Computing at SIAC
Ξ November 20th, 2008 | → | ∇ Blog |
For the fellows from SIAC (Securities Industry Automation Corporation ) in my RedHat 130 Class ..
Founded in 1972, SIAC runs the computer systems and communications networks that power the NYSE and the Amex.
Until the NYSE stopped giving tours a few years ago, they used to say that they had more computing power then any place on Earth, with the exception of NASA. That’s a lot of computing power. Since then, the NYSE aquired the American Stock Exchange, growing its technology holdings further.
The SIAC Network - moves about 40 megabits of data per second over IP. Much of the traffic is multicast which they use to distribute real-time stock quotes th hundreds of parties. At the customer end, they generally use a product called Wombat which acts as both a feed handler and message bus. Here is an older press release regarding the SIAC networkthat gives a good idea how they distribute data to customers.
The Computing Environment - SIAC has made the decision to move to Linux and IBM. An excellent choice unless you consider yesterdays post on China infultrating IBM’s processors. Linux is rock solid though.
I’d write more on the computing environment at SIAC, but, i gotta get back to work.
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