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Penguin Computing provides customized build-to-order server solutions for enterprises and institutions with
special hardware requirements. We complement our hardware and software solutions with Penguin Computing
On-Demand (POD™) — a public HPC cloud that provides supercomputing capabilities on-demand on a pay-as-
you-go basis.
Penguin Computing is a one-stop shop for HPC and enterprise customers, providing solutions for a wide array of
computing needs and user profiles:
ff HPC and cloud solutions optimized for industry-specific uses
ff High-powered workstations for individual power users
ff Highly power-efficient server platforms for enterprise computing
ff Private and public cloud solutions, including hybrid options.
Focus
Penguin Computing is strictly focused on delivering Linux-optimized enterprise solutions. We use a thorough,
proven hardware qualification and testing process to ensure that our solutions deliver optimal performance and
robustness.
Our in-house development team is dedicated to providing a complete highly interoperable software stack that is
tuned for Penguin Computing hardware. As a result, our solutions are easy-to-use and “just work.” Our integrated
approach even extends to our hybrid compute solutions, which combine local and cloud computing resources,
taking ease-of-use and cost-effectiveness to the next level. Penguin Computing customers can reduce capital
expenditures by right-sizing clusters for average resource utilization and easily and quickly offload excess workload
into the cloud.
Penguin Computing also offers a full range of services and support that are backed by a seasoned team of Linux,
HPC and application experts.
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Track Record
Penguin Computing has almost two decades experience developing powerful and efficient open solutions based on
Linux. We have successfully delivered hundreds of HPC clusters, including:
ff Departmental clusters
ff Multi-million-dollar ‘Top 100’ supercomputers
ff Specialized solutions for verticals such as academia, government, life sciences, manufacturing,
financial services and web hosting
Our installed base includes more than 18,000 systems in over 40 countries. Solutions from Penguin Computing
meet the needs of the world’s most demanding HPC and enterprise customers, including:
ff NASA
ff AOL
ff Caterpillar
ff Lockheed Martin
ff Boeing
ff Life Technologies
ff The US Navy
Penguin Computing is also one of the first providers to successfully implement a public cloud that was designed
exclusively for HPC. Our POD HPC Cloud has processed a workload of over 10 million jobs. Moreover, Penguin
Computing’s cluster management software, Scyld ClusterWare®, was developed by one of the original architects
of the Beowulf Cluster, Donald Becker. Along with Thomas Sterling at NASA, they developed an HPC cluster
architecture that revolutionized the industry by enabling the replacement of traditional supercomputers with
clusters of Linux-based commodity systems.
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INTERNET FINANCE MANUFACTURING
Tight Resources, Fluctuating Needs Massive Data, Complex Strategies, Intensifying Design Challenges
When it comes to technology, Internet Split Second Timing
Engineering performance has become
companies face a difficult balancing act. Financial firms fighting for an edge must closely linked to the performance of
Funds for technology must be carefully have the ability to effectively and efficiently compute-intensive interdependent simu-
managed, yet user demands can fluctuate manage more and more complex infor- lation tools. Computing throughput, and
wildly and site or application perfor- mation sets and ever-increasing message the number and quality of simulations
mance is critical to business success. volumes. Some of the challenges in the you are able to run, directly impacts
You need solutions that can: financial marketplace include: design quality. To shorten design cycles
and optimize costs, you need computing
ff Scale up and scale out on the fly when ff Rising market data rates
computing demand spikes solutions that can:
ff Innovative trading strategies and
ff Provide optimized performance in a complex algorithms ff Deliver high performance from the
dense, cost effective configuration latest technologies
ff Time-sensitive trading
ff Speed time to production ff Speed computations to shorten
ff Globalization and regulatory challenges
product design cycles
The Penguin Computing® Advantage The Penguin Computing® Advantage ff Quickly and cost effectively scale
Penguin Computing uses open technol- Penguin Computing has deep expertise
ogy to provide Internet companies with The Penguin Computing® Advantage
building customized high-performance
cost-effective, high-performing and highly Penguin Computing has deep experience
distributed computing platforms that
