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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Computing
Leader in cluster, grid and HPC cloud management software
• Acquired by IBM in 2012 as part of mainstream Technical
Computing strategy
• 20 year history delivering leading workload and resource management software for high-performance application environments
• 2500+ global customers including 23 of 30 largest enterprises
• Market leading scheduling engine with high-performance, mission-critical reliability and extreme scalability
• Comprehensive capability footprint from ready-to-deploy complete cluster systems to large global grids
• Heterogeneous systems support
• Large ISV and global partner ecosystem
• Global professional services, training and support coverage
De facto
Standard for
Commercial
HPC
60% of top
Financial
Services
Over 5 MM
CPUs under management
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Platform Computing
Businesses Need to Overcome Infrastructure Limitations
To maximize the value of compute and data-intensive applications
Today
Future
Application
Examples
• Simulation
• Analysis
• Design
• Big data
Application
IT constrained
• Long wait times
• Low utilization
• IT Sprawl
Application A
(Packaged ISV)
Application B
(Custom, MPI)
Application C
(Big Data)
Platform Computing
Benefits
• High utilization
• Throughput
• Performance
• Prioritization
• Reduced cost
• Clusters
• Grid
• HPC Cloud
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Repeated for many applications and groups
Faster time to results
VIRTUALIZED VIEW OF COMPUTE, NETWORK AND STORAGE RESOURCES
VIRTUALIZED VIEW OF COMPUTE, NETWORK AND STORAGE RESOURCES
Use fewer resources
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Computing Accelerates Business Results
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For technical computing and analytics distributed computing environments
Optimizes
Workload
Management
• Batch and highly parallelized
• Policy & resource-aware scheduling
• Service level agreements
• Automation / workflow
Aggregates
Resource
Pools
• Compute & Data intensive apps
• Heterogeneous resources
• Physical, virtual, cloud
• Easy user access
Delivers
Shared
Services
• Multiple user groups, sites
• Multiple applications and workloads
• Governance (intelligent policies)
• Administration/ Reporting / Analytics
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Transforms Static
Infrastructure to
Dynamic
• Workload-driven dynamic clusters
• Bursting and “in the cloud”
• Enhanced self-service / on-demand
• Multi-hypervisor and multi-boot
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Computing Offerings
Powerful. Comprehensive. Intuitive.
Technical Computing -
High Performance
Computing
Platform LSF
Family
Scalable, comprehensive workload management suite for demanding, missioncritical heterogeneous environments
Platform HPC
Simplified, integrated, purpose-built HPC management software bundled with systems
Analytics Infrastructure
Flexible Clusters
Platform
Symphony
Family
Platform Cluster
Manager
High-throughput, low-latency compute and data intensive analytics applications
• Highest performance & utilization
• Complex Computations (i.e., risk)
• Big Data Analytics via MapReduce
• Extract Transform Load (ETL)
Provisioning and management of HPC clusters, including self-service creation and optimization of heterogeneous HPC clusters by multiple user groups
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform LSF
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Platform Computing
Common HPC Customer Challenges
Simplify Boost
Management
Productivity
Maximize
Efficiency
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Platform Computing
Common HPC Customer Challenges
Plan
Capacity,
Charge for
Use, Monitor
SLAs?
Use
Applications
& Clusters
Anywhere?
Monitor
Resources &
Workloads, identify bottlenecks?
Manage workload across distributed resources?
Automate
Workflows &
Data
Movement?
Dynamically
Expand
Resources on Demand?
Optimize
Expensive
Software
Licenses?
Schedule
Larger
Numbers of
Jobs, reduce run-time?
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform LSF Product Family
IBM
Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
RTM IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager
IBM
Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
Session
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
The Choice of Industry Leaders
Electronics Financial
Services
Industrial
Mfg.
