HP Enterprise Introduces New HPC Solutions

HP Enterprise has introduced new high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, including a new software-defined platform, software-defined servers and a new ANSYS CAE software-based solution. The goal is to dramatically simplify the deployment and management of HPC solutions, ensuring companies of all sizes can now accelerate their HPC projects and create competitive differentiation for their business, the company states.

For software management, HPE has developed a new HPE Core HPC Software Stack and HPE Insight Cluster Management Utility v8.0. According to a company press release, the HPE Core HPC Software Stack is a pre-integrated, pre-tested single software suite that combines open source-based application development tools, libraries, and compilers with HPE cluster management capabilities including HPE iLO and simple cluster set up tools. This suite enables developers, IT administrators, engineers and researchers to quickly and easily develop, test, deploy and manage their HPC environments.

For Apollo system updates, these new systems are designed to be compatible with the HPC Software Stack  and include the new HPE ProLiant XL260a server trays, Intel Xeon Phi processor family and Omni-Path Architecture. “Our alliance with HPE leverages the Intel Scalable System Framework, featuring the bootable host Intel Xeon Phi processor and the powerful Intel Omni-Path Architecture to deliver new levels of scalability, power efficiency and efficient throughput to support complex, highly parallel workloads,” says Charles Wuischpard, vice president Data Center Group, general manager High Performance Computing Group, Intel.

Additionally, the new HPE ANSYS solution for CAE is designed to handle large data sets for simulation in the manufacturing industry.  Pre-tested on the HPE Apollo 2000, this solution delivers improved application performance, faster resource provisioning and lower total cost of ownership, HPE states. This includes completing CAE simulation in days compared to weeks, four times higher resource utilization with HPC cluster compared to workstation based solutions and up to two times more compute capacity per square foot.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.