One Stop Systems Adds Bright Cluster Management to GPUltima

One Stop Systems (OSS), a provider of next-generation GPU (graphics processing unit) clusters for HPC (high-performance computing) applications has stated the GPUltima product line will employ Bright Computing‘s HPC Cluster Management software.

OSS’ GPUltima is a scalable cluster that can scale to a petaflop of compute performance in a single rack. The GPUltima is comprised of ‘compute nodes’. Each compute node contains sixteen GPU cards and one or two dual socket servers, each with dual ‘Haswell’ processors. All GPU cards can communicate with each other through an Infiniband switch. The servers communicate to the internet through an Ethernet switch. Additional nodes can be added as needed.

Bright Computing’s cluster management software allows complete manageability of the nodes as well as the individual GPU cards. The GPU monitoring and management software provides a “single-pane-of-glass” management of the hardware, the operating system, HPC software, and users, the company states.

“Where conventional computer cluster systems use CPUs as the primary data processor, the GPUltima employs numbers of GPU cards, providing 10 times the performance by adding thousands more cores,” said Steve Cooper, CEO of One Stop Systems. “The GPUltima is completely ‘application-ready’, configured and tested to the customer’s specifications, so that the customer can begin processing immediately. The unique cluster management and monitoring software and the service and support packages that accompany the GPUltima make this a user-friendly system that allows the customer to begin his work without having to configure the cluster.”

For more information, visit Bright Computing and One Stop Systems.

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