As we put the finishing touches on the latest 512 core CUBE HVPC cluster, PADT is happy to report that there are now 2,042 cores worth of High Value Performance Computing (HVPC) power out there in the form of PADT’s CUBE computer systems. That is 2,042 Intel or AMD cores crunching away in workstations, compute servers, and mini-clusters chugging on CFD, Explicit Dynamics, and good old fashioned structural models – producing more accurate results in less time for less cost.
When PADT started selling CUBE HVPC systems it was for a very simple reason: our customers wanted to buy more compute horsepower but they could not afford it within their existing budgets. They saw the systems we were using and asked if we could build one for them. We did. And now we have put together enough systems to get to 2,042 cores and over 9.5TB of RAM.
Our Latest Cluster is Ready to Ship
We just finished testing ANSYS, FLUENT, and HFSS on our latest build, a 512 core AMD based cluster. IT is a nice system:
- 512 2.5GHz AMD Opteron 6380 Processors: 16 cores per chip, 4 chips per node, 8 nodes
- 2,048 GB RAM, 256GB per node, 8 nodes
- 24 TB disk space – RAID0: 3TB per node, 8 nodes
- 16 Port 40Gbps Infiniband Switch (so they can connect to their older cluster as well)
- Linux
All for well under $180,000.
It was so pretty that we took some time to take some nice images of it (click to see the full size):
And it sounded so awesome, that we took this video so everyone can here it spooling up on an FLUENT benchmark:
If that made you smile, you are a simulation geek!
Next we are building two 64 core compute servers, for another repeat customer, with an Infiniband switch to hook up to their two existing CUBE systems. This will get them to a 256 core cluster.
We will let you know when we get to 5000 cores out there!
Are you ready to step out of the box, and step into a CUBE? Contact us to get a quote for your next simulation workstation, compute server, or cluster.
