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High-performance computing (HPC) configurations are used for projects requiring millions of calculations running simultaneously, such as financial data analysis, data mining, market data analysis, computational chemistry, database tiers, and computational fluid dynamics. Cluster computing is one of the drivers of the HPC market because of its flexibility and price-performance advantages. HP offers Cisco double data rate (DDR) InfiniBand-based Server Fabric Switches (SFS) as part of HP's Unified Cluster Portfolio. Additionally, HP BladeSystem c-Class servers are now supported with Cisco's standards-based InfiniBand host driver software. The combined offerings accelerate business growth for HPC environments by providing high bandwidth, low latency, fabric stability and scalability. InfiniBand DDR host interfaces and fabric switches offer industry-leading bandwidth and low-latency communications between servers for optimizing highly distributed, compute-intensive applications. HP's rack-mount and blade servers combined with Cisco DDR switches deliver exceptional bit error rates, troubleshooting and high-availability capabilities. As a result, customers can experience predictable and reliable fabric stability, which is becoming increasingly important for complex job and simulation runs and fast time-to-market product delivery expectations. Solution Resources |
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Cisco InfiniBand Solutions for HP Overview Presentation
Comparing Cluster Interconnects: LS-DYNA Performance Benchmarks for Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco Double Data Rate InfiniBand Whitepaper