Oil & Gas Gov & Edu
Life
Sciences
•
AMD
•
ARM
•
Broadcom
• Cisco
• Cypress
• Freescale
• Infineon
• Hitachi
• Nvidia
•
PMC Sierra
•
Qualcomm
•
Samsung
• SanDisk
• Sony
• ST Micro
• TI
• Toshiba
10
•
Aviva
•
BNP
•
Citigroup
• Fortis
• HSBC
• JPMC
• LBBW
• International
Monetary Fund
• Mass Mutual
• Morgan Stanley
• MUFG
• Nomura
• Prudential
• Société
Générale
• Unicredit
•
Airbus
•
BAE Systems
•
Boeing
• Bombardier
• Bridgestone
• Ericsson
• Honda
• General Electric
• General Motors
•
Goodrich
•
Lockheed Martin
•
Northrop Grumman
• Pratt & Whitney
• RedBull Racing
• Toyota
• TaylorMade
• Volkswagen
•
Agip
•
BP
•
British Gas
• ConocoPhillips
• EMGS
• Gaz de France
• Hess
• Kuwait Oil
• Nexen
•
Petrobras
•
PetroChina
•
StatoilHydro
• Suncor
• Total
• Woodside
AT&T
IRI
Other Industries
Walmart
Telecom Italia
Bell Canada
Telefonica
•
Atomic Energy
Canada
• Broad Institute
• CERN
•
DE Shaw
•
Harvard Medical
• Harvard Business
• NC State
• NEON
• Sanger Institute
• St Jude Children
• Stanford
•
Tufts University
•
U of Miami
•
U. of Oklahoma
• UNC
• Washington U.
•
Abbott Labs
•
Amgen
• AppliedBio/LifeTech
• AstraZeneca
• Covance
•
Covidien
•
DuPont
•
Forest Labs
•
GenomeQuest
• Genentech
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Health Dialog
• Monsanto
• Partners Health
• Pfizer
•
Pioneer Hi-Bred
•
Sanofi-Aventis
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform LSF: The HPC Workload Management Standard
Most Complete
Most Powerful
Most Scalable
Best TCO
• Advanced, feature-rich workload scheduling
• Robust set of add-on features
• Integrated application support
• Policy & resource-aware scheduling
• Resource consolidation for max performance
• Advanced self-management
• Thousands of concurrent users & jobs
• Virtualized pool of shared resources
• Flexible control, multiple policies
• Optimal utilization, less infrastructure cost
• Better productivity, faster time to result
• Robust capabilities, administrative productivity
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Platform Computing
Integrated Product Suite
• Minimize internal integration & development costs
• Reduce operational risk & risk of obsolescence
• Deploy solutions more quickly & efficiently
• Focus on core competencies
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Platform Computing
Intelligent Workload Scheduling to Clusters, Grids and Clouds
Regardless where the work is submitted from, the IBM Platform LSF workload manager schedules and dispatches it to the most eligible compute node
Model Creation
Open/Community
Source Codes
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Job Submission Workload
Management
Application
Execution
Scripts
2
HPC cluster
Client Side
Job
Integrated App Scheduling
Master Desktops
3
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Web Portal
Remote clusters
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Platform Computing
Advanced Features
• Heterogeneous platform support
• Supports traditional as well as private & public cloud infrastructures
• Comprehensive, intelligent scheduling policies
• GPU-aware scheduling
• Advanced self-management
• Extensible security
• Always-on availability
• Delegated administration
• Resizable jobs
• Live cluster re-configuration
• Complete API, web-services interfaces
• Ease-of use features
• much more …
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Platform Computing
Intelligent, Policy-driven Scheduling Features
• Fairshare scheduling
• Topology & core-aware scheduling
• Preemption
• Backfill scheduling
• Resource reservations
• Serial/Parallel controls
• Advanced reservation
• Job starvation
• License scheduling
• SLA based scheduling
• Absolute priority scheduling
• Checkpoint / resume
• Job arrays
• GPU-aware scheduling
• Plug-in schedulers
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Platform Computing
Multi-Dimensional Scalability
Size
Massive scale
Multi-cluster
Cloud
Workload
2M pending jobs
160k cores
18k nodes*
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Usability
Customizable, webbased interface
Easy application integration
Functionality
Topology-aware
Policy-driven
* Scalability is dependent on a variety of factors, including type of workload (e.g. parallel vs. sequential), and product edition
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Platform Computing
Product Functionality Scales to Meet Your Evolving Requirements
Advanced Edition
Architecture to support extreme scalability and throughput 100k+ cores
& concurrent jobs
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Express Edition
Entry level product for those with simple scheduling requirements and small clusters
Standard Edition
Full featured version supporting a wide range of scheduling policies and job management functions
.
