Introducing Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Microsoft’s third-generation HPC solution, provides a comprehensive and cost effective solution for harnessing the power of high performance computing. Out-of-the-box, world-class performance and scalability enables organizations of all sizes to rapidly deploy solutions ranging from personal HPC workstations to large clusters spanning thousands of nodes. Customers can lower both their operating and capital costs by
buying a complete, end-to-end solution that eliminates the time and effort required to cobble together a stack from disparate components,
taking advantage of existing technology investments and employee skills,
taking advantage of the economies of scale offered by Windows Azure,
buying an affordably priced product and
using a rich, familiar, Windows Server-based administrative tool-set that enhances the productivity of system administrators.
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 integrates easily with existing IT infrastructure to enable end users to access HPC resources using familiar Windows-based technologies. With a tightly integrated set of dedicated cluster and parallel development tools, anchored around Visual Studio 2010, developers can build robust and scalable HPC applications easily and quickly. Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 is complemented by a rich ecosystem of SI, ISV and OEM partners to ensure that customers have access to the applications of their choice and the resources required to successfully run them.
Overview
Innovation is the key to success in today’s competitive environment. To be innovative, many organizations from a variety of sectors, including energy, finance services, government, climate research and life sciences, are tackling inherently complex problems that require analyzing and processing huge amounts of data. Reaching solutions to these problems demands vast amounts of computing power – and that’s what Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 provides. Microsoft’s high performance computing (HPC) solution is a fundamental enabler of innovation that provides dedicated compute resources as well as shared Windows Azure compute resources to help customers solve complex simulations and models based on long-running calculations.
Situation
Customers require a cost effective and comprehensive HPC platform that is easy to deploy, manage, and use with existing infrastructure. Meeting these requirements allows customers to accomplish more in less time, and thereby improve the productivity of their system administrators, application developers, and end users.
Solution
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 provides a comprehensive set of deployment, administration, and monitoring tools that are easy to deploy, manage, and use with your existing infrastructure.
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 enables broader adoption of HPC by allowing end-users to experience HPC applications through familiar Windows technologies and tools. A wide range of industry-leading software vendors have designed their applications to work with Windows HPC Server so that users can submit and monitor jobs without having to learn new or complex user interfaces.
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 System Requirements