scalable hardware and software solu- in the manufacturing space and a proven
run complex algorithms to process data-
tions. We can help you drive innovation track record of delivering hundreds of
intensive workloads. Our combination of
by providing dense, high-performance, enterprise-class manufacturing solu-
HPC and high-performance networking
build-to-order solutions. tions. We obsess about computing
expertise makes us the vendor of choice
for some of the most reputable trading details—including running benchmarks
institutions. with ISVs like ANSYS or CD-adapco—
so you can focus on your designs. All
ff High-performance networking — Penguin systems and services combine
Open switches that features full
deep technology and application exper-
bisection bandwidth and line rate
tise with a wide range of leading compo-
L2/L3 throughput for efficient
performance. nent technologies to provide:
Legrand Avago
Electric racks and enclosures Computer storage solutions
NVIDIA
Graphics processing (GPU)
technology
Emerson Broadcom
Enterprise manufacturing Wireless and broadband
and technology company Micron communications
Semiconductor manufacturer
Server Technology
Rackmount power distribution
Nexenta Cumulus
units and monitoring Turnkey solutions for data center
Custom OpenSolaris technology
switching
Intel 3M
Leading chip maker Seagate Communications technology
Computer storage solutions solutions
Asetek Toshiba
Data center liquid cooling Finisar
Computer storage solutions
Optical communication
components
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Mellanox CD-adapco CyberDyne-KIMEME
Interconnect solutions CFD software Multi-disciplinary cloud
optimization
WRF ThinkParQ
Weather research and Parallel cluster file system
forecasting model ANSYS
Engineering simulation software
Convergent Science
LS-DYNA CFD software
Multiphysics simulation Bay Microsystems
package
Canonical
Ubuntu support
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Tundra Compute & Storage Servers
RELION XO1132e
RELION XO1132g
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VALKRE 1030C
Balance – System architects need no longer be constrained by the limits of traditional monolithic storage
solutions that require oversized infrastructure. With Tundra’s unique capability to locate storage and compute
locally, we can design, build and deliver the right kind of storage for the problem in hand, optimized for performance
and reliability, exactly where it can best be used.
Flexibility – Tundra storage building blocks can leverage drives from 3.5” nearline to SSD/NVMe in units as small as
a single 1 OU node, increasing in capability through 2 OU nodes, 2 OU JBOD/RAID shelves through to large capacity
Fabric Attached Storage.
Usability – In conjunction with well known filesystem solutions such as Lustre, CEPH, NFS, GusterFS and others,
we can design systems that deliver a broad range of functionality, not just for traditional HPC, but also for end-user
applications such as Hadoop, OpenStack/Swift, etc.
Performance – Combined with Tundra’s Fabric Infrastructure, one can simply design storage solutions, for example
HPC Lustre filesystems, that deliver as little as 1 GB/s to more than 100GB/s of aggregate filesystem bandwidth,
in systems whose capacity can be designed to easily exceed 100’s of PetaBytes. In addition, Tundra’s ability to
co-locate compute and storage, allows for the construction of large scale Big Data style systems.
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3D Accelerated Cloud Workstations Cumulus
Cumulus® Linux®, the operating system for Open Net-
Ceph
working, enables disaggregation of top-of-rack (ToR)
Ceph is an open source, distributed storage platform data center switching akin to the well-established
that provides object store, block devices (RADOS), and model of server hardware/software disaggregation.
a POSIX-compliant filesystem. Open networking solutions based on Cumulus Linux
and Penguin Arctica bare metal switches allow orga-
SwiftStack nizations of all sizes to leverage efficient data center
The OpenStack Object Store project, known as Swift, technology developed by the world’s largest cloud op-
offers cloud storage software so that you can store and erators.
retrieve lots of data with a simple API. It’s built for scale
and optimized for durability, availability, and concurrency
across the entire data set. Development Tools
Intel Compiler
High Performance Parallel Storage Intel® C, C++, and Fortran compilers are designed to
boost application performance by taking advantage of
Lustre the ever-increasing processor core count and vector
The Lustre® file system is an open-source, parallel file register width available in Intel® Xeon® processors, In-
system that supports many requirements of leadership tel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessors and compatible proces-
class HPC simulation environments. sors.
