MEGWAREHigh Performance Computing Solutions

Axel Auweter – HPC R&D Manager

• Established in 1990

• German private limited company

• More than 1000 installed cluster systems in Europe

• Turn-key solution provider for compute, storage and GPGPU/ManyCore clusters

• 50 Employees

• Financially strong, profitable, growing

MEGWARE Computer Vertrieb und Service GmbH

Company Profile

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MEGWARE Annual Turnover (k€)

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7.400 7.800

11.30012.500

15.400

25.400

30.800

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (est)

• HPC Compute Cluster

• Accelerated Compute Cluster

• Storage Cluster and Distributed / Parallel Storage Systems

• Data Center Infrastructure: Racks, Cooling, Networking

• Consulting and Project Management

• HPC Systems Operation (onsite/remote)

• HPC Trainings for System Administrators and Users

• Flexible Schemes for Service & Support

MEGWARE HPC SolutionsCustomized – Ready-to-Use – With Premium Support

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• Compute Node Chassis since 2001: Slash2®/Slash5®/Slash8®

• ClustSafe® PDU since 2003: CS12/CS18

• Rack Display for Monitoring: RackView®

• Software for Cluster Management/Monitoring: ClustWare®

• The Green IT Solution: Direct Liquid Cooling with ColdCon®

• HPC Compute Platform SlideSX®/SlideSX®-LC

MEGWARE HPC SolutionsResearch and Development

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SlideSX®Highly Integrated HPC Solution

Up to8 Chassis per

42U Rack

Integrated Remote

Management

IntegratedPower

Monitoring

Up to10 Nodes per

Chassis

Up to5 Power Supplies

per Chassis

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SlideSX-LC®Direct Liquid Cooled version of SlideSX®

SlideSX-LC chassis withinternal distribution and

external connectorsfor inlet and outlet

SlideSX-LC compute nodewith direct liquid coolingheatsink and coldplate

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• Direct liquid cooled compute cluster with 78 SlideSX-LC® nodes

• Year-round chillerless operation & connected to central building heating

• Production environment with up to 50°C water inlet temperature

• Application optimized Dual Intel Xeon E5-2623v3 4C/3Ghz for memory andfrequency bound applications with onboard MLNX Connect-IB

Cluster „Brain“ for University GreifswaldSlideSX-LC® + ColdCon®

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Cluster „Brain“ for University GreifswaldSlideSX-LC® + ColdCon®

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Application Owners

HPC Centers

Technology Providers

Extreme Scale DemonstratorsOur Perspective as System Integrator

High Performance

System Integrator Lube

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Brings rusty projects

back to speed…

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Motivation: Our European MindsetMEGWARE Customer Locations

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• System Architecture– Designing system architectures according to customer-defined criteria

is our daily business when answering RFPs

– Dedicated senior HPC engineer for benchmarking

• Custom Developments wherever Sensible– Mechanical Designs

– Electronics for Power Distribution, Monitoring & Management

– Direct Liquid Cooling

– No design of mainboards, ASICs, SoCs, …

A Wide Range of ExpertiseArchitecture and Design

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• System Integration & Production– Onsite production facility for small to medium orders

– Collaborations for offsite manufacturing for large orders

– Automated single node burn in tests during production

• System Tests– Onsite test facilities for systems with up to ~1000 nodes

– Infrastructure recently upgraded with 10kV power supply

• MEGWARE Data Center– New facility for attended housing and customer early access

A Wide Range of ExpertiseIntegration and Test

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• Delivery & Installation– Dedicated project manager for every installation

– Dedicated staff for delivery and installation

– Close collaboration with additional contractors

– Software setup by a dedicated MEGWARE HPC engineer

– System documentation

• Support– First level support: well established support processes and logistics

– Second level support through the dedicated HPC engineer

– Higher level support through technical partnerships with suppliers

A Wide Range of ExpertiseDelivery, Installation, and Support

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… Final Thoughts ...

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• IP Management– Existing mechanisms from FET-HPC can be reused

– IP handling can be agreed upon partners when scope of work is clear

• Risk & Budget Management– Closely linked to exact role in the project and governance structure