HELIOS harnesses PLAYSTATION 3 power for enterprise server solution

Source: www.jpy.com
Topic: Playstation 3

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provide a powerful state of the art Linux server for Sony PLAYSTATION3 ... the Playstation 3 platform. The games console is powered by the incredibly ...

 

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HELIOS harnesses PLAYSTATION 3 power for enterprise server solutionPage 1JPY plc5 Surbiton Hill RoadSurbitonSurrey KT6 4TWTel: 020 8390 8487Press Release 29thMay 2006HELIOS harnesses PLAYSTATION 3 power for enterprise serversolutionHELIOS optimized Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 utilizes the IBM 64bit 3.2 GHz Cell processor toprovide a powerful state of the art Linux server for Sony PLAYSTATION3London May 29th Leading digital workflow specialist HELIOS has tapped into the power ofthe Playstation 3 platform. The games console is powered by the incredibly powerful Cellprocessor which is needed to run games in high definition and amazing detail. HELIOS hascustomised a version of Linux to allow its server suite to run on the PS3 hardware.The free installer will be available from the UK distributors website from 1stof June(www.jpy.com). It utilises Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 as its operating system and it includes atest drive version of HELIOS UB the enterprise client server solution. It is believed that thisis the first instance of the games platform being used for a business server solution.The reasons for porting HELIOS to the PS3 are more than simply showing off programmingskills of the HELIOS team. It is of course more usual to have the enterprise software runningon much more expensive platforms such as IBM blade servers or Apple Xserves. But the PS3is capable of lighter duties and will be used by the HELIOS sales team to demonstrate thesoftware to customers. With fully loaded servers running into multiple thousands of pounds acompact demonstration server for under 500 makes perfect sense.The HELIOS bundle included on the disc image will run for four hours at a time allowingusers to see what HELIOS can do. Software bundled would cost over 10000 and getting itto run on a 425 gaming platform is quite a feat.Dr John Yardley MD of HELIOS distributorJPY Plc said It might seem like a crazy ideabut pound for pound the PS3 offers amazingpower. I expect plenty of Linux enthusiasts willfin ...

 

 

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