High Performance Computing

The overwhelming majority of today's high performance computing (HPC) clusters are based on Linux. IT managers recognize the benefits of Linux:

• great performance
• scalability
• flexibility
• affordability

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Compute Nodes works out of the box. With an established ecosystem of hardware and software vendors. And it's easy to start with a small HPC cluster and add resources as needed.

Changing IT environments

HPC clusters play an increasingly significant role in IT. As organizations depend on these clusters more, there is increasing value in a consistent environment across the datacenter will increase. Red Hat is committed to developing open source technology for more integrated HPC cluster deployments. And actively building a strong portfolio of certified software applications from the leading vendors that deliver applications for HPC workloads.

Subscriptions

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the HPC subscription is packaged and priced for compute nodes running HPC workloads. And it's available for HPC compute nodes used in clusters with as few as 4 systems.

Users access compute nodes via head node servers, which are implemented with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform.

Using compute node subscriptions, an HPC solution can be achieved for under $320 with 4 compute nodes all running Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a cluster. Incremental compute nodes can be added to the cluster for $79 each.

There are two subscription options, 2 sockets or 4 sockets. A subscription for systems with up to 2 processor sockets (CPUs) will be sufficient for most deployments. For HPC clusters that use systems with up to 4 processor sockets per machine, there is the 4 socket subscription. Both of these offerings contain common technology and enjoy a consistent set of ISV and IHV certifications.

Note that clusters are ideal candidates for Red Hat's Global File System data sharing technology. And with Red Hat Network, clusters are easy to manage.

Details

For those who require greater support needs or wish to run non HPC workloads on a cluster, consider Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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• See the HPC FAQ for more details