08 microsoft Windows Compute Cluster SERVER 2003

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A major challenge for realizing personal supercomputing has been the complexity of deployment and management. Microsoft has supported fault-tolerant and high-availability clustering for many years, but with the release of Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS) 2003, Microsoft brings the supercomputing power of high-performance computing (HPC) to the personal and workgroup level. CCS provides an integrated application platform for developing, deploying, running, and managing HPC applications. Using this platform, individuals and organizations can perform multimode workload computing using commodity x64 (64-bit x86) hardware in an environment that will shorten their time to insight.

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 brings together the power of commodity x64 computers, the ease of use and security of Active Directory, and the Windows operating system to provide a secure and affordable HPC solution. CCS can be easily and quickly deployed using standard Windows deployment technologies, and additional compute nodes can be added to the compute cluster by simply plugging in the nodes and connecting them. The Microsoft Message Passing Interface (MPI) implementation is fully compatible with the reference MPICH2. Integration with Active Directory helps enable role-based security for administration and users, and the use of Microsoft Management Console provides a familiar administrative and scheduling interface. Additionally, Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 development system includes support for parallel job development and debugging.

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 is available to OEMs who want to build and develop compute- intensive solutions quickly and easily by leveraging a set of well-supported application programming interfaces (APIs) and protocol interfaces.

benefit

Simplified Cluster Deployment

and Management

Better Integration with IT Infrastructure

Broad Application Support

description

CCS offers rapid node deployment and cluster configuration, monitoring tools, and policy- based scheduling, which provides a scalable management environment that is easy to use.

CCS integrates seamlessly with existing Windows infrastructure, allowing customers to leverage the existing skills and technology for system and node management, workload management, user management, and security.

CCS is supported by leading applications in each target vertical, allowing customers to deploy mainstream applications with a broad base of support. An integrated software stack designed and targeted for HPC market allows developers to build a broad range of applications and tools.

Familiar Development

Developing applications for CCS allows developers to leverage their existing Windows-

Environment

based skills and experience. Microsoft Visual Studio is the most widely used integrated

 

development environment (IDE) in the industry, and Visual Studio 2005 includes support

 

for developing HPC applications (e.g., parallel debugger). CCS includes an integrated MPI

 

layer based on the industry-standard MPI2 specification, making it easier to port existing

 

parallel applications.

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