加速：国家实验室北德超级计算联盟 (HLRN) 利用千万亿次计算和 DataDirect Networks 高性能存储加速科学突破
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- Europe
国家
- Germany
产品
- Cray® XC30
- DDN® SFA®12K-40
- Lustre®
- DDN’s GRIDScaler®
- IBM® GPFS
技术栈
- High-Performance Computing
- Distributed Computing
- Data Storage
- Parallel File Systems
- Big Data Analytics
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Innovation Output
- Cost Savings
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云存储服务
适用行业
- 教育
- 生命科学
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 产品研发
- 质量保证
用例
- 预测性维护
- 过程控制与优化
- 边缘计算与边缘智能
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 数据科学服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
北德超级计算联盟 (HLRN) 是北德七个州科学家的合作项目，提供最先进的存储和计算资源，以加速各个领域的科学突破。该联盟成立于 2001 年，目前支持来自柏林、勃兰登堡、不来梅、汉堡、梅克伦堡-前波莫瑞州、下萨克森州和石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因州的科学家和研究人员。这些科学家中的许多人来自北德大学和其他科研机构，他们结合了各自州和德国联邦政府的资源和资金，创建了一个强大的分布式超级计算机系统。该系统由柏林 Zuse 研究所 (ZIB) 和汉诺威莱布尼茨大学高性能计算中心 (RRZN) 的专家团队运营。
挑战
北德超级计算联盟 (HLRN) 为北德七个州的科学家提供最先进的存储和计算资源，以加速物理、化学、流体动力学、工程和环境领域的科学突破。这些科学家中的许多人来自北德大学和其他科研机构，他们整合了各自州和德国联邦政府的资源和资金，创建了一个强大的分布式超级计算机系统。HLRN 推动先进科学研究的能力需要最高水平的计算能力以及高带宽存储容量。鉴于该研究所支持的数据密集型应用范围广泛，HLRN 寻求一种大数据解决方案，该解决方案可以显著提高存储容量，同时根据需要扩展带宽和性能。HLRN 还需要确保可以从不同的地理位置轻松访问数据。
解决方案
HLRN 寻求计算能力和存储容量之间的理想平衡，同时匹配带宽，以便以分布式方式快速可靠地访问磁盘上的所有数据。因此，该团队纳入了一个基准来衡量计算和存储资源的 I/O 性能，如带宽和计量数据性能。在衡量 I/O 性能的结果时，该团队确定 DataDirect Networks (DDN) 与 Cray Inc. 合作提供的高性能存储将为联盟的千万亿级超级计算机环境提供最佳基础。HLRN 与 Cray 和 DDN 合作，设计和部署了一个分布式超级计算系统，该系统基于 Cray XC30 和 DDN 的 SFA12K-40（带 Lustre）以及 DDN 的 GRIDScaler 文件系统设备（带 IBM 通用并行文件系统 (GPFS)），用于处理计算密集型工作负载的“工作”文件系统。此外，HLRN 利用其 DDN 系统支持 GPFS 作为“家庭”存储，科学家可以在其中存储他们的程序和最重要的数据。
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