Today Bright Computing announced the latest version of their Bright Cluster Manager software for HPC, OpenStack, and Data Science. “Our development team has been hard at work implementing a host of features designed to better extend on-premise clusters to the public cloud and edge, improve ease of use, lower administrative costs, and increase standardization across the enterprise. The platform enhancements included in this latest update further our mission in offering a cluster management platform that reduces complexity and decreases the effort and risk when building and maintaining Linux clusters.”
Bright Cluster Manager 9.0 Extends On-premise Clusters to the Public Cloud and Edge
November 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Bright Cluster Manager now Free for Clusters up to 8 Nodes
November 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Today Bright Computing announced the launch of “Easy8” – a program designed to put their award-winning Bright Cluster Manager software in the hands of every organization working with high-performance Linux clusters. Easy8 offers the full-featured Bright Cluster Manager software for up to 8 nodes at no charge and is available immediately from the Bright Computing website. Bright also announced the launch of its new “BEACON” user community, which is designed to provide Bright customers and Easy8 users with a free forum where they can access technical content, share experiences, ask/answer questions, exchange ideas, and suggest product enhancements.
HPE Tackles AI Ops R&D for Energy Efficiency, Sustainability and Resiliency in Data Centers
November 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Today HPE announced an AI Ops R&D collaboration with NREL to develop AI and Machine Learning technologies to automate and improve operational efficiency, including resiliency and energy usage, in data centers for the exascale era. The effort is part of NREL’s ongoing mission as a world leader in advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to create and implement new approaches that reduce energy consumption and lower operating costs.
Job of the Week: HPC Systems Administrator at Washington State University
November 16, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Washington State University is seeking an HPC Systems Administrator in our Job of the Week. “The Center for Institutional Research Computing at Washington State University seeks exceptional applicants for the position of High-Performance Computing Systems Administrator. This position will play a vital role in the administration of HPC clusters used by the research community at Washington State University.”
Job of the Week: HPC Operations Manager at Ohio Supercomputing Center
November 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Ohio Supercomputer Center is seeking an HPC Operations Manager in our Job of the Week. “The operations manager will manage a team of three systems administrators and two student employees. The person who fills this role will be responsible for both supervising operations staff as well as providing technical and organizational expertise for all aspects of the HPC operations. The ideal candidate will be an excellent problem solver, have strong communication skills, and be willing to work in a distributed, team-oriented work environment.”
Penguin Computing to Showcase HPC Solutions at SC19
November 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Today Penguin Computing announced plans for showcasing its innovative HPC solutions at SC19 in Denver. After a year of growth, Penguin Computing is bringing innovative technology demos and presentations to the show to offer expertise on a range of topics across HPC, AI, storage, cloud and more. Visit the Penguin Computing Theater and Booth #1343 […]
Job of the Week: HPC Operations Manager at Ohio Supercomputer Center
October 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“OSC is seeking an HPC Operations Manager, a new position inside the HPC Systems Team. The operations manager will manage a team of three systems administrators and two student employees. The person who fills this role will be responsible for both supervising operations staff as well as providing technical and organizational expertise for all aspects of the HPC operations.”
Check out the ClusterVisor HPC Management Tool at SC19
October 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Advanced Clustering Technologies will unveil ClusterVisor, the company’s new HPC cluster management tool, at SC19. ClusterVisor enables you to easily deploy your HPC cluster and manage everything from the hardware and operating system to software and networking using a single GUI. “ClusterVisor is highly customizable to ensure you can manage your cluster and organize your data in a way that makes the most sense for you. This powerful cluster management tool enables you to provision hardware, configure the nodes, update the operating system and analyze all of the statistics.”
Podcast: Univa Speeds CFD with SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team
October 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In a sport that hangs in the complex balance of speed, aerodynamics and the ever-present data, SportPesa Racing Point deserves the best from its computation, which is capped at 25 teraflops. For SportPesa Racing Point, the best is Univa Grid Engine, which manages its CFD cluster up into the 97 percent range at a sustained level. “Univa help us with bringing developments and CFD developments to reality faster. So they help with efficiency with our compute power.”
Job of the Week: HPC Engineer at Quantlab in Houston
October 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Quantlab in Houston is seeking an HPC Engineer in our Job of the Week. “We seek to fill the role of an HPC Engineer within our research group in Houston, TX. The highly skilled and experienced individual will be responsible for maintaining the daily throughput of Research jobs in the HPC cluster. This includes all processes related to building the software, executing it and monitoring HPC jobs.”
