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Researchers' Move From Linux to Windows Yields Performance Gains, New Capabilities

Overview As a world leader in the research of protein behavior, the Daggett Research Group at the University of Washington is always in need of more computing power. The group augmented its existing Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources with two new HPC systems based on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which has delivered better performance than Linux and enabled the group to make fundamental breakthroughs in how the results of simulations are analyzed.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	June 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Application Servers, Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, High Performance Computing

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application servers

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Publisher:
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application servers

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Publisher:
Microsoft

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application servers

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Publisher:
Wyse Technology

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Publisher:
Microsoft

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Operating Systems

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Servers
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opteron,
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Servers

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Servers
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clustering,
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Servers

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Publisher:
ZDNet UK

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ntl:Telewest Business

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Publisher:
IBM

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Publisher:
IBM

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