Server virtualization, cloud software come to CERN
CERN, the European particle physics organization that runs the Large Hadron Collider, is embracing server virtualization and cloud computing technology to improve CPU utilization and the delivery of computing resources to scientists around the world.
CERN, which uses Red Hat's version of the Xen hypervisor as well as Microsoft's Hyper-V, has just installed private cloud software from Platform Computing to automate the process of managing virtual infrastructure. Virtualization and advanced management tools will help deliver compute cycles more efficiently to 10,000 researchers from 85 countries.
