Customer Case Study
R Systems
8/12/2009
Supercomputing Firm Offers World-Class Resources with Operating System Flexibility
R Systems provides flexible high-performance computing (HPC) resources for academic researchers and commercial organizations. The company offers traditional Linux clusters as well as clusters that run on the Windows® HPC Server 2008 operating system. By making Windows HPC Server available, R Systems increases productivity for its customers by using the best operating system for their particular research applications.
Industry: Professional Services
Size: Small, 10 employees
Country: US  US

Customer Profile
http://www.rsystemsinc.com/
Champaign, Illinois–based R Systems is a privately held corporation that provides flexible, high-end computing resources to the commercial and academic research communities.
Business Situation
HPC services provider R Systems needed to offer its customers an alternative to Linux-based HPC solutions.
Solution
R Systems deployed the Windows® HPC Server 2008 operating system.
Benefit
  • Easier administration
  • Notable performance increase
  • Enhanced value and cost-effectiveness
  • Superior support
Software
  • Windows HPC Server 2008
Quote
"The Linux HPC systems tend to be stitched together with components from multiple sources, which makes deployment and administration more difficult. With Windows HPC Server 2008, a researcher who doesn't want to be an administrator doesn't have to be."
Greg Keller, Technical Principal, R Systems