Xyratex in Alliance With Cray

Xyratex Ltd
announced that Cray Inc. is using Xyratex’ HPC data storage
architectures as the basis for the Cray Sonexion storage system, a new family of
integrated Lustre HPC data storage solutions.

Xyratex will also be providing level-3 Lustre file system support services to
Cray, provider of HPC solutions to supercomputing and research facilities around the world.

Cray and
Xyratex are committed to leveraging the commonalities of both
companies to develop Lustre storage solutions for HPC environments.

Cray and Xyratex are members of OpenSFS – a technical, community-based
organization that is focused on high-end open-source file system technologies
and is committed to ensuring the success of Lustre.

Cray has delivered
some of the highest performance and most productive file systems in the HPC
market, Xyratex has more than 25 years of experience in R&D enterprise class data storage solutions, and by working together,
the Cray Sonexion system includes differentiated features, such as a
customized Lustre management system and Cray’s service offerings.

"Cray is recognized as a leading company in
High Performance Computing and we’re delighted to be working with such a well
respected company," said Steve Barber, CEO of Xyratex. "We’ve developed a strong relationship with
Cray and are confident that they will be very successful in delivering a
compelling solution to the HPC community. We are also excited to be working
with Cray to support the Lustre community in its efforts to continue to evolve
the Lustre roadmap. Xyratex is traditionally known for enterprise storage
expertise, Cray is known for High Performance Computing expertise, and we are
convinced that this combination will enable a new generation of HPC data
storage solutions."

"We are excited to be working with Xyratex in
the development of our Cray Sonexion storage system," said Barry
Bolding , Cray’s vice president of storage and data management. "We chose to work with Xyratex because of its
long history in the development of high quality enterprise data storage
solutions and its world-class Lustre expertise. After a very thorough analysis,
we believe that, with Xyratex’ strengths combined with our expertise in scaling
Lustre in production, we can deliver a new paradigm in HPC data storage."

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