ManagedHPC: Outsourced HPC Cluster System Management from X-ISS

ManagedHPC
Outsourced System Management for HPC Cluster Systems

Sound familiar?
“Major architectural trends in HPC have combined to make effective system administration a much more complicated challenge than it used to be. This has led to a shortage of qualified system administration talent for HPC markets.”
- Addison Snell, InterSect360 Research

Do You Need?
To focus on your core competency
Immediate installation & management help
Max. system utilization & productivity
Peace-of-mind technical challenges will be addressed
X-ISS can help!

ManagedHPC Overview
Turnkey outsource system management service
Allows you to focus on your core competency
Secure remote system monitoring, management & support
Proactive management & reporting process
Platform independent (works w/ any hardware & software)
Uses DecisionHPC to help productivity & guide growth

Customer Benefits
Reduces need for scarce & expensive HPC administrators
Improves productivity - allows your scientists and engineers to focus on work, not administration
Removes HPC complexity from local IT staff
Increases system utilization and up time
Ideal Solution for 8-256 nodes

ManagedHPC Report Examples

High Level View

How ManagedHPC Works
Stabilize and standardize
Setup for management
Train POC
User documentation
Performance tracking
Summary Reporting
Recommendations
Monitor cluster
Remediate issues
Vendor co-ordination
Upgrades

Industry Support
“After an extensive search for [a cluster administrator], we only received a small handful of candidates, of which only a few were qualified. We didn't have the timeframe to hire and train the right person for the job, which is where X-ISS and its ManagedHPC program came into play. X-ISS has been able to handle getting the system up and running, software installations, and proactively handle technical issues so we could focus on working with the Engineering staff …. It has allowed us to focus our attention where it was most needed.”
- David Crass, University of Wisconsin Director of Research Computing

ManagedHPC Summary
Turnkey outsource system management service
Allows you to focus on your core competency
Secure remote system monitoring, management & support
Proactive management & reporting process
Platform independent (works w/ any hardware & software)
Uses DecisionHPC to help productivity & guide growth

Thank you!
With thousands of nodes under management, X-ISS is an ideal partner for your Complete HPC management needs.
To speak with someone at X-ISS & demo of our capabilities:
HPC@x-iss.com
713 – 862 - 9200
www.x-iss.com/hpc

ManagedHPC: Outsourced HPC Cluster System Management from X-ISS

by Deepak Khosla on Jun 28, 2011

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