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Platform Computing
Global Scalability
• Transparently combine multiple Platform LSF clusters into a single grid without costly & complex meta-scheduler implementations.
• Flexible, hierarchical, peer-to-peer sharing models
• Local administrators retain control, while sharing assets
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Cluster B
Cluster A
Grid
Cluster E
Cluster C
Cluster D
Manage your assets as a single, virtual computer from anywhere in the world
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Platform Computing
Tangible Business Value
• Do the same work in less time
• Do the same work with less hardware
• Do more work on the same hardware
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Number of simulations
Number of verifications
Number of analyses
With Platform LSF
Reduced cost
Better productivity
Faster time to market
Not just in theory, but in practice!
Time to Market
Without LSF
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Platform Computing
Balancing the Needs of Users and Administrators
USERS
ADMINISTRATORS
• Users need:
– Intuitive interfaces
– Remote application access
– Control over jobs & data
– Access to resource when needed
– Fast job submission & turnaround
– Reporting and statistics
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• Administrators need:
– Sophisticated management controls
– Better cluster automation
– Better diagnosability
– Tools to reduce support requests
– Tools to improve utilization and service levels while reducing cost
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Platform Computing
Fully Certified and Supported
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Commercially supported by IBM Platform
Computing
– Two decades of HPC experience
– Significant investment in certification & validation
– Professional Services delivers speedy installation and application Integration
– Training courses available to help you get full understanding and value of the HPC software
• Support “from the source”
– 24x7 global support
– eSupport
– Automated subscriptions for bulletins, patches
& updates
– Software upgrade available with paid professional support & maintenance service
• Hardware and software support from the same source
– IBM – the Technical Computing market leader
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“I really don’t know how we would have done it without Platform and the support that we get.”
Dr. Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical
School
“This was a great support experience for me. One of the best I have had. Even better considering the fact we are in different parts of the world.”
Major Asian Energy Corporation
“Thanks a lot. You saved me. All my budget for Platform Support over the past few years has yielded a return as good as gold.” Prestigious
US School of Public Health
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Platform Computing
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform LSF 9 Family
• IBM Platform Application Center
• IBM Platform Process Manager
• IBM Platform License Scheduler
• IBM Platform Session Scheduler
• IBM Platform Dynamic Cluster
• IBM Platform RTM
• IBM Platform Analytics
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Application Center
IBM
Platform
RTM
IBM
Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM
Platform
Session
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Application Center
• Access resources from any browser
• Monitor cluster health
• Integrated job submission & management
• Customization of application forms & pages
• Drive jobs, arrays & workflows from application forms
• Fine grained access control
• Support for 2D/3D remote visualization
• Integrated with:
– Platform License Scheduler
– Platform Process Manager
– Platform Analytics
The most powerful and comprehensive web-based portal for HPC application job submission and management
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Platform Computing
Intuitive Application Interfaces
Guided, self-documenting interfaces boost productivity, reduce training and lower support costs.
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Integrated console boosts productivity enabling access to multiple interactive applications through the browser.
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Platform Computing
Monitor and Manage Jobs and Data
Users can monitor and manage jobs from any device with a browser .
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Upload local data or access sharable server side repositories and improve collaboration.
