X-ISS: Complete HPC Management Solutions

Complete HPC Management Solutions
Monitoring & Analytics Software
Outsourced System Management
Turnkey HPC Visualization Services

Sound familiar?
“I need a way to create metrics of real-time and historical data to ensure our systems are performing at the highest levels.”
- HPC Manager at large biochemical & energy company
“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
Ability to align usage w/ business goals
Greater insight to future decisions, purchases, etc.
X-ISS can help!

DecisionHPC –
Monitoring & Analytics Software

DecisionHPC
Monitoring & Analytics Software for clusters
One dashboard for system monitoring, tracking & reporting
Maximize system productivity & system usage
Detailed project, user usage & application tracking
Leverage historical, real-time reports to improve decisions
Heterogeneous & distributed systems

DecisionHPC Benefits & When to Use
Global Info Warehouse for HPC analytics
Align resources with business goals
Ensures global data integrity & continuity
Maximize productivity
When to Use:
Heterogeneous & distributed environments
Monitor, Track & Report on projects, users & applications
Analytics are important to
Improve productivity
Aid in future HPC planning

Industry Support
“There is a real need for a tool like DecisionHPC that collects system data from a variety of sources and integrates that data into one useful dashboard. The diversity of hardware and middleware in our systems creates some challenges, and it seems DecisionHPC can address most of these. For intelligent planning, the ability to track , store and mine historical data, DecisionHPC appears to present a very valuable solution.”
- HPC Reservoir Solutions Lead, at a global energy and petrochemicals company

ManagedHPC –
Outsourced System Management

ManagedHPC
Turnkey outsource system management service
Secure remote system monitoring, management & support
Seasoned X-ISS Team w/ >500 HPC installations
Proactive management & reporting process
Uses DecisionHPC to help productivity & guide growth
Focus on your core competency

ManagedHPC Benefits & When to Use
Reduces need for expensive full-time staff
Shortage of resources
Smaller cluster systems
Improves productivity - allows your scientists and engineers to focus on work, not administration
Removes complexity from local IT staff
Increases system utilization and up time
Range guideline: 4-256 nodes

ManagedHPC Report Examples

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

VizHPC –
Turnkey HPC Visualization Systems

VisionHPC Benefits
Validated & turnkey HPC visualization systems
Leverages standard hardware & open source software
X-ISS full-services
Design & installation
Integration
Knowledge-transfer

VisionHPC Benefits
Allows users to focus on development & research
Takes the guesswork out of Viz Walls
Can meet any user’s needs using validated or custom solutions
Removes complexity from local IT staff
“... I was excited to see the project transform from boxes of equipment one day, to a completely integrated system … the next. It provided peace-of-mind knowing the details of installing a complex system like this were being taken care of, allowing us to focus on working with researchers on their specific needs.”
-- Dr. Jean Gourd, Louisiana Tech University

DecisionHPC: Monitoring & Analytics Software
Global Info Warehouse for HPC analytics
Align resources with business goals
Ensures global data integrity & continuity
Maximize productivity
ManagedHPC: Outsourced system management
Peace-of-mind your HPC resources are taken care of
Allows you to focus on your core competency
Often times more cost-effective

VisionHPC: Turnkey visualization systems
Takes the guesswork out of Viz Walls
Can meet any user’s needs using validated or custom solutions
Quick time to production
ProjectHPC: Turnkey HPC project services
System & applications up & running quickly
Access to a seasoned HPC team to solve problems
Design, deployment, monitoring & management

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 & DecisionHPC:
HPC@x-iss.com
713 – 862 - 9200
www.x-iss.com/hpc

X-ISS: Complete HPC Management Solutions

by Deepak Khosla on Apr 07, 2011

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