High-Performance Computing Business Priorities Presentation.
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High-Performance Computing
Business Priorities Presentation
AgendaAgenda
Business Drivers / Challenges
Business Capabilities
Summary and Next Steps
Demonstration
Business Context “We saved $100,000 per year in personnel costs by going with Windows HPC Server over Linux."
–Kurt Dobson, Scientist, Seer Technology
https://www.microsoft.com/
casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?
casestudyid=4000004656
“We had no worries about the learning curve for our IT staff members either. They have reported that the Microsoft HPC environment is as reliable and easy to manage as a standard group of computers on the Windows Server operating system.”
–Chuck Mahon, IT Infrastructure Manager,
Western & Southern Financial Group
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/
Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000003019
"We wouldn’t have been able to scale out to adapt to regulatory changes in the past, but with Windows HPC Server 2008, it’s possible to add new nodes to our cluster—with proprietary software installed—in less than 30 minutes."
–Evan Nichols, Systems Lead Analyst,
Reinsurance Group of America
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/
Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000007380
“We’re experiencing quick development, solid performance, and ease of use. With Windows HPC Server 2008, we now have the hardware and software to help meet our scientists’ data-processing needs.”
–Jean-Michel Batto, IT and Data Processing
Manager, Microbial Genetics Unit
Laboratory, National Institute for Agricultural
Research
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/
Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000003935
Business Drivers
Make better decisions
Drive product innovation and time to market
Speed research and discovery
Increase cost savings and efficiency
Business
Reducing the time and expense required to support the high-performance computing cluster
Harnessing the power of supercomputing through the familiar Microsoft® Windows® environment
Providing high-performance computing that is easier to learn and use
Reducing the total cost of ownership while increasing ease of use and end-user productivity
Collaborating effectively across separate domains, with the resulting reductions in speed and quality of decisions
Analyzing large data sets faster and more efficiently to gain better insights
Challenges
Challenges
Providing integration across workstations and clusters, applications and data, and departments
Providing reliable remote access to high-performance computing that includes security and protection of intellectual property
Integrating high-performance computing “islands” to achieve maximum use of valuable resources
Managing security access to ensure data and findings are available to authorized personnel only
Centrally managing server use and resource sharing
ITChallenges
A solution should help… …by providing the ability to
MAKE BETTER DECISIONS
Gain competitive advantageAnalyze large data sets faster and more efficiently to gain better insightsGive information to the right people at the right time to drive key decisions
DRIVE PRODUCT INNOVATION AND TIME TO MARKET
Increase the use of simulation technology to drive product innovationCreate more realistic models to drive better designSpeed the time to market for product development by harnessing computational capacity
SPEED RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
Enable collaboration across groups who use simulation technologyCreate shared workflows to collaborate on models and resultsCreate more realistic models to better understand the physical world
INCREASE COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY
Maximize the efficiency of fixed space and power to increase the number and scale of simulationsScale beyond existing capacity as neededCentrally manage applications to optimize infrastructure and drive cost savingsAllow multiple groups to share infrastructure while optimizing resource availability
Solution Support
AgendaAgenda
Business Drivers / Challenges
Business Capabilities
Summary and Next Steps
Demonstration
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AgendaAgenda
Business Drivers / Challenges
Business Capabilities
Summary and Next Steps
Demonstration
Solution’s Business Drivers
MAKE BETTER DECISIONSSPEED RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
DRIVE PRODUCT INNOVATION AND TIME TO MARKET
INCREASE COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY
Sophistication of the Solution
Phase 1
Provides basic support for the most critical elements of the business driver
Phase 2
Provides adequate, typical support for critical and priority elements of the business driver
Phase 3
Provides thorough, streamlined support for the business driver that enables differentiated levels of performance
MAKE BETTER DECISIONSSPEED RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
DRIVE PRODUCT INNOVATION AND TIME TO MARKET
INCREASE COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY
Range of Business Capabilities
Business Driver: Make better decisions
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3Scale and aggregate data and calculations in parallel and enable summarization of data and results to make better decisions
Analyze a maximum amount of data in minimal time
Lay out predefined database views so that users can easily build their own reports
Prioritize deals to ensure that the most urgent calculations are completed first
Enable parallel computing for performing simultaneous calculations and then solving them concurrently
Ensure timely decisions with minimal error and greater accuracy
More easily identify when data is ready for review and when decisions can be made
Prioritize computational needs based on business needs to analyze the most urgent data first
Provide immediate output during calculations by displaying more information to users at a faster speed
