[yellowdog-announce] Terra Soft Debuts Xserves with Yellow Dog Linux at Cluster2002: Press Release 2002 09/25

Terra Soft Media Relations media@terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed Sep 25 10:43:01 2002


TERRA SOFT SOLUTIONS DEBUTS XSERVES WITH YDL

Chicago, Illinois -- 25 September 2002 -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc., the 
leading developer of integrated PowerPC Linux solutions is pleased to 
showcase 1U Apple Xserves running Yellow Dog Linux at the IEEE Fourth 
International Conference on Cluster Computing.

On the show floor Terra Soft is showcasing three dual 1GHz Xserves and a dual 
867MHz PowerMac. The PowerMac is performing as the Black Lab v2.1 Cluster 
Management Server with the Xserves serving as processing nodes. Black Lab 
allows for the rapid creation of cluster nodes with automated netbooting, 
reformatting, and installation; then subsequent cluster control through BProc 
3.x and Supermon.

The Apple Xserve is a 1U rackmount server available in single and dual 1GHz 
CPU configurations with 4 hot-swap bays, dual PCI slots, AGP, and CD. This 
marks the first public presentation of Yellow Dog Linux running on the 
Xserves. The modified kernel will be available for download from Terra Soft's 
mirror sites soon.

Xserves and other Apple computers may be purchased with YDL pre-installed from 
Terra Soft's online Store at http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/


About Cluster 2002
Cluster 2002  provides a forum for researchers to share recent results and new 
developments in hardware, software, and applications. The conference is held 
in Chicago, September 23-26, 2002. Cluster 2002 is sponsored by the IEEE Task 
Force on Cluster Computing and organized by Argonne National Laboratory and 
the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

More information is available at http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/cluster2002/
 

About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. is a leading developer of integrated solutions for 
PowerPC. Yellow Dog Linux, the flagship product, has boosted viability of 
Linux on PowerPC microprocessors with support for Apple Xserve, GVS 9000, the 
briQ, and other PowerPC-based desktop, embedded, and HPC computers. Black Lab 
is an HPC cluster node build and management suite.

More information is available at http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/