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A Mixed Windows/Linux Cluster Solution

  

The Moab Hybrid OS Cluster Solution uses Moab Cluster Suite to dynamically change a node’s OS on the fly in order to meet application needs. As an intelligent workload, event, and policy engine and meta-scheduler, Moab optimally determines when the OS mix should be modified based on defined policies and service-level agreements, as well as on current and projected workload. When the specified conditions are met, Moab triggers the OS change using your site’s preferred OS-modification technology, such as dual boot, disk-full, or diskless provisioning or virtualization (using a virtualization tool, such as Hyper-V within Windows Server 2008, VMware, or Xen).

Moab Hybrid Cluster can be applied to both new and existing clusters to help yield maximum hardware utilization and ROI. The hybrid cluster model also consolidates administration and centralizes job submission across platforms. Administrators can easily manage the policies and workload for both OS environments from Moab’s unified console. Moab can also make the dual-OS nature of the cluster transparent to end users by applying application and workload information that ensures jobs run on the correct OS without the user needing to specify it. Moab can manipulate, grow, and shrink allocated resources to meet service-level targets.


benefits

  • Optimize resource utilization by eliminating dedicated-OS resource silos
  • Reduce user and admin complexity by achieving single interface to all resources
  • Balance resource usage between OS environments by dynamically adapting from one OS to the other
  • Respond to internally or externally created workload surges with dynamic adaptation of OS mix
  • Enable full business processes that span multiple resources and OS environments
  • Tune and reserve future OS environment mix based on planned activities and historical usage patterns

CAPABILITY
 WINDOWS LINUX MOAB
ADVANTAGES
Adapt OS Mix to Meet Workload Needs    
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 Adapt an OS environment to meet the workload needs and mission objectives of an organization. Handle adaptation of OS mix for resource failures, workload surges, service level guarantees, resource reservations, balancing purposes, and etc.
Enable Multi-OS Business Processes Workflows    
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 Enable more automated business processes through automating event-driven workflows that cross multiple OSes.
Example: Process data on Linux and visualize the results on Windows as part of a Moab integrated workflow
Unify Job Submission    
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 Submit jobs via a single web submission interface; Moab applies them to the appropriate OS environment
Unify Workload Management & Reporting    
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 Manage workload on both OSes through a single cluster management & helpdesk tool & utilize unified reporting
HPC Resource Manager
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 Windows’ HPC solution includes resource management; Cluster Resources provides TORQUE* Resource Manager for Linux
System Monitoring Tools
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 Both OSes and TORQUE provide valuable hardware monitoring
Message Passing
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   Both OSes include Message Passing Tools
Operating System
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   Windows and Linux; any OS can be used

advantages

  • Leverage your HPC infrastructure more efficiently as a single, unified resource free from restrictive and costly resource silos
  • Schedule automatic reallocation based on workload requirements and established policies
  • Improve the utilization of your HPC infrastruture by doing more with the resources you have
  • Simplify the use and management of mixed-cluster environments with a unified interface and automated service-level enforcement




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