Slurm

Making The Impossible Possible at SC22: Liqid Releases New Slurm Plugin for 10x Faster Compute Node Creation and CXL Demo for HPC Pros

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

With new integration for SLURM version 22, researchers can accelerate server node creation times by up to 10x with finer-grained scheduling and orchestration for faster results.

Key Points: 
  • With new integration for SLURM version 22, researchers can accelerate server node creation times by up to 10x with finer-grained scheduling and orchestration for faster results.
  • The company also demonstrated the new Compute Express Link (CXL) memory composition to HPC users.
  • Liqid is excited to be back at SC22 sharing the floor with the most innovative companies and smartest professionals in HPC, said Sumit Puri, CEO & Cofounder, Liqid.
  • Liqid Matrix CDI software with full Slurm 22 integration helps accelerate the composability and scaling of compute nodes and HPC clusters 10x compared to previous versions.

Slurm-Rescale Connector Brings Fully Managed Serverless Cloud with Secure On Demand Access to Common HPC & AI Applications

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rescale, the leader in high performance computing built for the cloud to accelerate engineering innovation, and RedLine Performance Solutions, announced today the availability of the Slurm Rescale Connector to provide Slurm users seamless access to cloud directly from the Slurm interface covering over 1000 managed full-stack HPC applications and access to all major cloud providers worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • With high performance computing (HPC) workloads increasingly run in the cloud, many organizations are developing hybrid cloud strategies.
  • But replicating data center infrastructure in dynamic cloud environments can be prohibitively complex and expensive.
  • With the Slurm-Rescale Connector, the entire multi-cloud world fully managed by Rescale is presented as one additional infrastructure scheduled by Slurm.
  • This unique approach to hybrid is possible because Rescale is a fully managed solution for HPC cloud operations that brings full stack security, and support.

Slurm-Rescale Connector Brings Fully Managed Serverless Cloud with Secure On Demand Access to Common HPC & AI Applications

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rescale, the leader in high performance computing built for the cloud to accelerate engineering innovation, and RedLine Performance Solutions, announced today the availability of the Slurm Rescale Connector to provide Slurm users seamless access to cloud directly from the Slurm interface covering over 1000 managed full-stack HPC applications and access to all major cloud providers worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • With high performance computing (HPC) workloads increasingly run in the cloud, many organizations are developing hybrid cloud strategies.
  • But replicating data center infrastructure in dynamic cloud environments can be prohibitively complex and expensive.
  • With the Slurm-Rescale Connector, the entire multi-cloud world fully managed by Rescale is presented as one additional infrastructure scheduled by Slurm.
  • This unique approach to hybrid is possible because Rescale is a fully managed solution for HPC cloud operations that brings full stack security, and support.

Exotanium Raises $12 Million in Series A Round Funding, Helps Enterprises Manage and Optimize Cloud Services More Effectively

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Monday, November 7, 2022

ITHACA, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exotanium, an Ithaca-based startup offering a cloud resource optimization and management platform, announced today that the company has secured $12 million in series A funding. The round, led by Cambium Capital and Celesta Capital, provides vital funds needed to support the company's future product roadmap, including the expansion to new platforms and hyperscalers, as well as the development of a self-service marketplace. Funds will also be allocated toward marketing and recruitment efforts to further fuel brand awareness among enterprise customers while supporting necessary organizational growth among Exotanium's engineering team.

Key Points: 
  • "Many companies spend up to half of their revenue on cloud services and there is significant waste in most systems our unprecedented technology is changing this.
  • Within five years, Exotanium will be the only continuous optimization provider allowing enterprises to manage workloads across all major cloud platforms automatically.
  • "Exotanium combines a differentiated technology with a world-class cloud engineering team, and we are delighted to support them with this investment."
  • With this series A round, Exotanium has generated $19 million to date from investors and grants.

Hammerspace Unveils New Global Data Environment Capabilities to Further Simplify, Automate and Secure Access to Global Data

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Hammerspace , the pioneer of the Global Data Environment, has a mission to enable the agile global workforce and agile global compute with an agile global data environment.

Key Points: 
  • Hammerspace , the pioneer of the Global Data Environment, has a mission to enable the agile global workforce and agile global compute with an agile global data environment.
  • One of the most popular use cases for the Hammerspace Global Data Environment is data collaboration across multiple sites.
  • Hammerspace has worked closely with Alchemi Data to integrate its Elasticsearch solution with the Global Data Environment.
  • It enables global data services to be easily automated, leveraging powerful data protection and other capabilities, including multi-instancing, ransomware mitigation, and more.

Improving High-Performance Computing (HPC) Environment in Azure

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Friday, April 15, 2022

ST. LOUIS, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recently, the Oakwood Team had the opportunity to work on an incredibly unique project involving a leader in elite genetics and biotechnology serving farmers around the globe. The data they provide to livestock owners is critical in helping them breed better quality animals while finding efficiencies in the production process. This project involved working with the client in rethinking how to better deliver relevant and timely data to their customers through a high-performance computing environment.

Key Points: 
  • This project involved working with the client in rethinking how to better deliver relevant and timely data to their customers through a high-performance computing environment.
  • The client had a high-performance computing (HPC) environment set up to handle their genetic testing requirements.
  • Improving this environment would help farmers around the world breed better animals.
  • The client was looking for ways to improve their computing environment, as well as migrate some of their data to Azure.

Supercomputing 2021: Liqid Showcases Its Liqid Matrix Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure Software for AI-Driven HPC with NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Liqid will also showcase its award-winning CDI software platform for AI and HPC with channel partners at Carahsoft (#1850) and One Stop Systems (#3019).

Key Points: 
  • Liqid will also showcase its award-winning CDI software platform for AI and HPC with channel partners at Carahsoft (#1850) and One Stop Systems (#3019).
  • Liqid Software with NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs: CDI for the Worlds Toughest Problems
    Liqid Matrix software delivers disaggregated composability for NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs with increased utilization, flexibility, and time to value for AI+ML, HPC, and other high-value applications driving global economic development.
  • NVIDIA A100 GPUs deliver unprecedented acceleration at every scale to power the worlds highest-performing elastic data centers for AI, data analytics, and HPC.
  • Liqids composable infrastructure software platform, Liqid Matrix, unlocks cloud-like speed and flexibility plus higher efficiency from on-prem infrastructure.

Liqid Dynamic Slurm Integration Unlocks a Multiverse of HPC Resources Options

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The new Slurm integration by Liqid helps better manage deployments of bare metal and containerized workloads and services for the composable infrastructure community.

Key Points: 
  • The new Slurm integration by Liqid helps better manage deployments of bare metal and containerized workloads and services for the composable infrastructure community.
  • Using the Slurm integration, Liqid dynamically composes servers for a job on submission, from pools of compute, storage, and GPU resources via Liqid Matrix Software, delivering precise bare-metal configurations for each HPC job.
  • With the resources composed to match the needs of the job, rather than a best fit of standard configurations, Liqid matrix software frees stranded resources.
  • Slurm integration with Liqid Matrix allows for the further automation of backend operations such as evolving hardware and server types.