Get in-depth information about Microsoft HPC Server 2008 by reading these white papers.
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The choice of an operating system (OS) for a high performance computing (HPC) cluster is a critical decision for IT departments. The goal of this paper is to show that simple techniques are available today to optimize the return on investment by making that choice unnecessary, and keeping the HPC infrastructure versatile and flexible. This paper introduces Hybrid Operating System Clusters (HOSC). An HOSC is an HPC cluster that can run several OS’s simultaneously.
Diskless clusters provide opportunities for hardware consolidation, efficient management, and maintenance through flexible centralized storage and management infrastructure. This white paper describes how diskless boot clusters can be built with Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 and Citrix Provisioning Server 5.0, offering a step-by-step guide for a diskless boot scenario as well as comments on scalability and management.
HPC clusters can be large and complex. Poor management can lead to increased downtime, reduced agility, and increased cost of ownership. Microsoft® System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise (SMSE) contains a set of solutions which work together to transform your company’s HPC environment into is a strategic asset – allowing efficient, automated management of the entire HPC data center from a single set of tools. Read how System Center and Windows HPC provide streamlined management for your cluster environment.
This white paper provides guidance for deploying and optimizing a Windows® HPC Server 2008-based cluster. It also describes how to run the HPL benchmark to both verify that the cluster is operating well and to tune the cluster for optimal performance. Finally, the paper explains how to submit a cluster to the TOP500 List.
Get a detailed overview of Windows HPC Server 2008 new features and benefits.
Learn how the Windows HPC Server 2008 new Job Scheduler provides greater scalability and supports advanced policies. It also includes a new service-oriented architecture (SOA) mode that allows interactive applications.
Learn more about the Windows HPC Server 2008 centralized management and deployment interface with template-based deployment capabilities, and a Network Configuration Wizard that helps to simplify network and topology setup and configuration.
Provides a technical overview of SOA applications and the Windows HPC Server 2008 functions that support the SOA model.
Find out more about the new high performance Message Passing Interface (MPI) stack included in Microsoft HPC Pack 2008.