Enable transparent access to information through common tools so users have faster access to more information, can analyze information more thoroughly, and can make better-informed decisions
Range of Business Capabilities
Business Driver: Drive product innovation and time to market
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3Allow the results of early simulations to affect assumptions in later simulations
Enable larger simulations to analyze specific data to support smaller experiments within the model
Process large data sets without freezing a workspace for long periods
Minimize the number of incomplete jobs and broken jobs
Maximize the time available to run simulations by ensuring infrastructure is at full capacity
Allow for the storage and accessibility of all simulation and experiment results
Store completed analysis clusters and easily return to the information
Identify broken or stopped jobs quickly and replace them with productive jobs
Prioritize and maximize the simulations that are run for each experiment to use minimal time and optimal resources
Allow researchers to easily query and see large sets of data and transfer relevant data as it is recognized
Integrate multiple technologies to complete data analysis without data flow problems
Provide mechanisms to restart systems automatically and to initiate failover of broken nodes to ensure better business continuity
Range of Business Capabilities
Business Driver: Speed research and discovery
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3Allow for multiple researchers, in parallel, to access the same model and run scenarios with different assumptions or inputs
Create common workflows within all testing facilities
Provide the ability to focus on high-priority simulations to ensure the earliest possible results
Optimize use of computing resources to provide all users with quick access to research results based on business priorities
Set up a system to monitor jobs to avoid duplication of jobs
Integrate research outcomes with the latest results from other simulations and experiments
Provide the ability to schedule dependent simulations to run after prerequisite simulations have run
Consolidate and provide access to large volumes of data and results that are produced by model-based analysis
Enable administrators to easily measure performance and efficiency and to help detect problems and take corrective actions
Enable computation that allows many simultaneous operations regardless of the underlying technology
Range of Business Capabilities
Business Driver: Increase cost savings and efficiency
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3Minimize the time required to run a defined set of test simulations successfully
Allocate resources to match departmental surges in capacity
Provide in-depth health reports and a knowledge base that has detailed information to facilitate faster and easier resolution of issues related to server use
Ensure that all applications are included in IT inventory, can be supported, and can be used by peers
Run additional tests and simulations while ensuring faster and more efficient use of resources
Scale and optimize resource use through a combination of cloud-based and on-premises resources
Enable service-level monitoring to help system administrators quickly validate that resources are available and performing as expected
Keep track of all software licensing and construct reports about application deployment and use
Deliver faster simulation results by increasing computing power, while optimizing infrastructure to run simulations and tests more effectively
Actively manage server use to make sure prioritization does not occur until hardware is at full capacity
Offer a systematic and secure solution that is deployed from the cloud, integrates with on-premises assets, and gives IT organizations oversight and control of distributed data assets
Enable intelligent monitoring, reporting, and automation of routine and redundant tasks to reduce the level of manual effort required
Maximize the effectiveness of software licenses through central management
Range of Business Capabilities
Business Driver: Increase cost savings and efficiency (continued)
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3Allow multiple groups to contribute to experiments while ensuring that users have appropriate access to resources and data
Enable users to specify computational, networking, and application resource requirements and to perform the correct placement for the job
Enable researchers to create and run independent experiments and simulations, perform scheduling tasks, and submit or cancel jobs as required
Allow IT support to manage the administration of simulations without having access to the data within them
Centrally manage server use to ensure that capacity is full before processing requests to prioritize jobs
Manage user identity and access control for launching and monitoring jobs, and for gaining access to data and results, while improving data security
Allow jobs to be placed more efficiently for their applications' performance characteristics while protecting data from experiments and simulations
AgendaAgenda
Business Drivers / Challenges
Business Capabilities
Summary and Next Steps
Demonstration
Potential Business Benefits
Decreases deployment times and improves the ability to bring new products to market
Makes supercomputing more accessible through a familiar Windows desktop environment without requiring specialized skills or training
Helps save time by providing a common productivity and development platform across technical workstations and clusters
Interoperates with existing high-performance computing software infrastructure without requiring specialized skills, tools, or training
Next Steps
Discuss your priorities with ITMap to systems requirements
Understand what can be leveraged
Develop a high-level road map for deploying integrated capabilities
Translate back into business capabilities enabled/supported
Review the proposed business capability road map
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