Fast Ethernet

Network performance evaluation is an important measurement that is used to adjust and tune up cluster systems for high-performance computing. The IBM e325, the first AMD Opteron processor-based server from IBM, is an outstanding computing power designed for HPC applications. This paper summarizes the overall performance of all the communication networks (100 Mb/s Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet (GigE), and Myrinet) that are available on a 16-node Linux cluster. tech news

Rock Valley College is a two-year community college in northeast Rockford, IL, with five satellite locations, addressing a service district of 1000 square miles. Seeking to create a more interactive learning environment, many of Rock Valley's 550 faculties wanted to utilize more online and collaborative teaching methods in their classrooms. To achieve this objective, Rock Valley sought a high-speed, easily managed Gigabit Ethernet network. The college chose a solution based on 3Com's powerful, high density Switch 7700 and other 3Com Gigabit and Fast Ethernet switches. The data network enables the college to deploy classroom settings that allow students to more ably learn and collaborate with their professors, as well as supporting a breadth of service support systems. tech news

Situated in Multnomah County, or, at the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge, the Reynolds School District serves the educational needs of parts of five cities, including Portland. The district sought a high-speed data network with the bandwidth needed to support its academic applications. The network also needed to be completely redundant, particularly to support plans for an IP phone system to replace the aging PBX. The district chose Gigabit Ethernet and VOIP (voice over IP) networks from 3Com based on the solution's manageability, redundancy, and cost, as well as the 3Com's reputation for price/performance earned over several years of service. tech news

Previously, classes and offices of Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology and Department of Computer Science and Engineering were dispersed across the University Park campus. The university sought a powerful, enterprise-quality IT infrastructure that would support the computer sciences, IT, and engineering curricula. The units required a high-speed network with the reliability to ensure that the network was always available to students. Penn State looked no further than to 3Com to provide the Information Sciences and Technology building's enterprise-level, end-to-end connectivity it required. Today, the 3Com network is dramatically accelerating the Information Sciences and Technology students' and faculty's research and collaboration, while ably supporting the building's IP security cameras. tech news

Located in Norristown, PA, in Montgomery County, the Methacton School District is tasked with instructing and preparing for employment and higher education the students of Lower Providence and Worcester Townships. As more and more educational applications were brought online, the district realized that it needed to upgrade its data infrastructure. Methacton required a high-speed, high-bandwidth network to provide the proper support for the applications. Working with 3Com Gold Partner Dauphin DataCom, Methacton chose a Gigabit Ethernet switching solution with XRN technology from 3Com to meet its requirements. Methacton's new XRN technology based Gigabit Ethernet network provides the speed, reliability, and bandwidth that the district sought to support its educational goals. tech news