Platform Computing Announces Platform RTM 8 and Platform Analytics 8

By DE Editors

Platform Computing has announced the latest versions of two tools designed to help HPC administrators and IT managers monitor and report on high-performance computing (HPC) workloads as well as analyze the associated data.

Platform RTM 8 is an operational dashboard that provides administrators with information and tools to help maximize cluster efficiency, enable better user productivity and contain or reduce costs. Geared toward IT managers, planners and administrators, Platform Analytics 8 is an analysis and visualization tool that provides insight to help identify and troubleshoot bottlenecks and analyze usage trends within the HPC datacenter. Both products are designed to complement the Platform LSF product family.

Platform RTM provides workload monitoring and reporting for Platform LSF environments. It offers monitoring of workload scheduling and license usage facets through a single interface. An automated alert system also flags issues to keep cluster resources up and running as needed. The company says Platform RTM can replace multiple tools in typical Platform LSF environments with a single monitoring tool.

A tool for analyzing, correlating and visualizing large amounts of Platform LSF workload data, Platform Analytics enables data-driven decision making based on job, resource and license data collected from one or more Platform LSF clusters. The tool includes an interface that is built on top of an analytics engine. Users can choose from a variety of pre-configured dashboards or choose to build their own for obtaining answers about the status of their HPC infrastructure and applications for resource planning and utilization.

“Cluster administrators need to be able to monitor and analyze their cluster performance in order to troubleshoot potential issues and analyze usage patterns for better efficiency and use across their Platform LSF infrastructures,” says Louise Westoby, senior product marketing manager, Platform Computing. “With IT staff strapped for time these days, building homegrown monitoring, reporting and alerting systems is not a viable option. Platform RTM and Platform Analytics offers the full visibility users need to get the most out of their Platform LSF clusters, queues and jobs so administrators and users can maintain productivity and contain costs.”

Platform RTM 8 is available now and Platform Analytics 8 will be available May 17.

For more information, visit Platform Computing.

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