Customer Case Study
Dawning Information Industry Company
2/4/2009
Supercomputing Company Chooses Windows HPC Server 2008 over Linux
Dawning Information Industry Company, which has 30% of China's HPC market, improves performance and manageability while reducing network latency by switching from Linux to Windows HPC Server 2008. System complexity was also reduced, leading to greater convenience and flexibility for meeting the needs of customers.
Industry: High Tech and Electronics Manufacturing
Size: Large, 700 employees
Country: China  China

Customer Profile
http://www.dawning.com.cn
Founded in 1995 in Beijing, Dawning Information Industry Company manufactures some of the world's fastest high-performance servers and supercomputers.
Business Situation
Dawning Information Industry Company wanted to offer more choices to their customers, especially ones unfamiliar with Linux products.
Solution
Dawning Information Industry Company deployed Window's HPC Server 2008 onto 1,920 nodes, on China's largest supercomputer.
Benefit
  • Excellent performance, with an initial rating of 180.6 teraflops and overall Linpack Benchmark efficiency of 77.5 percent.
  • Lower network latency than Linux operating systems.
  • Reduced complexity for expanded use, increased convenience, and more flexible management for customers.
  • Fast, easy deployment; staff needed only 10 hours to set up and debug nearly 2,000 nodes once the hardware was in place and tested.
Software
  • Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
Quote
"We chose Windows HPC Server 2008 because it makes high-performance computing available to more users and offers excellent performance. In fact, its performance surpassed our expectations."
—Cao Zhennan
Technical Center Manager
Dawning Information Industry Company