1、The Communication- and Management Software Company for,HIGH PERFORMANCE CLUSTER COMPUTINGDr. Jochen Krebs Member of the Executive Board,Founder of,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 2,Company Background,1995 Presentation of the ParaStation Hardware. Development of the ParaStation Software. 1998 Presentation of
2、ParaStation2 on top of MyriNet. 1999 Founding of ParTec AG. Spin-Off from the Karlsruhe University. 2001 Presentation of the ParaStation3 software. 2003 April: Presentation of ParaStation 4. 2003 June: Introduction of Cluster Competence Center,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 3,To establish strong relationshi
3、ps with leading software and hardware providers, Partec has founded thePrimary goals are: To offer complete product- and service portfolio To provide qualified consultancy and support in all phases of the selling cycle To enable access to state-of-the-art cluster technology To ensure fast and effici
4、ent node assembly and integration with experienced system integrators To perform complete system testing before delivery To explore hardware and application optimization options To ensure system and software manageability,Cluster Competence Center,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 4,ALiCE Wuppertal Alpha Linux
5、 Cluster Rang 369 in der Top 500 Liste November 2001 128 Compaq DS10 WorkstationsUniversitt Hamburg Physnet Rechenzentrum 16 Compaq Alpha 21164ARuhr-Universitt Bochum Lehrstuhl fr Energieanlagen 16 Compaq Alpha 21164ABundesamt fr Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Bonn 72 Compaq Alpha 21164A,Astr
6、onomisches Recheninstitut Heidelberg 10 Intel Dual XeonGesellschaft fr Biotechnologische Forschung Braunschweig 17 AMD Dual AthlonUniversitt Halle-Wittenberg - Institut fr Informatik 32 Intel Dual XeonUniversitt Dsseldorf - Institut fr Theoretische Chemie 23 Intel Dual Xeon,ParaStation Reference Ins
7、tallations (selected sites),10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 5,Real Performance Improvements through faster network communication More usable compute cycles through reliable cluster operation Improved job management capabilities esp. for large node counts and in multiuser environments Better error tracking an
8、d recovery Reliable communication protocols Scalable software architecture Dedicated service and support,Why our customers buy Parastation,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 6,ParaStation 3 .das Management,Node managementHardware independence and security by virtual node concept,ParaStation 3: The Cluster Manag
9、ement,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 7,ParaStation 4 .die Architektur,Userspace,Kernel,SHM,Myrinet,InfiniBand,TCP/IP,App,App,MPI,Ethernet,PSPort4,App,MPI,ParaStation 4:Architecture,Hardware Abstraction Layer,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 8,ParaStation: Communication,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 9,ParaStation: Communicat
10、ion,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 10,LINPACK on Parastation,Relative Speedup,(Measured by GNS Systems),10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 11,StarCD on Parastation,11% Improvement,35 % Improvement,(Measurements by GNS Systems),Relative Runtime Reduction,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 12,Vectis on Parastation (Measurements by G
11、NS Systems),Relative Runtime Reductions vs. LAM MPI over TCP/IP,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 13,LS-DYNA on Parastation,LS-DYNA mpp970 Chrysler Neon 30 msec (Measurements by Fujitsu Siemens),Relative Runtime Reductionvs. LAM MPI,Nodes x Procs/Node,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 14,ParaStation .warum?,Conclusions,U
12、se Parastation to get more out of your cluster:More performance No waste of compute cycles Proven stability and scalability in large multiuser environments Easy cluster administration Better support by dedicated technical experts and developers Reduced software complexity Mixed cluster support High degree of flexibility Better error detection and correction Well suited for production environments,10/6/2018 Jochen Krebs 15,Any Questions?,
