Engineers at Eurocopter in Kassel, Germany, needed a powerful computer to host helicopter-design software. They found a solution with Evolocity from Linux Networx in Salt Lake City.
Eurocopter made the switch to a Linux clustering platform because of the dramatic improvement in productivity. The Evolocity cluster consists of 40 AMD Opteron 248 processors, with a total of 160 gigabytes of memory and InfiniBand high-speed interconnects from Mellanox. The cluster also includes cluster management tools from Linux Networx-Clusterworx and Icebox-to provide total cluster management from one interface.
Designers at Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (a division of EADS) will use the system to perform fluid simulations on helicopters and their subsystems.
The Evolocity system hosts two types of computational fluid-dynamics (CFD) software. FLOWer is a research application developed by the German Aerospace Research Centre (DLR) that runs on structured grids for aircraft development and design work. And FLUENT is a commercial, unstructured and multipurpose code by Fluent Inc. that simulates general airflow scenarios.
“Linux Networx delivered a system that helps us produce simulations in a timely and cost-effective manner,” said Dr. Andree Altmikus from the Aerodynamic design department of Eurocopter Deutschland. “After the Evolocity system was installed, we started seeing faster results than even the benchmark tests produced, which once again proved Linux Networx’s commitment to helping us achieve the most productivity possible.”
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