Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003
Designed for customers solving complex computational problems, Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 running on servers running AMD Opteron™ processors accelerate time-to-insight by providing an HPC platform that is simple to deploy, operate, and integrate with existing infrastructure and tools. Prescriptive setup procedures simplify network configuration, remote loading of nodes using Remote Installation Services (RIS), node configuration, and security setup. The integrated Job Scheduler, which can be accessed via command-line interface or through several APIs, provides for submitting and managing cluster workloads. Compute Cluster Server 2003 uses Microsoft Active Directory integration to provide end-to-end user and security management, while the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) supports extensible snap-ins and integration with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM). Microsoft's development platform, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, supports parallel application development and debugging on Compute Cluster Server 2003.
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In manufacturing, aerospace, life sciences, geosciences, and financial services, the most complex engineering, scientific, and numerical computations have in the past required expensive supercomputer time on proprietary hardware. But with the evolution of 64-bit and multi-core x86-based servers, engineers, scientists, and analysts are turning to clusters of industry-standard, power efficient computers to solve the next generation of compute-intensive challenges. This combination of affordable hardware with a growing ecosystem of software, tools, and applications is rapidly bringing high performance computing (HPC) capabilities to a broader base of users.
See how you can solve complex problems with Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003 AMD Opteron™ processors.
Learn how the National Center for Atmospheric Research ported its widely-used meteorological Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model to Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 running AMD Opteron™ processors using PGI's suite of high-performance parallelizing 64-bit FORTRAN compilers and tools.
MICROSOFT: Windows High Performance Computing team deploys an AMD Opteron™ based 64-node production compute cluster to support AIDS researchers around the world to develop an AIDS vaccine. Analysis that would take half a year on a single computer can now be completed in a few days.
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Training Road Show: Interested in finding out more about CCS, cluster deployment and administration?