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Dell IT Innovation Labs in the Cloud “The power to do more!” Andrew Underwood – Manager, HPC & Research Computing APJ Solutions Engineering Team
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Leadership that benefits every customer Making powerful technology more accessible and affordable Servers Storage Data center Search #1 #1 #1 4 of 5 Support Cloud Software Social #1 #1 90% 3 of 4 in enterprise services support 3 Confidential provider of cloud infrastructure— over 1 M servers shipped provider of virtualized data center infrastructure of Fortune 1000 companies use Dell software top search engines worldwide powered by Dell top social media websites are powered by Dell HPC & Research Computing
Dell’s approach to high-performance computing Make HPC available to all who need it • Empowering productivity • Maximizing efficiency Collaboration • “We put tools in the hands of people who are going to solve the world’s biggest problems. ” Michael Dell Our mission is to take every HPC job seriously, regardless of scale, size or budget. 4 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
$27. 5 M funded by US National Science Foundation Built in partnership with Dell and Intel ~9 -10 Peta. FLOPS peak (20% CPU, 80% co-processor) 6, 400 Intel Sandy Bridge Nodes 272 TB RAM Intel Xeon Phil (MIC) coprocessors 56 Gigabit FDR Infiniband 14 Peta. Bytes of storage with 150 GBps Lustre file system > 5 Mwatts Power > 1 million threads 5 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
To Mars 6 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
Dell Powers China’s first lunar soft-landing Our mission is to take every HPC job seriously, regardless of scale, size or budget. ‘Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences implements a HPCC platform to support China’s Chang’e-3 lunar expedition’ 7 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
Australian. Research Universities Leading the Way with Open. Stack HPC Cloud 8 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
Open. Stack Is Leading the Way for Innovation! • • 9 Open. Stack velocity is GOOD! Open. Stack ecosystem is GOOD! Open. Stack visibility is GOOD! Enterprise adoption = #Building Confidential HPC & Research Computing
Dell Innovation Lab Dell IT Mandate: “Incubate on Steroids” RHEL Open. Stack Platform is the response Dell Innovation Lab • • • 10 Central Lab, IT Innovation projects Cloud enabled self-service Access to Corporate & Lab networks Active Directory Integration Built in partnership with Dell Security Confidential HPC & Research Computing
Dell, Intel & Red Hat Making Open. Stack the de facto open cloud solution for the enterprise 11 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
Dell sees real business impact from Open. Stack User Experience • Accelerating the introduction of user experience improvements • Perception of IT as more user focused and responsive 12 Confidential Pace of innovation • Faster ramp-up time for new incubations • Scope and breath of supported projects has been expanded IT Staff Productivity • More time spent on project work and less time on “admini-strivia” • Lab infrastructure utilization rates improved HPC & Research Computing
Compute solutions from your scale to Hyperscale Dell Servers 13 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
Dell is different Driving out unnecessary cost and complexity Standards-based No deliberate technology lock in Open approach No intentionally closed ecosystems Modular systems No costly monolithic stacks Flexible scaling No forced constraints or rip-and-replace Modern portfolio No vested interest in legacy systems End-to-end solutions No siloed viewpoint or hidden agenda 14 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
We’re unique. We’re proud. We’re Dell. It takes a special kind of person to work at Dell. We’re a driven and passionate group that makes amazing things happen with and for our customers every day. Let’s celebrate our similarities, our differences, our passions… all the things that make us unique and proud to be Dell team members. Inspire and be inspired! 15 Confidential HPC & Research Computing
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