006). Now were shipping
Windows HPC Server 2008. First, we have a better name. The
Clunk-Clunk of Compute Clusters cacophony was confusing. The HPC means were ready for the most demanding HPC workloads. For example, on the last Top
500 list we were number TWENTY-THREE, jumping 93 positions from our previous listing of #116.
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22.09.2008Microsoft Unveils Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft Corp. today released the first public beta of Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008, a server operating system and tools designed for the
fast-growing high-performance computing (HPC) market. Microsoft also established the Parallel Computing Initiative, a program creating a set of common
development tools across multicore desktops and clusters.
Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to Windows Compute Cluster
Server 2003, is based on the Windows Server 2008 operating system and is designed to increase productivity, scalability and manageability. Windows HPC
Server 2008 has been renamed to reflect its readiness to tackle the most challenging HPC workloads. Key features are new high-speed networking, highly
efficient and scalable cluster management tools, advanced failover capabilities, a service oriented architecture (SOA) job scheduler, and support for
partners clustered file systems. The beta is now available for download at
http://www.microsoft.com/hpc; the final version will be generally available in the second half of 2008.
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13.11.2007Design and Deployment Guide for Windows HPC Server 2008
This guide provides detailed information and step-by-step procedures for designing and installing a high performance computing cluster using Windows®
HPC Server 2008. You can use this guide to first plan the deployment of your HPC cluster, and when you are ready to deploy you can follow the
procedures to configure the head node, add compute nodes to the cluster, and verify that your cluster deployment has been successful.
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18.09.2008Windows HPC Server 2008 CTP released
Volker Will: Today the product group has released the HPC Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP). This is the next major milestone on our way
to RTM. As always, the software is available via Microsoft Connect.
If you are interested in the CTP build, please visit
this page on Microsoft Connect. You'll
have to provide a bit of information about yourself and any intended use. As always, the team provides newsgroup support via Microsoft Connect.
For more information about Windows HPC Server 2008, please visit the Microsoft HPC
homepage and use the
Windows HPC Community Portal for all things
technical information.
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11.03.2008Windows HPC 2008 R2 CTP released
If you've got a spare supercomputer that is just sitting around waiting to test pre-released software on, then you'll be glad to hear that
Microsoft has made the Community Technical Preview (CTP) of Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 available on Microsoft Connect. Windows HPC Server is a
specialized version of Windows Server designed for use in high performance computing applications, designed to solve complex computation problems or
in parallel (cluster) computing. Minimum system requirements for Windows HPC server is an x64 hardware platform such as Intel Xeon processors with
Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) or AMD Opteron processors and 512MB of RAM. However, we suggest picking up a Cray CX1, starting price is
around $25,000.
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23.05.2009HPC entering the mainstream
The world of high performance computing (HPC) is increasingly moving into the mainstream, according to specialists in the field. They attribute the
shift to faster processors, better design but also to the increasing involvement of companies like Microsoft in the field.
“Microsoft
is making a huge push into HPC; and that Microsoft is getting so involved is an indication of just how mainstream it’s getting,” John Lee,
vice president of advanced technology solutions at Appro told vnuent.com
“Another sign was when Cray got into it with a small HPC
running Windows and Linux – it’s amazing when you think about it.”
He said that when Bill Gates gave the keynote address
at the Supercomputing Conference in Seattle in 2005 it was a major signal that Microsoft was gunning for the HPC market and that it had made steady
progress.
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07.11.2008Turning a Mac Mini into a virtual Windows HPC Server 2008 Compute Cluster
Volker Will: Best thing you can do to a Mac Mini? No, wait, certainly not the right way to start this post.
I am going prepare a
Mac Mini in such a way that you will be able to install a 2 or more node HPC cluster and a head node. Once you followed the steps outlined in the
videos you will be able to install a fully functional HPC cluster environment, literally a cluster-in-one-box. This post covers all aspects from
reinstalling the Mac OS with fewer options, using less space on the disk to a Boot Camp installation of Windows Server 2008 and configuring Hyper-V.
The final steps necessary to install the HPC cluster software are outlined in
Giovanni’s document on
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20.03.2008Q&A: Microsoft Launches Windows HPC Server 2008 at Leading Wall Street Event
At the 2008 High Performance on Wall Street event, U.S. Capital Markets Industry Solutions Director Craig Saint-Amour and Director of HPC Marketing
Group Vince Mendillo discuss how Microsofts new high-performance computing server can help financial services firms uncover and analyze risk...
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22.09.2008Windows HPC Server 2008 RC2 Now Available
The 2nd release candidate is now available for beta community participants. You can download the bits by registering as a beta participant
at
http://connect.microsoft.com. See the "Windows HPC Server 2008 beta program".
