Microsoft releases beta of HPC Server

摘要

Microsoft says it plans to release at the end of the month another beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008 and that the final version will ship by year-end. The beta is the first release candidate (RC), which Microsoft says is feature complete. An RC is a final beta before the code is considered finished. Microsoft officials say they plan to have one more RC before development is complete. Windows High Performance Computing (HPC) Server 2008 is Microsoft's entry into the battle with Linux to provide platforms for research and other compute-intensive workloads. Linux is clearly the dominant player in the market with Microsoft battling to prove its mettle. The previous version of HPC was called Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS) 2003. CCS 2003 shipped in August 2006.