BeeGFS Cuda
BeeGFS (formerly FhGFS) is a parallel cluster file sys- The NVIDIA® CUDA® Toolkit provides a compre-
tem, developed with a strong focus on performance and hensive development environment for C and C++
designed for very easy installation and management. developers building GPU-accelerated applications. The
CUDA Toolkit includes a compiler for NVIDIA GPUs,
GPFS math libraries, and tools for debugging and optimizing
The General Parallel File System (GPFS) is a high-perfor- the performance of your applications.
mance clustered file system developed by IBM. It can be
deployed in shared-disk or shared-nothing distributed Pathscale Compilers
parallel modes. PathScale’s goal is to make it easier to develop and
deploy 64-bit applications into clustered environments
across a range of platforms. PathScale has developed
Data Analytics one of the industry’s highest-performance C, C++, and
Cloudera Fortran compilers for 64-bit x86 and ARMv8 systems
running Linux.
Designed specifically for mission-critical environments,
Cloudera Enterprise includes CDH, a popular open source
Allinea Development Tools
Hadoop-based platform, as well as advanced system
management and data management tools plus dedi- Allinea Software is the trusted leader in software
cated support and community advocacy from a team of development tools and application performance
Hadoop developers and experts. analytics for high performance computing — and one
of the fastest growing companies in the sector. Our
tools improve the efficiency and value of high perfor-
Software Defined Networks mance computing by reducing development time and
increasing application performance.
Canonical Ubuntu with Broadcom ICOS
The Penguin Computing® Arctica® Operating System
provides complete Layer 2, Layer 3 and OpenFlow
support for Penguin Computing Arctica family of SDN
switches. Canonical Ubuntu with Broadcom ICOS sup-
ports typical distribution / aggregation layer config-
urations, high performance spine / leaf topologies
and configuration via OpenFlow controller.
You can easily build a unified non-blocking fabric of desired capacity, adopting appropriate network topologies.
For extremely low latency, high throughput fabrics supporting message-passing in parallel computing environ-
ments, Penguin Computing helps you integrate your Tundra platform with a choice of High-speed Infiniband
fabrics: QDR, FDR, EDR, TrueScale, OmniPath with Adapters that provide the ability to transfer multi-protocol
(Ethernet and Infiniband) server and storage traffic across the entire infrastructure.
Arctica switches provide users with the option to have either x86
or PowerPC based Control Processors. These switches provide
pre-installed Open Network Installer Environment (ONIE),
adopted by the OCP, to provide an environment for automated
operating system provisioning. Switches support a choice of
operating systems including Canonical Ubuntu with Broadcom
ICOS and Cumulus Linux, PicOS, BCOS+Ubuntu, providing
organizations ample choice specific to their needs. Choice of OS
enables users to choose from either those supporting traditional
standardized command line interfaces or a pure debian Linux
based system.
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High Speed Low Latency Network
Penguin Computing EDR solutions include the
ConnectX-4 Single/Dual-Port Adapter supporting
100Gb/s with VPI. These support both EDR 100Gb/s
InfiniBand and 100Gb/s Ethernet connectivity, pro-
viding the highest performance and most flexible
solution for high-performance, Web 2.0, Cloud, data
analytics, database, and storage platforms. Tundra
Management Networks
offers Infiniband solutions from both Intel and
Mellanox, providing high-performing fabric solutions Penguin Computing Arctica GigE Ethernet switch
in a 1RU form factor. lines enables small, midmarket and large enterpris-
es to leverage technologies that were developed by
Mellanox SB7700 and SB7790 36-port EDR 100Gb/s the world’s largest cloud operators and hyperscale
InfiniBand switch systems deliver 7.2Tb/s of non- data centers and provides solutions that improve
blocking bandwidth with 90ns port-to-port latency, data center networking.
