High Performance Computing

High Performance Computing

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  Dell World 2014 High Performance Computing: Faster, better answers to more, bigger problems Jimmy D. Pike, VP / Senior Fellow Chief Architect, Enterprise Solutions Group Sessuib NT12 Dell World 2014
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  What is HighPerformance Computing (HPC)? Dell World 2014 •Simply put: It enables you to solve bigger problems, faster, with better answers •How? Integrating many processors, memories, storage devices to act as one powerful system •Key: Efficient, scalable integration through HPC networking, software & expertise Dell is building some of the most powerful HPC systems in the world
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  Dell World 2014 Why is HPC necessary? Computer technology gets faster and better •Processors are getting more powerful (Moore’s Law) •Memory speeds and capacities are increasing, though not as fast •Disk speeds and capacity are also increasing HOWEVER: •Big simulation problems are much bigger than any standard server can compute •Big Data is too large for any standard server to hold, much less extract insight quickly
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  Dell World 2014 Three myths about High Performance Computing It’s not for Big Data It’s not for the Cloud or It’s not needed in the Cloud It’s just for researchers, geeks and eggheads FALSE Finding information in (truly) big data requires analytics, and that means having lots of processing as well as memory and storage FALSE Cloud computing can and will embrace HPC as HPC usage in industry continues to grow—and it’s started FALSE HPC is widely used in oil & gas, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, finance & many other industry areas— and growing
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  Dell World 2014 Why HPC is hard to get right? Integration & scaling Key challenge: Make many systems look and work like ONE large, powerful system Technology requirements: Networking and software that enabling seamless scaling Other challenges: Cost, power and reliability
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  Dell World 2014 Technology restraints push the need for HPC Processor limitations Memory density Storage bandwidth and density Aggregation through parallelism
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  Dell World 2014 BIG computing •Parallel processing for running advanced application programs efficiently, reliably and quickly •All systems that are used for highly computational or data-intensive tasks Large groups of remote servers that are networked to allow the centralized data storage, and online access to computer services or resources Any collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using traditional data processing applications Cloud Big data HPC
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  Dell World 2014 Solving BIG problems fast and accurately Modeling and simulation Big data and analytics HPC research in the cloud
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  Dell World 2014 The world is full of BIG compute & big data problems Weather research Oil & gas, seismic sampling Particle Physics – Higgs Boson particle Healthcare/ Life Sciences University research Mechanical engineering Creative arts Cancer research
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  Dell World 2014 Dell’s approach to HPC Open, flexible & reliable solutions that solve your problems while providing choice & simplicity From this To this Collaborative, flexible & simplified
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  Dell World 2014 Three examples of Dell HPC Solutions in action Stampede Wrangler Comet Embracing the big problems, including big data
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  Where Dell hasmade a difference? •Increased hardware integration •Focused software development •Advanced networking technology TGen's genomic analysis pipeline dropped from 7-8 days to less than 1 day Dell Genomic Data Analysis Platform faster peak read performance & <74% peak write performance improvement over previous generation Dell | Terascala HPC Storage Solution (HSS 5.5) George Washington University goes from zero to full HPC cluster Dell HPC Services 800% faster 2 weeks 59% faster Dell World 2014
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  Dell World 2014 Dell’s vision for HPC Power to Do More Demands leadership in HPC Big data Solutions must include big data as well as Big compute and simulations HPC is required HPC is the key to big compute and big data problems Parallelism Scalable parallelism is the key to HPC — Embrace it Integration The key to growth is integrating systems into HPC that scale Providing FASTER, BETTER solutions to MORE, BIGGER problems Dell delivers essential building blocks to take HPC anywhere: •HPC systems, such as Wrangler and Stampede, provide the blueprint to build appliances such as the Dell Genomic Data Analytics Platform, and enable massively scaled Cloud computing (Comet).
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  Dell World 2014 Let’s get started Engage with experts at the Solution Showcase See solutions in action in the showcase Schedule •Further discussion with your Dell team
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  Dell World 2014 Thank you
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