case studies
ROC and Roll: The Portable Cluster aids in Recovery-Oriented Computing
Download this case study as a PDF Find out how a mobile supercomputer, custom-built by Nor-Tech is used to advance ROC. The Challenge Within the last few decades, the computing industry has expanded exponentially into all aspects of professional life,...
Astrophysicists gravitate toward 300 Terabyte Beowulf HPC Cluster
Download this case study as a PDF See how 300 TB of storage contributes to research into the mysteries of time and space. The Challenge In his General Theory of Relativity, Einstein suggested that massive objects, such as planets and...
Think fast! Nor-Tech cluster helps speed up neurological diagnoses
Download this case study as a PDF Nor-Tech develops a Rocks / Linux data center cluster to aid in research to better understand brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis. The Challenge Diagnosing neurological disorders is far from...
Nor-Tech’s Portable Cluster helps render urban 3D modeling a reality
Download this case study as a PDF Nor-Tech develops a compact, ruggedized Portable Cluster for use in a DARPA-funded project for the military that uses GPS, LADAR, and holographic technology to provide soldiers far greater resources for planning their patrols...
Nor-Tech cluster goes nuclear with Windows CCS 2003
Download this case study as a PDF Nor-Tech develops a cluster based on Windows CCS 2003 for Holtec to help speed up finite element analysis and thermal analysis on its spent nuclear fuel storage products. The Challenge When nuclear fuel...
Portable Cluster brings HPC out into the field
Download this case study as a PDF When information flows too fast to be processed, the solution isn’t to slow it down, but to compute faster… and readily. The Challenge Researchers in the field of fluid dynamics studying the complexities...
Bioinformatics Cluster is a powerful weapon in the fight against neurological disorders
Download this case study as a PDF Nor-Tech developed a Rocks/Linux-based system with integrated InfiniBand and installed the necessary applications, including the NAMD simulation package for researchers studying brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The Challenge Computational biology is...
Nor-Tech provides computational advantage for molecular research giant
Download this case study as a PDF Nor-Tech created an HPC cluster to be used for bioinformatics research by the Molecular Engineering Laboratory at MIT. The Challenge MIT’s Molecular Engineering Laboratory develops cutting edge molecular computational methods and applies them...
Nor-Tech cluster helps keep energy researchers from tilting at windmills
Download this case study as a PDF In order to meet the university’s computing requirements, Nor-Tech developed a 64-compute node cluster, with 512 compute cores, specifically tailored to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) services. The Challenge When it comes to the...
Nor-Tech helps SAFL solve the never-ending storage problem
Download this case study as a PDF Nor-Tech provided SAFL with a Voystor storage server consisting of 3 head nodes, 4 JBOD nodes and a development node, totaling more than 500TB of storage. The Voystor 4500ds features drives in both...