A significant new feature with RC2 is the ability to schedule jobs using applications designed to offload processing to multi-core
graphics cards. A white-paper published within the beta program downloads section details this feature. A typical command line
to submit a graphics processor job uses the new HPC_ATTACHTOCONSOLE environment variable as follows: Job submit /env:HPC_ATTACHTOCONSOLE=TRUE
mygpgpu.exe
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20.08.2008Windows HPC Server 2008 Beta1 Observations
Phil Pennington: HPC Pack Beta1 was recently announced at the Super-Computing convention in Reno (i.e. "SC'07"). Executing on release milestones
with hard dates, as with the convention date, is always a project management night-mare. The task illustrates the classic struggle between time,
resources, and features. Generally, features are sacrificed and resources are increased (i.e. the product team works overtime).
Such is the case with HPC Server 2008 beta1. Yes, there are missing features and certain features that present a nice "Easter Egg" type of
surprise for those willing to give the product a spin. Although, the beta generally accomplishes what beta's are supposed to accomplish. That is,
the user community is given a good idea of where the product is headed and the beta also give us an opportunity to provide feedback which will
ultimately positively influence the product.
With this perspective, it seems appropriate to keep a running-list of observations
that might help you get past some of the features that were first scattered amongst the resources and subsequently gathered into beta1...
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02.12.2007Windows Server 2008 High-Availability Clusters
Giovanni Marchetti: It is no secret that HPC Server 2008 will offer the option to make the head node of a HPC cluster highly available. This feature
is not in beta 1, but it is being developed. It will exploit fail-over mechanisms provided by Server 2008 (enterprise edition or better), so I thought
I'd mention some highlights in this area too.
High-availability clusters are difficult to set up and troubleshoot on several
platforms. With Windows Server 2003 we made progress in simplifying them, but limitations are still significant...
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23.01.2008Microsoft to release near-final beta of HPC Server 2008
Microsoft Wednesday said it plans to release at the end of the month another beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008 and that the final version will ship
by year-end.
The beta is the first release candidate (RC), which Microsoft says is feature complete. An RC is a final beta before
the code is considered finished. Microsoft officials said they plan to have one more RC before development is complete.
Microsoft made the announcement at the start of the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany, where it also placed for the
first time in the Top 25 of the worlds largest supercomputers.
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19.06.2008Microsoft makes available new high performance Windows Server test build
Microsoft made available on November 16
a code-complete beta of Windows HPC (High
Performance Computing) Server 2008 R2 to selected testers.
The company made the announcement at the
Supercomputing 2009 show in Portland, Oreg., where officials said they planned to provide all of the
4,500 or so of the attendees with the bits today. Microsoft also will be providing select testers with access to the downloadable beta via the Connect
site today. Microsoft is expecting to release at least one more beta of HPC Server 2008 R2 before rolling out the final version some time in 2010.
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16.11.2009Microsoft and Cray announce 'affordable' supercomputer
On Monday, Microsoft and supercomputer manufacturer Cray announced that they have teamed up to release the Cray CX1, the most affordable supercomputer
that Cray has ever created. Prices start at $25,000 and range up to $60,000.
The CX1 will run Microsoft HPC Server 2008 and is
purpose built for offices, laboratories and other non-traditional HPC environments. The system incorporates up to 8 nodes and 16 Intel Xeon
processors, either dual or quad core, and delivers up to 64 gigabytes of memory per node. It also features up to 4 terabytes of internal storage. Cray
says that it doesn't requires a dedicated computer room, special power or cooling requirements like typical supercomputers.
Scientists
at the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at UCLA plan to use a Cray CX1 with Microsoft HPC Server 2008 for mathematical modeling and visualization.
Over at the Windows Server division blog, Tina Couch explained that ordering a CX1 is "as easy as shopping on Amazon.com. Customers can go online,
order the CX1 system using a configurator and pay with credit card. If that’s not making supercomputing mainstream, I don’t know what
is."
We could not find the CX1 on Amazon, yet.
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17.09.2008"Virtual" HPC Cluster on a Notebook PC...?
Maybe a stretch, eh? Well maybe not if you just want to experiment with the tools and platform technologies. Today, you can acquire a multi-core
notebook supporting a CPU/RAM combination capable of running multiple virtual machines simultaneously. This allows you to experiment not only with
new Windows Server 2008 RC0 Virtualization (i.e. "Hyper-V"), but also Windows Compute Cluster Server and Visual Studio 2008 release candidate.
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16.11.2007Microsoft amassing high-performance server software attack
Microsoft has built a strategy around the planned early-November release of its high-performance computing server that it hopes will be the catalyst
to deliver massive computing power for future applications.
The strategy encompasses Microsoft applying its typical mantra of
simplifying computing to the costly and often complex high-performance computing world in the form of its Windows HPC Server 2008 surrounded by
Microsofts collection of applications, management wares, development tools and independent software vendor community.
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26.09.2008Next Windows for Supercomputers Enters Beta
Demonstrating it can indeed rename a product with something that sounds pleasing and not so euphemistic, Microsoft took the wraps off its replacement
for Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 this morning. It will be called Windows HPC Server 2008, and today, the company taped it out for the second
half of next year...
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