providing up to 100Gb/s full bidirectional bandwidth
per port. These stand-alone switches are an ideal Arctica 4804ip is a low cost 1GbE switch for out-of-
choice for top-of-rack leaf connectivity or for build- band management. This switching platform provides
ing small to medium sized clusters. a very low price point, minimizing the capital and
operational expenditure for the rack management
Penguin Computing also provides solutions based function and this is accomplished by limiting the pur-
on Intel’s latest Omni-Path Architecture, enhancing pose only to management traffic and limited Layer
the performance and scalability required in Exascale 3 functionality. Rack management can be performed
Computing. by any Linux server administrator without the need
Omni-Path Architecture helps to build a broad array for specialized network administration expertise or
of solutions starting from entry-level HPC fabrics experience.
to large clusters of 10,000 nodes or higher. Arctica 4804ip is designed for managing the entire
rack — servers, top of rack and management switches
— all of which may be automated and managed
Benefits include: using standard Linux tools such as Chef, Puppet or
Traffic flow optimization features reduce the vari- CFEngine. Penguin Computing provides the option
ation in latency seen through the network by high- of running either Arctica OS or Cumulus Rack Man-
priority traffic in the presence of lower priority traffic, agement Platform software, this switch is based on
addressing a traditional weakness of both Ethernet an x86 Control Processor and Broadcom StrataXGS
and InfiniBand in which a packet must be transmit- Hurricane 2 Data Plane Processor.
ted to completion once the link starts even if higher
priority packets become available.
Penguin Computing® FrostByte™ storage solutions lifts these limitations with the benefits of Software-
Defined Storage (SDS). FrostByte storage solutions empower businesses with open, agile, scale-out,
cost-effective storage for diverse markets and workloads, including: high-performance computing, big data
analytics, life sciences, financial services & trading, multimedia & entertainment, archive, disaster recovery,
and more.
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Arctica® SDN
Arctica® Software-Defined Networks
The network functions as the mission-critical backbone of the data center, tying together dynamic, virtual-
ized application servers and storage pools, while supporting the access controls, performance guarantees,
and availability required for multi-tenant environments. Proprietary, vendor-locked products simply cannot
deliver the innovation, agility, and efficiencies business requirements demand.
The modern Software-Defined Network (SDN) removes limitations and enables data centers to abstract,
pool, and automate infrastructure resources and services at hyperscale, while supporting dynamic, innova-
tive application workloads to meet changing business needs.
Penguin Computing pioneers the design, engineering, integration, delivery, and support for complete,
Linux-based, open technology solutions.
Penguin Computing Arctica white-box data center switches are 1U, ONIE-enabled, layer 2 / layer 3 fabric
switches, available for 10/40 GbE and 25/100 25/50/100 GbE network architectures. All Arctica data center
switches are rigorously tested and certified for recommended Network Operating Systems, including
Cumulus Linux and Canonical Ubuntu with Broadcom ICOS protocol stack. Penguin Computing offers
legacy 1 GbE switches as well as rack, cable management, cable, and connector solutions.
ff Collaborative Support Model: ensuring customer issues are addressed and resolved
Spine
Leaf(ToR)
Server/Storage
SOLUTIONS
Are out of the box solutions leaving you wanting? If your are pushing boundaries, going faster and doing more,
you need more than the average computing system. Designing a space rocket shell or sharing high resolution
simulations around the globe? We created solutions for these, and many more high performance and enterprise
computing challenges. Together we can create the right platform to accelerate your project.
