Ridurre i tempi di provisioning delle infrastrutture di calcolo e l’eliminazione delle code per l’accesso alle risorse è uno dei problemi più comuni nel mondo della ricerca. In questo webinar verranno mostrate le soluzioni software legate al mondo del calcolo parallelo disponibili su Microsoft Azure, dimostrando come in pochi minuti si possano creare dei cluster di calcolo utilizzando la suite HPC Pack o altre soluzioni Open Source disponibili nel marketplace

3. Topics
High Performances VM
• N series Preview
HPC applications in the Azure marketplace
Azure HPC Pack Demo
• How to setup an HPC Cluster
• Running HPC jobs on Azure HPC Pack

4. High performance VMs
H
H-series
Fastest VM’s in the public
cloud
E5-2667 V3 Haswell processor
3.2 GHz, Up to 224 Gb
memory
FDR InfiniBand with 56 Gbps
intra-node connectivity
2.6 Microseconds latency
High bandwidth frontend
Ethernet
2 TB of local SSD
N-series
NVidia M 60 and K80 GPU’s
High bandwidth frontend
Ethernet
Up to 2 TB of local SSD
A8-A11
E5-2670 Sandy Bridge
processor
2.6 GHz, 112 Gb memory
QDR InfiniBand with 32 Gbps
intra-node connectivity
3.2 Microseconds latency
High bandwidth frontend
Ethernet
40 GB local HDD
New New
A N

5. NV6 NV12 NV24
Cores 6 12 24
GPU
1 M60 GPU (1/2
Physical Card)
2 M60 GPUs (1
Physical Card)
4 M60 GPUs (2
Physical Cards)
Memory 56 GB 112 GB 224 GB
Disk ~380 GB SSD ~680 GB SSD ~1.5 TB SSD
Network Azure Network Azure Network Azure Network

6. NVIDIA GRID Software
Azure NV/NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPUs
Azure IaaS
NVIDIA GRID

7. NC6 NC12 NC24 NC24r
Cores 6 12 24 24
GPU
1 K80 GPU (1/2
Physical Card)
2 K80 GPUs (1
Physical Card)
4 K80 GPUs (2
Physical Cards)
4 K80 GPUs (2
Physical Cards)
Memory 56 GB 112 GB 224 GB 224 GB
Disk ~380 GB SSD ~680 GB SSD ~1.5 TB SSD ~1.5 TB SSD
Network Azure Network Azure Network Azure Network InfiniBand

8. • Simple deployment for pre-packaged solution
• A unified location for Azure based offerings from
Microsoft and partners
• Thousands of offers
• Integrated platform experience Streamlined
configuration, deployment, and management
• Fortune 500 and SMB customers across 86 global
markets
HPC applications in the Azure marketplace
The Azure marketplace brings the quality,
choice, and strength of the Azure partner
ecosystem to customers around the world
Data
services
Virtual
machines
App
services
Web appsAAD apps
Azure marketplace

9. Azure Marketplace Solution: UberCloud
Data
services
Virtual
machines
App
services
Web appsAAD apps
Azure marketplace

10. Conclusion
Multiple options available to run your HPC applications in Azure
On VMs DIY
Customers setting up
separate cloud
environment for
additional capacity and
new workloads
Burst
Burst to cloud for
more capacity
Utilize existing scheduler
to burst to Azure and use
compute on demand
SaaS
ISV's and Managed service
providers launch their own
SaaS solutions. Pay for
compute and application
software per hour
Marketplace
Utilize the scale of Azure
Applications and compute
capacity sold through
Azure marketplace