[General] KOC deploys Sun Linux cluster

[bashar abdullah]

The control center at ministry of power and water runs on all Linux SUSE
servers and mostly open source tools.

On Jan 15, 2008 10:00 AM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> As far as I know, Al-Diar doesn't have the people to administrate
> Linux, and only sell the boxes... also, the oil sector has its own
> Linux-experienced admins, which is why it went for the solution.
>
> I haven't seen any Linux cluster, but I heard that QualityNet has
> moved to one, and I know that Dar Al-Shifa Hospital, runs its software
> (some of it is even open-source CRM) on Linux & IBM AIX Unix.
>
> KMEFIC (http://www.kmefic.com.kw/) used to use AIX, but because of the
> *high* fees for support (I didn't see the figures as high, considering
> the amount of hardware used), they're moving to Sun Unix boxes now...
> Their setup may not work on a Linux-cluster, as they run a
> multi-national cluster, and their clusters on sophisticated enterprise
> technologies from IBM (HACMP).
> As far as I know, their portal is Java based, so they might be able to
> run the web-portal on Linux boxes, to reduce the over-all cost. (Run
> it with tomcat, or WebSphere, if they need high levels of
> administration & customization).
>
> The majority of the companies in Kuwait go for Windows, because of the
> abundance of people who call themselves Windows Administrators (ask
> them to optimize the performance of a server, and they'll just pop a
> few fuses in their heads). If there was a company that offers on-site
> or off-site Linux Administration services, professionally, not just
> people with lame certificates, I believe such a company would have a
> lot of opportunities.
>
> Just my 5 fils...
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 12:34 AM, Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar at kuwaitnet.net>
> wrote:
> > Originally from http://q8linux.net/article372.html :
> >
> > Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has completed deployment of a Sun and
> > Linux-based high performance computing cluster, which will be used for
> > oil reservoir simulations and other intensive computing tasks.
> >
> > The 154 node cluster is based on Sun Fire x4100 entry level servers
> > using AMD Opteron processors, running Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition.
> > The deployment was managed by Sun executive partner Kuwait Diyar
> Company.
> >
> > According to KOC, the company was looking for a powerful, yet cost
> > effective solution that would enable them to run simulations much more
> > quickly than previously, and also tackle multiple tasks at once. The
> > system has now cut the time required for complex simulation studies from
> > days to weeks.
> >
> > ------------------------
> >
> >
> > amazing setup indeed :) anyone seen such setup or even smaller cluster
> > in any other government / large enterprises in Kuwait?
> >
> >
> >
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