Proactive notification of job status changes makes application users more efficient.
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Platform Computing
Customizable Interface Builder
Intuitive drag-and-drop interface builder enables forms to be easily tailored.
Extensible set of built-in application integrations selectively sharable by user or group.
Use native field types or plug-in your own, with a simple, flexible scripting interface.
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Platform Computing
Role-based Access Controls
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Fine-grained access controls govern what users and groups can do on the cluster.
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Platform Computing
Easily Integrate Custom Applications
Extend the Platform
Application Center with sophisticated custom applications.
Reliably trigger workflows behind the scenes to automate processes or manage efficient data movement.
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Simulation results are presented through the portal with files available in one or more repositories.
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Platform Computing
Integrated Reporting
Access reporting and analysis functions directly through the
Platform Application Center.
Extensive library of built-in, relevant reports related to resource usage and jobs.
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Platform Computing
Summary
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Benefits for Administrators
• Simplify application integration
• Powerful HPC management
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Reduce training and support
• Improve resource security
• Scalable for large HPC datacenters
Benefits for Users
• Increase productivity
• Enable collaboration
• Reduce helpdesk calls
• Minimize user-errors
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Process Manager
IBM
Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
RTM IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager
IBM
Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
Session
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Process Manager
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Sophisticated flow logic, sub-flows, alarms and scriptable interfaces improve process reliability & dramatically reduce administrator workload.
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Platform Computing
A Powerful, Flexible Interface for Designing & Executing
HPC Workflows
• Enables automation of workflows over a distributed infrastructure.
• Integrated environment to design, publish and manage flows.
• Reliable with rich conditional logic and error handling – inspect variables and roll-back to point of resume.
• Modular management: sub-flows dynamically updated, sub-flow version control.
• Built for IBM Platform LSF environments.
• Best practices built-in.
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Platform Computing
Key Components
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Platform Process Manager Flow Editor
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Intuitive drag-and-drop interface
• Creates self-documenting flows
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Support for sub-flows, job arrays
• Rich error-handling / retry capability
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Save workflows in XML format
• Publish flows directly to Flow Manager
Platform Process Manager Flow Manager
• Manages multiple flows for multiple users and groups simultaneously
•
Monitor workflow execution graphically
• Trigger flows automatically through calendar events, the flow manager or the command line.
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Platform Computing
Key Benefits
 Fully visual environment, no programming required
 Enables capture of repeatable best-practices
 Quickly design and deploy complex workflows
 Run HPC processes faster & more reliably
 Scale seamlessly
 Dramatically reduce administration
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform License Scheduler
IBM
Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
RTM IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager
IBM
Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
Session
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform License Scheduler
• Share application licenses according to policy
– Ensure licenses are allocated to critical projects
– Establish cross-functional license sharing policies
– Enforce license ownership with optional pre-emption
• Workloads “pend” while awaiting license resources
• Support for “WAN-able” licenses
• Tightly integrated with FlexNet Manager
• Integrated with Platform RTM and Platform Analytics for sophisticated analysis
– Correlate license use with users, projects and design centers
Intelligent, policy-driven license sharing for
IBM Platform LSF environments
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Platform Computing
Policy-driven License Optimization
Allocate licenses between clusters or based on local sharing policies.
License allocations flex based on supply & demand.
HSIM
VCS
Specman
ModelSim
Flex Server A
Cluster A
Flex Server C
“
WAN-able
”
HSIM
VCS
NCSIM
Specman
Calibre
ModelSim
Cluster A: target - 70% of VCS
Cluster B: target - 30% of VCS
Allocation seeks to meet this target policy. Allocation can flex when a cluster is not using its allocation
Flex Server B
Calibre
VCS
NCSIM
ModelSim
Cluster B
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Project Alpha Project Beta
Project Beta Project Charlie
Intelligent, policy-driven license sharing for Platform LSF environments
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Platform Computing
Multiple Scheduling Models
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Across clusters
Project mode
License token allocation
Based on project demand each scheduling cycle
Within clusters
Cluster mode
License token allocation
Static or dynamic, independent of scheduling cycle
Cluster 1
Project 1
Project 2
Cluster 2
Project 1
Project 2
Cluster 1
Project 1
Cluster 2
Project 2
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Platform Computing
Robust, Easy-to-use Monitoring
Monitor license use by feature, job, project or cluster.