Relion Servers
Leading-edge Intel processors
ff Relion® Product Family is offered in standard 19” EIA, Open Compute, and Tundra™ Extreme Scale
ff Standard 19” EIA – Available in 1U, 2U, 4U and high density server rackmount such as 2U 4 Nodes form factor
ff Tundra™ Extreme Scale – Available in 1OU 3 Nodes, 2OU 3 Nodes, or full 21” 1OU
ff Penguin Computing’s Relion® Product Family includes GT and GTS lines covering both PCIe based GPGPU
as well as SXM2 GPGPU solutions
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Relion 19-inch Servers
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 4x Nvidia Tesla SXM2 (GPU), 2x PCIe Up to 2TB
Relion XE1114GTS
with Intel Omni-Path Gen3 x8 (LP) (16x DIMMs)
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 1x PCIe Gen3 x16 (LP), 2x PCIe Gen3 x8 Up to 3TB
Relion XE1112
with Intel Omni-Path (LP), 2x PCIe Gen3 x16 (OCP Mezz) (24x DIMMs)
Up to 1.5TB
Relion 1900 Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 / v4 Series 3 x PCIe Slots OR 2x PCIe /1x Mezz (x8)
(24x DIMMs)
Up to 1.5TB
Relion 1900e Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 / v4 Series 2 x PCIe Slots, 2x Mezz (x8)
(24x DIMMs)
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 2x PCIe Gen3 x16 (GPU), 2x PCIe Gen3 x8 Up to 3TB
Relion XE2112GT
with Intel Omni-Path (LP), 2x OCP Mezz (24x DIMMs)
Up to 2TB
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 1x PCIe Gen3 x16 (LP), 1x PCIe Gen3 x8
Relion XE2142 (16x DIMMs)
with Intel Omni-Path (LP), 1x OCP Mezz
per node
Up to 2TB
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP
Relion XE2142e 2x PCIe Gen3 x16 LP (16x DIMMs)
with Intel Omni-Path
per node
Up to 512GB
Relion 2940e Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 / v4 Series 1x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1x Mezz x8 per node
(8x DIMMs)
2U
1x PCIe Gen3 x16 (LP), 1x PCIe Gen3 x8 Up to 1TB
Relion 2940 Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 / v4 Series
(Proprietary Mezz) (16x DIMMs)
4U
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 8x PCIe Gen3 x16 (GPU), 2x PCIe Gen3 Up to 3TB
Relion XE4118GT
with Intel Omni-Path x16 (LP) (24x DIMMs)
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 8x NVIDIA SXM2 (GPU), 2x PCIe Gen3 Up to 3TB
Relion XE4118GTS
with Intel Omni-Path x16 (LP) (24x DIMMs)
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 4x PCIe Gen3 x16 (GPU), 2x PCIe Gen3 x16 Up to 2TB
Relion XO1114GT
with Intel Omni-Path (LP) (16x DIMMs)
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / Skylake-SP 4x NVIDIA SXM2 (GPU), 2x PCIe Gen3 x16 Up to 2TB
Relion XO1114GTS
with Intel Omni-Path (LP) (16x DIMMs)
Intel Xeon Skylake-SP / 1x PCIe Gen3 x16 (LP), 1x PCIe Gen3 x8 Up to 2TB
Relion XO1132g
Skylake-SP with Intel Omni-Path (LP), 1x OCP Mezz (16x DIMMs)
Up to 512GB
Relion 1930e Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 / v4 Series 1x PCIe Gen3 x16 (LP)
(8x DIMMs)
IceBreaker Servers
2OU Processor PCIe Slots Memory Capacity
IceBreaker
n/a Drives Bays: NULL
OCP2830 JBOD
IceBreaker
n/a Drives Bays: NULL
OCP2945 JBOD
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Magna Servers (OpenPOWER)
OpenPOWER for hyperscale data
Like all Penguin server platforms, Magna systems are available with full rack level integration options, on-site
deployment services and global technical support.
Magna 2002S
Penguin Magna 2002S, powered by two OpenPOWER Power8 generation processors, is the first platform with
support for NVIDIA SXM2 sockets and NVLink system interconnect. This provides a factor of 5x improvement in
memory bandwidth available to coprocessors.
ff Dual OpenPOWER POWER8 generation processors, 8-10 cores, 2.0-3.3GHz
ff Up to 1TB of RAM
ff Local storage: 2x 2.5” bays for boot drives
ff 4x SXM2 sockets featuring NVLink, for latest NVIDIA Tesla P100 “Pascal” coprocessors
ff Redundant Power Supplies
Magna 2002
Penguin Magna 2002, powered by two OpenPOWER Power8 generation processors, is optimized for Accelerated
Computing using NVIDIA Tesla family of GPUs and coprocessors. Magna 2002 supports NVIDIA Tesla K80 GPUs for
Technical Computing and NVIDIA Tesla M40 for Machine Learning applications.
