HPC 2014-15 | Soſtware tools


the soſtware, the hardware, and the operating system from a single ‘pane of glass’. System administrators can quickly get clusters and clouds up and running and keep them running reliably throughout their life cycle – all with the ease and elegance of a fully featured, enterprise-grade, cluster manager. If an organisation needs HPC clusters for


technical computing, and Hadoop clusters for Big Data, then Bright Cluster Manager enables it to build and manage both types of clusters. Te system administrators can monitor all cluster operations, manage users, and re-purpose servers with ease from the same management console. Bright lets users provision and manage


clusters that are running inside the AWS cloud as if they were local machines. Tis feature can be used to build an entire cluster in AWS from scratch, or to extend a physical cluster into the cloud when extra capacity is needed. www.brightcomputing.com


bullx supercomputer suite (scs) is designed to address a broad range of needs, from small divisional supercomputers scaling up to future exascale systems. bullx scs enhances supercomputer usage for users, who need an optimised and easy-to-use environment for their jobs; for system administrators, who must derive maximum availability and performance from the environment; and for storage/filesystem staff, who are responsible for access to and storage of valuable data. bullx scs is based on best-of-breed


open source soſtware, enhanced with Bull’s added value features to match HPC requirements perfectly. Keeping in mind that performance, data management, and resilience are key points, especially to optimise the TCO, this solution provides a finely tuned OS, a centralised management environment, optimised communication libraries, a pre-defined user environment including an efficient batch/resource manager, and top-of-the-art intensive-data management. A system combining bullx scs and


Bull platforms will provide the best HPC solution in terms of performance, reliability and optimised energy footprint. www.bull.com/bullx-logiciels/ administration-cluster.html


Technical computing environments today face many challenges, including supply


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and demand of compute capacity, creating an agile infrastructure, and storage capabilities. IBM Platform Computing products and services include middleware and infrastructure management soſtware for mission-critical technical computing, Big Data analytics, and HPC Cloud distributed computing environments. Te LSF Family consists of a core


workload manager for demanding, distributed HPC environments. New data- aware scheduling automates the transfer of data used by applications running in clusters and the cloud. IBM Platform’s Symphony soſtware delivers powerful enterprise-class management for running a wide variety of distributed applications and big data analytics on a scalable, shared grid, while the cloud service on SoſtLayer provides a secure and flexible compute environment to meet changing business needs. Combining


Platform LSF and Symphony with SoſtLayer cloud infrastructure and Elastic Storage data management soſtware, IBM enables the deployment of analytics and HPC workloads in the cloud.


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SysFera-DS is an intuitive web interface that enables engineers and researchers to more easily run their applications on complex HPC environments from their own browser. Te web interface includes the built-in capability to visualise results and present Big Data remotely. Trough their web browser, engineers can – within three clicks – execute their simulations and process their data. Tis helps them concentrate on their core expertise, and be more productive. System administrators can manage available applications, resources,


Qlustar was originally designed primarily as an HPC/Storage Cluster Operating System (OS), but is now evolving into a platform that is capable of serving all compute requirements, from basic infrastructure services to storage farms, high-performance, and cloud computing. It is easy to setup, extend, operate, monitor, and update. It is reliable, performance tuned, secure, open and based on standards. Its lightweight node OS, created with


a unique modular imaging technology, is easily distributable to thousands of nodes without network congestion, due to the extremely small OS image size (100-250MB). Cluster nodes boot from the network,


running their OS in RAM which results in stateless clusters by design. QluMan, Qlustar’s management


framework, takes care of setting up a cluster fast, with ease and consistency. It keeps track of hard- and soſtware failures and allows users to operate clusters with minimal effort, speed and control. QluMan’s Remote Execution Engine is a powerful graphical parallel shell. Different Linux distributions are


supported as a node OS, including Ubuntu, Debian, and – soon to come – Red Hat compatible distributions. Te Basic Edition is free for pure academic use. q-leap.de


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