Graphically monitor jobs that check out multiple license features, visually identify bottlenecks..
Monitor license usage in real-time (including non-
LSF usage)
Monitor license availability across multiple FlexLM servers and service domains..
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Platform Computing
Key Benefits
 Significantly improved license utilization
 Designed for extensibility
 Improve service levels
 Increase user productivity
 Improve visibility to license usage
 Get maximum return from software license investments
Intelligent, policy-driven license sharing for
IBM Platform LSF environments
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Session Scheduler
IBM
Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
RTM
IBM
Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM Platform
Session
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
Scheduling Large Job Volumes
Submit large volumes of jobs as a single job
• Higher throughput / lower latency
• Superior management of related tasks
• Supports > 50,000 tasks / per user
• Two-tier scheduling – preserves existing job semantics
• Particularly beneficial for large volume of short duration jobs
# bsub
–n 100 ssched –task infile
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Syntax similar to job arrays
•
Run extremely large numbers of tasks without impacting the scheduler
•
Support up to 1,000 simultaneous session schedulers
LSF Scheduler ssched ssched
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Dynamic Cluster
IBM
Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
RTM IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
Session
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Dynamic Cluster
Manages & allocates infrastructure dynamically
• Workload driven dynamic node re-provisioning
• Dynamically switch nodes between physical & virtual machines
• Automated VM live migration and checkpoint / restart
• Flexible policy controls
• Smart performance controls
• Automated pending job requirement based provisioning of VM templates
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Dynamic Cluster
Static LSF Environment Dynamic Cluster Enabled LSF 9.x
LSF LSF DC
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Physical Machines Virtual Machines
• Resources are static in number and type
•
Jobs are locked onto hardware once running
• VM definitions are static and immobile
• Overall utilization & throughput is not optimized
Physical Machines Virtual Machines
• Resources are dynamically allocated for demand
•
Jobs can float between hardware resources
• VMs start, stop, move, expand, shrink automatically
• Overall utilization & throughput is optimized
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Platform Computing
Platform Dynamic Cluster Complements Platform Cluster Manager
IBM Platform Dynamic Cluster IBM Platform Cluster Manager
– Advanced Edition
Profile
Function Automatically changes the composition of a cluster based on workload requirements
Value Transforms static, low utilization clusters into highly dynamic, reliable, and high performing
HPC cloud resources
IBM Platform LSF Workload Manager
Support
Use Cases
Cloud bursting
Provisioning
Automate running of LSF jobs in a public cloud based on workload and LSF policies
(requires PCM-AE)
Workload driven - template based VM provisioning or network based PM provisioning.
Running jobs on VMs Leverages VMs for key features: job mobility, defragmentation, containment, high availability
Cluster/cloud flexing N/A
Self-service assembly of multiple HPC clusters on a shared compute infrastructure for use by multiple tenants
Consolidates disparate HPC resources, resulting in increased hardware utilization and the ability to meet
SLAs while lowering costs
IBM Platform LSF; IBM Platform Symphony
Grid Engine; and many others
Application User and Administrator self service, policy and calendar driven
Application User and Administrator self service, policy and calendar driven on PMs, VMs and
Hypervisors
N/A
Self-service / administrator-driven
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Dynamic Cluster
Transform static, low utilization clusters into highly dynamic, shared HPC Cloud resources
• Optimize resource utilization
• Maximize throughput, reduce time to results
• Eliminate costly, inflexible silos
• Increase reliability of critical workload
• Maintain maximum performance
• Improve user and administrator productivity
• Increase automation, decrease manual effort
Increased
Utilization
Job
Reliability
Increased
Throughput &
Service
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform RTM
IBM
Platform
RTM
IBM
Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM
Platform
Session
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform RTM : Comprehensive Workload
Monitoring & Reporting
IBM Platform RTM enables LSF administrators to manage multiple clusters easily while providing a better quality of service to cluster users
• Operational dashboard for Platform LSF administrators
• Provides monitoring, reporting and management
• Integrated alerts and exception handling
• License monitoring and usage reports
• Hundreds of standard reporting graphs included
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Platform Computing
Intuitive Operational Dashboard
Visually monitor multiple clusters.