ff Dual OpenPOWER POWER8 generation processors, 8-10 cores, 2.0-3.3GHz
ff Up to 1TB of RAM
ff Local storage: 2x 2.5” bays for boot drives
ff PCI-E gen3 expansion slots for 2 NVIDIA Tesla K80 or M40 GPUs and for high speed network interfaces
ff Redundant Power Supplies
Magna 1015
Penguin Magna 1015, designed for OCP Open Rack infrastructure, targets virtualization workloads in Hyperscale data
center. Magna 1015 provides the memory capacity and memory bandwidth to support high virtual machine density.
ff Dual OpenPOWER POWER8 generation processors, 8-10 cores, up to 192 threads
ff Up to 1TB of RAM
ff Local storage: 15 drive bays for 2.5” nearline drives
ff Powered from Open Rack bus bars
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Altus Servers
Altus Server Series Features
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Altus XE1111 AMD EPYC 1x PCIe Gen3 (FHHL) Up to 2TB (16x DIMMs)
Altus XE2111 AMD EPYC 7x PCIe Gen3 (LP) Up to 2TB (16x DIMMs)
GPU Servers
Accelerate your most demanding HPC, hyperscale, and enterprise data center
workloads with NVIDIA® Tesla® or Intel® Xeon Phi GPU accelerators.
Scientists can now crunch through petabytes of data up to 10x faster than
with CPUs in applications ranging from energy exploration to deep learning.
For enterprises deploying VDI, Tesla accelerators are perfect for accelerating
virtual desktops to any user, anywhere.
Arctica network switches by Penguin Computing provide a family of economical, full-featured, managed switching
options. Common networking features include Layer 2 and Layer 3 support, open standards compliance* and up to
12K jumbo frame support.
ff ONIE enabled, 1U fabric network switches in 1/10/40/100 GbE, which deliver low latency, full wire-speed
interfaces, full section bandwidth switching and redundant power
ff Software-Defined Networking with open technologies enables greater flexibility and customizations.
Rigorously tested and qualified software stacks include:
— Canonical Ubuntu with Broadcom ICOS: delivers a foundational, Linux operating system with
the full Layer-2 and Layer-3 feature set of the Broadcom data plane.
— Cumulus Linux: enables native Linux networking with network-optimized kernel and support
for Layer-2, Layer-3, and overlay architectures.
ff Arctica network switches are white box switches, providing flexibility and customization opportunities.
ff Fully certified network solutions available, including switches, racks, cable management, cables
and connectors
Arctica 3200c Software defined high performance data center switch ToR/Spine Switch
Arctica 4804iq Suited for both enterprise and data center environments ToR Switch with 1Gb hosts
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Linux Workstations
ff Penguin Computing® Linux workstations offer huge amounts of
memory, massive processing power, top-notch graphics capabilities
and server-grade storage options
ff Workstations feature RAID options
ff Three-year warranty included
ff Choose from a selection of free Linux distributions that are preinstalled free of charge
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 /v4 Series 4x PCIe 3.0 x16, Up to 1TB 8 3.5” hard drive
Niveus 4904GT 2x PCIe 3.0 x8, (16x DIMMs) bays
1x PCIe 2.0 x4
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Open Compute Project
OCP Efficiency and Innovation in HPC
Tundra™ ES – Total OCP Solution Open Compute Servers Open Bridge Rack Design
Tundra Extreme Scale is the OCP servers and storage EIA and OCP-compliant vanity free
next generation of high performance solutions built for both open bridge racks in single, dual or triple
and enterprise computing. racks and 19” EIA racks. power zones.
IceBreaker Storage
Versatile, cost-efficient bulk and nearline storage
solutions with multiple chassis and drive options
The IceBreaker storage server family is based on Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors with up to 16 cores per processor.
Four chassis form factors and multiple drive options can support roles ranging from a simple NFS/CIFS file server
to an object storage server in a distributed Lustre file system. The servers are available with 3.5’’ and 2.5’’ SAS
and SATA HDDs or SSDs in a variety of capacities and performance levels with the ability to accommodate up to
60 hard drives with over 480TB of storage capacity in a 4U form factor.
