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HP Teams with China on Massive Grid Project

By Jack M. Germain
March 6, 2006 11:00AM

"HP is a leader in grid technologies and continues to invest in research and development efforts to advance grid technology, where application services execute on shared I.T. resources," said Meichun Hsu, director of HP Labs China. "We are proud to play an important role in a collaborative and secure grid-computing environment for this visionary undertaking by the Ministry of Education."

Hewlett-Packard has joined forces with the Chinese government to develop the ChinaGrid, which, when finished, will be one of the world's largest grid computers with a full 15 teraflops of computing power. It will consist mostly of HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers.

HP officials said Monday that the grid initiative by the Chinese government will extend I.T. resources and services to thousands of researchers and the more than 290 million students in the country's university system.

The ChinaGrid facility, which opened its doors during the last week of February, is running under the direction of the China Ministry of Education.

"The success of ChinaGrid is due to the collaborative efforts of technology leaders like HP," said Hai Jin, ChinaGrid's chief scientist and the dean of the School of Computer Science and Technology at Huazhong University.

"HP Labs has been working closely with the ChinaGrid team to develop one of the world's most advanced grid monitoring systems," he said.

Under Development

A team of researchers from the new HP Labs in Beijing and various Chinese universities is currently developing monitoring, measurement, security, and visualization mechanisms for ChinaGrid. When completed, the system will be known as the ChinaGrid National Monitoring Center.

"HP Labs researchers are working with ChinaGrid researchers to solve important grid-technology challenges," said Sara Murphy, HP Grid Program Manager.

She added that the grid will serve several purposes, including powering a Web-based language-instruction application at a Hong Kong university, a suite of bioinformatics applications, and a videoconferencing system.

According to Murphy, the team initially will focus on two primary areas. The first is the automated monitoring of the grid to reduce the need for operator intervention. The second area of focus will be on trusted computing for enhancing the grid's security.