Virtual supercomputer, HPC on-demand
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The document discusses a virtual supercomputer (VSC) platform that allows users to access HPC resources as a cloud service. The VSC builds HPC clouds on existing hardware infrastructure by connecting unlimited clusters to its platform without requiring changes to existing clusters. It provides full isolation of virtual resources to users, who have root privileges and can tune and save their virtual environments. The VSC acts as a public HPC cloud, allowing users to access various hardware and software resources in a uniform way through its PaaS and SaaS models. It aims to address limitations of traditional HPC-as-a-service by providing customizable, low-latency virtual environments with strong security isolation.
Virtual supercomputer, HPC on-demand
- 1. Virtual Supercomputer HPC cloud at you fingertips Massive Solutions HP-CAST 2014 20-21 June, Leipzig, Germany
- 2. Massive Solutions 2 Motivation o Competitiondrivesproductdevelopmentcycledown o Smallandmediumsizedcompaniesarelookingintoways toincreaseitsproductivity o Commercialsimulationsoftwarecannowrunhuge modelsonhundredsandthousandsofcomputingcores o OntheonehandtherearealotofspareHPCcomputing cyclesatagivenmomentintime o Ontheotherhandtherearemillionsofdesktopuserswho iswillingtoutilizethesecycles
- 3. Massive Solutions 3 Clustersandclouds o Cloudtechnologieshavealreadysolvedtheseproblems o Resourcesareconsumedinon足demandfashion o Additionalresourcescanbeeasilydelivered (elasticity) o Wecanbuildourowncluster,but o Problem#1canwefullyutilizeit? o Problem#2whatarewegoingtodoif ournewtaskdoesn'tfitintoit?
- 6. Massive Solutions 6 Virtualsupercomputerplatform o VirtualSuperComputer(VSC)isamiddle足warewhichcanbuildHPCcloud ontheexistinghardwareinfrastructure o VSCisaplatformtohostSaaSservices o UnlimitednumberofclusterscanbeconnectedtoVSCplatform o VSCdoesnotrequirechangeswithinsystemenvironmentoftheexisting, up足and足running,cluster o VSCisacontainerwithfullisolationofallvirtualresources o VSCuserisanownerofthevirtualclusterwithadminprivileges
- 7. Public cloud Clusters Hardware resource payment On-demand payment Output data VSC Core PaaS SaaS Input data No limitations to access available HPC services Access granted as a public Cloud services License payment Data management License User can access any resource available in the system Storage Users Massive Solutions VSCasapublicHPCcloud 7 Public VSC cloud is supercluster with different hardware and software resources. A VCS user can use raw computing cycles in PaaS model or simulation software in SaaS model. Application software
- 10. Massive Solutions 10 VSCSaaSexample New cloud based licensing Integration with VSC platform allows ISV to enable new cloud based license model No need for ISV to spend resources on system development All system level functionality like integration with hardware provider, containerization, virtualization are handled by VSC platform Billing is a part of VSC Billing is an integrated part of VSC platform