Chinese Earthquake Researchers Boost Efficiency With Dual-Boot HPC Cluster

The Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (IGCEA) needed a high-performance computing environment that supported easy application development and management - unlike its existing Linux-based cluster. IGCEA deployed Windows HPC Server 2008 on a 128-node cluster with a dual boot of the operating systems. As a result, IGCEA simplified management, boosted cluster deployment by 60 percent, and increased IT productivity by 50 percent.