Altair provides HPC and cloud offerings including packaged cloud solutions, comprehensive simulation stacks, and HPC lifecycle management tools. Key products highlighted are Altair HyperWorks for multi-physics simulation, Altair ProductDesign for simulation-driven design, and the PBS Works Suite for HPC lifecycle management. Compute Manager and Display Manager are presented as tools that simplify using HPC resources on-premises or in the cloud for tasks like modeling, solving, monitoring, post-processing, and visualizing large-scale simulations. Use cases demonstrated include design exploration, multi-physics problems, and analyzing single large models. HyperWorks Unlimited is introduced as an option for deploying simulations on physical or virtual appliances on-

1. Altair HPC & Cloud Offerings:
A key enabler for Multi-Physics
Venkat Parameshwaran
May 5, 2015

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Computing – Data – Visualization – Mobility – Process
Packaged
Cloud Solutions
Comprehensive
Stack Simulation
Lifecycle
Management
Comprehensive Stack for
the HPC Lifecycle
Management
Our Enterprise Product Focus Areas

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Altair HyperWorks: A Platform for Innovation

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Altair ProductDesign
Uniquely combining engineering
and design expertise with our
simulation technologies to
deliver high performance,
innovative products
• Injecting innovation through simulation-driven design
• Compressing design time with innovative technologies
• Diversity of industry experience & expertise
• Global solution provider with local support

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Altair Knows HPC
Altair is the only company that:
makes HPC tools…
develops HPC applications…
…and uses these to solve real
problems
With Compute & Display
Manager you get more than a
job submission, results &
visualization tool – you get the
HPC expertise and product suite
of a trusted market leader

6. HPC Lifecycle Management
PBS Works Suite
Comprehensive software suite
for HPC life cycle management

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Dashboards
Traceability/Metadata
Domain 1
Standard BOM
Modeling
Design Study System
(Stochastic / DOE/
Optimization)
Solver
Workload Manager
Translators
CPU CPU CPU
Visualization Tools
KPI Extraction
Database
CPU Cycles
Application
Software &
Workload
Management
Results/Remote
Visualization
Simulation
Data
Management
Workflow for HPC/Cloud

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Stress Points for HPC/Cloud Adoption
Security
&
IP Protection
Network Latency
&
Bandwidth
Data Mobility
&
Visualization
Software
Scalability
License Mobility
&
Scalability
Access
&
Usability

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Data Movement Problems in HPC/Cloud
On Premises Off Premises

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Compute Manager
HPC Application-aware Cloud Portal Tuned for End-Users
Simplify HPC services – no IT degree needed
Run | Monitor | Manage
• Single “pane of glass” for HPC work
(zero client install – browser only)
• Drag-and-drop input decks to submit HPC work
(custom options auto-populate)
• Watch progress & view intermediate results
while jobs are running
• Post-process and visualize remote results
(e.g., graph energies) without moving files
• Even fix inputs “in place” and re-run
(without re-uploading big input files)
• Secure, unified access, anywhere… anytime
Compute Manager is a key
enhancement to our PBS Works
environment.
– Tower International

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Display Manager
Visualize | Access | Collaborate
Web-based Remote Visualization Product
Remotely visualize and interact with data, applications and graphics
Display Manager…represents a
major milestone in the path toward
complete simulation lifecycle
management in the cloud.
– NVIDIA
• Consolidates hardware and software
• Enables collaboration across a globalized
infrastructure
• Open architecture to support any graphic
application
• Leverages powerful workload manager (PBS Pro)
• IP protection
• Instantaneous application invocation
• Flexible application resource allocation

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Use Cases for Compute & Display Manager
Single large model
• Multiple gigabytes FEA, CFD models
• Pre-Processing a challenge (lots of RAM required)
• Solving and monitoring of the solution while the job is running
• Post-Processing after the solution
• Results and key metrics extraction (Images, Videos)
Design Exploration
• Lots of simulations (Design of Experiments, Optimization, Stochastics)
• Individual small simulations but 100s or 1000s of such simulations
• Large models and several 10s or 100s of simulations
Multi Physics, Multidisciplinary Problems
• Integration multiple solvers on HPC

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Hyperworks Unlimited Options
HyperWorks Unlimited
Physical Appliance Virtual Appliance
On Premises Off Premises
Lease | Connect | Simulate | Innovate Lease | Connect | Simulate | Innovate

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Benefits
• Fast Deployment
• Agile
• Low Risk
• Intuitive Interface
• Access Anywhere, Anytime
• Personalizable
• Centralized Configuration
• Open Architecture
Executives
End Users
Administrators

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DEMOS
Live demos were done at the workshop @ ATC