1. INTEGRITY
ManagedHPC
RESPONSIVENESS
EXPERTISE
PROFESSIONALISM
- Outsourced System Management
for HPC Cluster Systems
Solutions to Manage Systems that are Solving the World’s Big Data Problems
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2. Sound familiar?
“Major architectural trends in HPC have
combined to make effective system
administration a much more complicated
challenge than it used to be. This has led
to a shortage of qualified system
administration talent for HPC markets.”
- Addison Snell, InterSect360 Research
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3. Do you need?
To focus on your core competency
Immediate installation & management help
Max. system utilization & productivity
Peace-of-mind technical challenges will be
addressed
X-ISS can help!
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4. ManagedHPC Overview
Turnkey outsource system management service
 Allows you to focus on your core competency
 Secure remote system monitoring, management &
support
 Proactive management & reporting process
 Platform independent (works w/ any hardware &
software)
 Uses DecisionHPC to help productivity & guide
growth
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5. Customer Benefits
Reduces need for scarce & expensive HPC
administrators
Improves productivity - allows your
scientists and engineers to focus on
work, not administration
Removes HPC complexity from local IT
staff
Increases system utilization and up time
Ideal Solution for 8 to 256 nodes
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6. ManagedHPC Report Examples
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7. High Level View
Remote NOC
Manage Cluster
Service Alerts
Proactively Monitor
Setup of Queues
Installs Apps
Cluster Administrators Prepare Reports
ticket
Secure Connection
Customer Premise
Single Administrative
Interface for NOC and
Users:
Requests Service from
NOC
End User Local User Job Support
Point Of
Remote ‘Hands’ Support
Contact
Managed Cluster
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8. How ManagedHPC Works
 Performance  Stabilize and
tracking standardize
 Setup for management
 Summary Reporting
 Train POC
 Recommendations  User documentation
 Monitor cluster  Vendor co-ordination
 Remediate issues  Upgrades
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9. Industry Support
“After an extensive search for [a cluster
administrator], we only received a small handful of
candidates, of which only a few were qualified. We
didn't have the timeframe to hire and train the right
person for the job, which is where X-ISS and its
ManagedHPC program came into play. X-ISS has
been able to handle getting the system up and
running, software installations, and proactively
handle technical issues so we could focus on working
with the Engineering staff …. It has allowed us to
focus our attention where it was most needed.”
- David Crass, University of Wisconsin Director of Research Computing
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10. ManagedHPC Summary
Turnkey outsource system management service
 Allows you to focus on your core competency
 Secure remote system monitoring, management &
support
 Proactive management & reporting process
 Platform independent (works w/ any hardware &
software)
 Uses DecisionHPC to help productivity & guide
growth
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11. Thank You!
With thousands of nodes under
management, X-ISS is an ideal partner for
your complete HPC management needs.
To speak with someone at X-ISS & view a
demo of our capabilities:
HPC@x-iss.com
713 - 862 - 9200
www.x-iss.com
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