Post on 16-Jan-2015
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Update for HPC-SIG, July 2013Martin Hamilton, Centre Manager
1. Our expertise2. Supercomputing
on demand3. Soul of the new
machine4. Next steps
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HPC Midlands builds on HPC expertise at Loughborough University and the University of Leicester.
We have the infrastructure and expert team to drive innovation in research and industry.
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Why make a huge capital investment in HPC when you can pay for the capacity you need, when you need it? HPC Midlands provides cost-effective supercomputing on demand for research and industry, delivered via the JANET network.
Supercomputing on Demand
- Not just a system for academics who write their own code
- We asked industrial HPC users what they needed from us
- Key requirement: Flexible software licensing
- Result: Deep engagement with Independent Software Vendors
Supercomputing on Demand
Supercomputing on Demand
3,000 cores (48 Teraflops)11 chassis (18 blades each)15TB RAM120TB Lustre storageNon-blocking QDR Infiniband188 compute node blades:
2 x 2.0GHz (8 core) Sandy Bridge 140 with 64GB RAM (4GB/core)48 with 128GB RAM (8GB/core)
Soul of the New Machine
Commercial software:- CD-adapco Star-CCM+- ANSYS CFX- MSC Marc- Intel Cluster Studio / MKL
Open Source:- OpenFOAM- Quantum Espresso- DL-POLY- NETCDF- pHDF5- PETSc (and more!)
Soul of the New Machine
Next Steps
Next Steps
Next Steps
Slide credit: Gary Page / Leigh Lapworth
Next Steps
Industrial HPC user requirements:- Complex licensing scenarios- Virtualization!- Compatibility with their choice
of OS, scheduler, interconnect, …
- Ambitious targets for turn-around time
Next Steps
- Requirement for a particular ISV software revision
- Take over allocated resources- Real time processing, no
queueing- Increasing interest in Open
Source, esp. OpenFOAM- Looking for “national grid”