The PCI-E gen 3 bus architecture makes the IceBreaker a future-proof investment. DDR4 memory speeds of up to
2400MHz and 4 memory channels allow for highly efficient data caching. They can accommodate multiple network
adapters and RAID controllers for data delivery at full speed.
IceBreaker storage solutions also include support for the industry’s new 12Gb/s SAS interface to help eliminate
bottleneck and increase throughput.
IceBreaker 2912 JBOD High density HPC storage 12x 3.5” SAS/SATA JBOD
IceBreaker 2924 JBOD High density HPC storage 24x 2.5” SAS/SATA JBOD
4U
IceBreaker 4924 High-capacity bulk storage Multiple expanders for HA and scalability
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FrostByte:
An HPC Storage Solution
FrostByte is a complete, high-performance storage solution that
integrates Penguin Computing’s new Scyld FrostByte software with an
optimized high-performance storage platform. FrostByte will support
multiple open software storage technologies including Lustre, Ceph,
GlusterFS and Swift, and is initially available with Intel’s Enterprise
Lustre.
Penguin Computing® FrostByte™ storage solutions lifts these limitations with the benefits of Software-Defined
Storage (SDS). FrostByte storage solutions empower businesses with open, agile, scale-out, cost-effective storage
for diverse markets and workloads, including: high-performance computing, big data analytics, life sciences,
financial services & trading, multimedia & entertainment, archive, disaster recovery, and more.
HPC as a Service
The keyword is service. Penguin Computing’s ability to provide on-demand, HPC cloud resources as
a complete service offering — backed and supported by HPC experts — is what differentiates us. POD goes
beyond infrastructure as a service, providing a flexible HPC cloud that is optimized and tailored to
meet your specific workflow.
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Moving Data In and Out
Upload and download data to and from POD™ without any fees for network transfers using our 1 Gb per second
Internet uplinks. For your security, we only support encrypted protocol transfers in and out of POD. This includes
secure access through our web interfaces, APIs, HTTPS remote desktops, and tools such as SCP and WinSCP.
ff No Installation needed
Email: sales@penguincomputing.com
Phone: 1-888-PENGUIN (477-2206)
https://pod.penguincomputing.com/
Computational jobs are easy to submit and monitor from either a traditional Linux CLI environment, or
through the use of intuitive and secure web interfaces. POD’s HPC cluster is ready-to-run with hundreds
of applications pre-installed eliminating much of the complexity of building, managing and scaling
high-performance computing environments. This efficiency and economy of scale saves both capital
and operational costs while ensuring a clear, predictable pricing model. POD’s bare-metal, InfiniBand
on-demand HPC compute cluster is ideal for organizations in manufacturing, biosciences, research, energy,
design and finance—or any organization with high-performance computing needs.
PRIVATE CLOUD
Customers who have a requirement for customized cloud computing resources choose Penguin’s Private
Cloud offering. Penguin Computing engineers work with you to design a cluster that fits your workload
and facility requirements. The Penguin HPC Cloud team takes care of installing and configuring your
cluster and will take care of all operational and maintenance tasks using a combination of remote and
on-site resources. We can reserve a portion of our public cloud for you on a monthly or yearly basis, or
we can design and host a specific configuration tailored to meet your needs.
HYBRID CLOUD
Penguin also offers an HPC Hybrid Cloud configuration for those users seeking to utilize the on-demand
offering to augment their internal capacity. Many businesses have in-house clusters that meet their daily
demand. Sometimes new projects or excess demand for short periods requires additional resources,
new hardware, or different networking topologies than the in-house cluster provides. In these instances
Penguin’s HPC on-demand cloud can be configured to handle that excess load. It can be utilized simply
to run your current workload, or you can use it handle jobs requiring InfiniBand or GPU support before
investing in that functionality in-house.
