Unified Cluster Portfolio

Scalable Linux clusters often need big, fast, shared storage. Slow storage sometimes used in Linux clusters can lead to low throughput and clusters that are difficult to program and operate.

An HP Scalable File Share server (HP SFS, based on Lustre™ technology) delivers the needed high bandwidth and high capacity storage so all nodes in the Linux cluster have fast and easy access to shared and reliable storage. This is StorageWorks cluster storage based on the new HP StorageWorks grid technology. HP SFS servers include new SFS20 storage arrays that offer a range of reliability and resiliency solutions designed specifically to lower the cost of storage while reliably scaling the bandwidth and capacity. With shared storage capacities from 3.2 TB to 100s of TB at 200 MB/s to over 6 GB/s of shared-read bandwidth, and larger configurations by request, HP SFS is a perfect match for Unified Cluster Portfolio Linux clusters. Support for HP SFS storage is one of the industry-leading open-source cluster features integrated in the HP XC System Software.

Lustre is a trademark of Cluster File Systems, Inc. in the USA.

Visualization is a critical capability to enhance the productivity of HPC environments. High performance scientific and engineering problems generate very large data sets that need to be visualized, often interactively with computational jobs. However, advances in computational performance have outpaced capabilities in visualization tools and available solutions have been too expensive and/or limited in performance.

Until now.  The HP Scalable Visualization Array (HP SVA) is a highly affordable, scalable, ready-to-run visualization solution that completes the Unified Cluster Portfolio's integration of computation, data management and visualization in a single, integrated cluster environment. The HP SVA solution adds high-performance HP Workstations in building block configurations that combine with industry-standard visualization components and integrate with the HP XC System Software and HP SFS. State-of-the-art industry standard and open source clustering, graphics, and networking technology are leveraged to reduce costs and enhance flexibility. The tight integration of scalable computation, data management and visualization enables visualization of large data sets and dynamic data with high frame rates, as well as interaction with running simulations.