Instant access to realtime information on jobs, stats and remote console.
Dynamic host colorcoding based on configurable thresholds.
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Platform Computing
Monitor and Report on Resource Consumption
Hundreds of pre-packaged graphs selectable for different time granularities over multiple time-scales.
Configurable views show extensive information about jobs, hosts, host groups, clusters, resources, licenses, etc.
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Platform Computing
Resolve Issues Quickly, Avoid Unnecessary Service Interruptions
Search for and drill-down on any running, pending or completed job to identify issues or remove bottlenecks.
Convenient pending reason charts make it easy to improve service levels by explaining clearly why jobs are pending.
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Platform Computing
Automated Alerts and Exception Handling
Configurable alarms and alerts and consolidated syslog views for ease of managing large environments.
Flexible options to clear alerts avoiding repeated notifications about known issues.
Trigger alerts based on boolean expressions to warn of conditions not apparent simple monitoring tools.
e.g. Alert me when a NASTRAN job in the priority queue has pended for more than 60 minutes but average cluster utilization is below 80%.
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Platform Computing
Key Benefits
 Simplify administration and monitoring
 Improve service levels
 Resolve issues quickly
 Avoid unnecessary service interruptions
 Improve cluster efficiency
 Realize better productivity
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The most comprehensive workload monitoring and reporting dashboard for IBM Platform LSF environments
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Analytics
IBM Platform
Analytics
IBM
Platform
Application
Center
IBM
Platform
RTM IBM Platform
LSF
Standard
Edition
IBM
Platform
Process
Manager
IBM
Platform
Dynamic
Cluster
IBM
Platform
License
Scheduler
IBM
Platform
Session
Scheduler
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Platform Computing
IBM Platform Analytics: Advanced Analytics for HPC Data
• Answers “business level questions” by correlating and analyzing measures related to, users, groups, projects, systems and software.
• Out-of-box industry-relevant / best practice dashboards
• Instant access to years of data, massive data volumes
• Support for a parallel / shared nothing database for scalable performance
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Platform Computing
Analytics for Jobs, Resources, Software licenses and More
• Pre-built “dashboards”, each providing views of data.
– Cluster Capacity
– Hardware Usage
– Workload Accounting
– Workload Statistics
– License Usage
– Software
• Easily extensible
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Platform Computing
Powerful, Intuitive Customizable Interface
Visibility to resources within the data center or across the globe.
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Instantly filter data by timeperiod, cluster, project. queue or user.
With full visibility to cluster capacity, organizations can find idle capacity and share resources more effectively.
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Platform Computing
Trend-analysis, Operational Reporting
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Analyze measures over different time periods to find trends or pinpoint problems.
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Platform Computing
Analyze Data by Project, User, Application, Geography or Queue
Report on usage of resources by project, user or geography enabling projectbased accounting.
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Platform Computing
Full Visibility to Global Cluster Capacity
“Drill-down” on tabular data
Identify users or groups that may be wasting resources .
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Platform Computing
Full Visibility to Global Cluster Capacity
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Easily visualize how resources are being shared by user and by group.
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Platform Computing
Key Benefits
 Turn data into decision making
 Quickly identify and remove bottlenecks
 Optimize asset utilization
 More accurate capacity planning
 Better productivity and efficiency
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