Building on the successful Cray XT™ product line, the Cray XT5™ system is the single most scalable Linux supercomputer. The Cray XT5 system combines unprecedented sustained application performance with exceptional manageability and reliability, lower cost of ownership and, with a Linux environment, broader application support to large supercomputer class machines.

Engineered to meet the demanding needs of HPC applications, each feature and function is selected in order to enable larger problems, faster solutions, and a greater return on investment. Designed to support the most challenging HPC workloads, the Cray XT5 supercomputer delivers scalable power for the toughest computing challenges.

• The Cray XT5 cabinet can accommodate both Cray XT4™ and Cray XT5 compute blades, creating system configurations matched to application requirements.
• Designed from the ground up for extreme scalability, the Cray XT5 includes a highly scalable global I/O performance ensuring high efficiency for applications that require rapid I/O access to large datasets.
• The Cray XT5 system provides a flexible Linux-based operating system, making it easier for a wide variety of applications to benefit from superior scalability and enabling streamlined porting of a broad set of ISV codes.
• The Cray XT5 system was designed for superior energy efficiency and lower operating costs. Innovative packaging and technologies reduce power and cooling requirements, reducing energy consumption and operating costs.
• The Cray XT5 offers competitive price/performance with commodity clusters, while providing superior interconnect, bandwidth, upgradeability, manageability, and scalability.