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Scyld Cloud Appliance®
SCM, which can be integrated with an existing HPC cluster, is a comprehensive solution to manage users, groups,
login nodes, remote workstations, storage, access control, and reporting of an HPC environment. It also provides
a brandable web portal front-end for administrators and end users. An Internet-based platform, SCM uses web
service APIs to provide an extensible framework for custom integration into your existing IT infrastructure. What’s
more, SCM includes Scyld Insight, a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) for monitoring HPC cluster health,
job workflows and log files while providing end-users the ability to submit HPC compute jobs via a GUI or API
interface.
— David Quigley
Cancer Researcher - UCSF,
San Francisco
Penguin Computing® Scyld Cloud Workstation™ is a remote desktop solution designed to deliver real-time interactive
2D desktop GUIs and 3D visualization through a standard browser, without plug-ins. Our solution enables consolidation
of engineering class workstations into a cloud environment that can be tightly coupled with an HPC environment.
Traditional HPC systems require users to download large data files to on-premise workstations for post-processing,
a time consuming process that makes it hard to create a predictable workflow. Penguin Computing’s remote desktop
solutions offer significant time savings by moving pre- and post-processing to a workstation with direct access to a
cluster’s data storage — eliminating the need to download large data files. Users can use the same GUI tools as on
their local workstations, ensuring continued productivity.
Users simply connect to the HPC environment from virtually any device running Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome
or Safari. No plug-ins or application clients are necessary. Access is provided through HTTPS, requiring no additional
ports through the firewall. This unique architecture saves bandwidth, improving image quality and ensuring near-
universal accessibility for users.
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Scyld ClusterWare
ff Fully compatible with RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Scientific Linux
Rapid Provisioning & Change Management: Scyld ClusterWare is designed for extremely rapid provisioning
paired with the ability to instantly update compute node farms by applying changes to a single master node.
Pre-bundled HPC software with Commercial Support: Scyld ClusterWare comes bundled with the software
necessary for the HPC environments, such as MPI implementations and schedulers.
Single System Install for Cluster Consistency: Scyld ClusterWare uses one set of configuration files on a
master node, and all compute nodes are real-time clones of the master node.
Ready for 3rd-Party Applications & Compilers: Readily runs open source and commercial applications for
bioinformatics, CFD, FEA, weather forecasting, chemistry and physics modeling. Integrates with 3rd-party
compilers such as Intel® and PGI compilers.
Centralized Reporting and Diagnostics: All jobs and system issues are reported to the master node so there
is a centralized location for all diagnostics.
Whether you need to hire an IT Team skilled at running HPC clusters, or need software installation
and training on a new cluster, our service team is ready to find a solution that fits your needs and
budget. We will work with you to create, install, as well as manage, powerful and highly efficient
open solutions.
Professional Services
On-site deployment assistance of fully built, tested and configured
clusters for rapid, successful deployments.
Topics include:
ff An introduction to the concepts and functionality of Scyld ClusterWare software
ff Essential configuration and administration of the Scyld environment
ff An overview of the fundamentals of creating and executing cluster-aware software applications
ff An overview of the usage of Scyld-specific commands and system monitoring applications
ff Job mapping and the customization and control of the Scyld environment using Scyld utilities
and environment variables
ff Review and a question and answer session
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Managed Services
Proactive services designed to keep your Linux systems and clusters
up and running at peak performance.
Penguin Managed Services is a proactive IT service that is designed to keep your Linux systems
and clusters up and running at peak performance. Not only do we understand Linux and clustering
inside and out, we are HPC computing leaders who design, build, deploy and optimize HPC
clusters every day.
1-888-PENGUIN (1-888-736-4846)
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (PST)
Email: service@penguincomputing.com
Please note that adding or changing any components in a system against the advice of a technical
support representative will void the warranty of that system. Any sign that the serial number on your
system has been altered will also void the warranty.
Systems that include next day on-site service contracts are eligible for next-business-day delivery of
replacement parts, depending on parts availability.
Short delays, though not common, may occur if parts are temporarily unavailable.
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For any questions regarding these systems and their configurations,
please contact Penguin Computing.
Email: sales@penguincomputing.com
Phone: 1-888-PENGUIN (477-2206)
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