Red Hat HPC Solution Overview. Platform Computing

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1 Red Hat HPC Solution Overview Gerry Riveros Red Hat Senior Product Marketing Manager Robbie Jones Platform Computing Senior Systems Engineer 1

2 Overview 2

3 Trends Trend #1 Our customers are deploying HPC clusters more and more Trend #2 HPC is the fastest growing segment of the server market Trend #3 HPC is used to bring down the time and cost of solving complex problems 3

4 Central problem of a Linux HPC cluster Jigsaw puzzle approach of putting it together Cluster deployment tools High-speed interconnect support Performance benchmarking Message passing libraries Operating system Node and cluster monitoring tools Development tools Network and node file system Application workload manager Need to integrate multiple products and tools from multiple sources 4

5 The Red Hat all-in-one solution Red Hat HPC Solution Components needed for a complete HPC software stack Operating system Cluster deployment tools Node and cluster monitoring tools Network and node file system Message passing libraries Application workload manager Performance benchmarking Support for high-speed interconnects Development tools Included with Red Hat HPC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes One solution that provides a complete and integrated HPC software stack 5

6 Red Hat HPC Solution Red Hat HPC Solution Combination of two industry-leading technologies Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the operating system Platform Open Cluster Stack 5 is the cluster deployment and management tool ( more (cluster installer, resource and application monitor, job scheduler, and Components: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Platform Open Cluster Stack 5 Final Product: Red Hat HPC Solution 6

7 Red Hat HPC Solution Delivery and Support All software delivered and updated via Red Hat Network Support provided by Red Hat technical support Red Hat Software Delivery and Technical Support Customer For support, contact Red Hat by: Logging into or by contacting Red Hat directly by telephone. 7

8 The benefits the Red Hat HPC Solution provides Benefit #1 Reduced IT complexity Eliminate integration work ( solution (integrated and tested end-to-end Benefit #2 Reduced IT costs 8

9 Red Hat HPC software stack Imagine sourcing these components independently, then integrating them? Operating Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Workload Management Platform Lava Infiniband Software OFED or later Message Passing Libraries MPICH 1,2 MVAPICH 1,2 OpenMPI Networking Hardware Gigabit Ethernet Cisco Infiniband Qlogic Infiniband Mellanox Infiniband Monitoring provided by Cacti Memory on a node CPU Load on a node Logged In users Processes on a node Driver Management Cluster Provisioning Package Diskless Imaged Cluster Update Update via Red Hat Network Update via Yum Update individual rpms Configuration Management Node Templates/Classes Cluster File Synchronization Cluster Network Configuration Cluster Administration ntop for network traffic monitoring Nagios configured to manage & Notify Nodes in the cluster Web server Load Average logged in users DNS Server status MySQL Server status NTP daemon status Node 'PING' status Root Partition disk SSH Daemon SWAP Space Total Processes on node Notifications to Administrator Repository Management Multiple repositories Repository Snapshots Full Dependency Checking Package Parallel Shell pdsh for administering nodes on the cluster Apache Webserver: Manual pages for OCS commands Documentation for Platform OCS 5 List of installed Kits on the cluster Development Tools GNU Compilers GNU Debugger Applications & Benchmarks Atlas blacs bonnie++ fftw hdf5 iozone iperf hpl/linpack modules netcdf scalapack 9

10 The benefits Red Hat HPC Solution provides Benefit #1 Reduced IT complexity Eliminate integration work ( solution (integrated and tested end-to-end Shorten deployment times ( deploy (hours instead of weeks to Benefit #2 Reduced IT costs 10

11 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps Configure network and 1 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 Register with Red Hat Network disk partitioning 3 Change security settings 4 5 Install Red Hat HPC Solution via Red Hat Network 6 Configure the 7 ( 1 ) Red Hat HPC Solution Configure the ( 2 ) Red Hat HPC Solution 8 Software kit enablement via Red Hat Network Finished Installation complete, installer node is ready to use ( hour (total time = less than an 9 Software kit setup and installation 11

12 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 1 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 12

13 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 2 Configure network and disk partitioning 13

14 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 3 Change security settings 14

15 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 4 Register with Red Hat Network 15

16 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 5 Install Red Hat HPC Solution via Red Hat Network 16

17 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 6 ( 1 ) Configure the Red Hat HPC Solution 17

18 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 7 ( 2 ) Configure the Red Hat HPC Solution 18

19 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 8 Software kit enablement via Red Hat Network 19

20 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 1 Software kit setup and installation 20

21 Installation is easy -- just 9 simple steps 1) Installation of Installer node is complete 2 2) Installer node automatically sets up and configures compute nodes 1 21

22 The benefits Red Hat HPC Solution provides Benefit #1 Reduced IT complexity Eliminate integration work ( solution (integrated and tested end-to-end Shorten deployment times ( deploy (hours instead of weeks to Benefit #2 Reduced IT costs Eliminate need for a specialized proprietary large-smp supercomputer ( hardware (use industry-standard Eliminate need for costly specialized IT skills ( manage (easy to deploy and 22

23 Using the Red Hat HPC Solution is easy Competing cluster management and provisioning tools focus largely on the initial cluster deployment... Everything you need to install, monitor and manage your HPC cluster and application workloads, integrated in a simple, intuitive management GUI. 23

24 Using the Red Hat HPC Solution is easy Platform Lava Easy-to-use workload management system Optional GUI/Console is available as a free download from 24

25 Using the Red Hat HPC Solution is easy Customizable application-centric job submission and management interface Optional GUI/Console is available as a free download from 25

26 Using the Red Hat HPC Solution is easy Cluster Monitoring is available via Nagios to provide monitoring and notification Optional GUI/Console is available as a free download from 26

27 Using the Red Hat HPC Solution is easy Monitoring, management, and reporting tools are easy-to-use Optional GUI/Console is available as a free download from 27

28 Using the Red Hat HPC Solution is easy Adding new applications to the cluster is a matter of installing a new kit Optional GUI/Console is available as a free download from 28

29 Using the Red Hat HPC Solution is easy The network topology editor accommodates real world topologies not just traditional beowulf clusters Optional GUI/Console is available as a free download from 29

30 Competitive overview Red Hat HPC Solution Other Linux Cluster Package Windows HPC Server Provisioning method Image, package, diskless Package Image Configuration management Highly customizable Limited support Customizable Non-Beowulf cluster support Yes No Yes Cluster update One command integrated with Red Hat Network Manual process Manual process Workload management Based on industry leading product Third party open source Rudimentary Scalability 1000s 1000s 100s Supported by Tier 1 vendor Yes No Yes Price $249/year includes maintenance and support = $747 for 3-year TCO -- $469 + maintenance and support = $820 for 3-year TCO 30

31 Pricing 31

32 New HPC Solution Pricing Pricing is based on the number of sockets in the server and the support level required: Red Hat HPC Solution Basic = $249/node/year Standard = $329/node/year Premium = $429/node/year Notes: Pricing for servers with up to 4 sockets Same pricing irregardless of server being a head or compute node Special pricing available for Red Hat Global File System for HPC Available versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with Platform Open Cluster Stack 5 Supported architectures: EM64T, AMD64 Not supported if ran in a virtualized environment 32

33 More information For more information about the Red Hat HPC Solution: Go to For answers to specific questions: 33

34 Questions? 34