dell it innovation labs in the cloud “the power to do more!” andrew underwood – manager, hpc...

Dell IT Innovation Labs in the Cloud“The power to do more!”

Andrew Underwood – Manager, HPC & Research Computing

APJ Solutions Engineering Team

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Leadership that benefits every customer Making powerful technology more accessible and

affordableSearch

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Data center#1provider of virtualized data center infrastructure

Social

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Cloud

#1 provider of cloud infrastructure—over 1M servers shipped

Software

90%of Fortune 1000 companies use Dell software

Servers

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#1

Support

#1in enterprise services support

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Make HPC

available to all

who need it• Empowering

productivity• Maximizing

efficiency • Collaboration

Our mission is to take

every HPC job

seriously, regardless

of scale, size or

budget.

Dell’s approach to high-performance computing

“We put tools in the hands of people who are going to

solve the world’s biggest problems.”

Michael Dell

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$27.5M funded by US National Science

Foundation

Built in partnership with Dell and Intel

~9-10 PetaFLOPS peak (20% CPU, 80% co-processor)

6,400 Intel Sandy Bridge Nodes

272 TB RAM

Intel Xeon Phil (MIC) co-processors

56 Gigabit FDR Infiniband

14 PetaBytes of storage with 150 GBps Lustre file system

> 5 Mwatts Power

> 1 million threads

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To Mars

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Our mission is to take

every HPC job

seriously, regardless

of scale, size or

budget.

Dell Powers China’s first lunar soft-landing

‘Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences implements a HPCC platform to support China’s Chang’e-3 lunar expedition’

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Australian Research Universities Leading the Way with OpenStack HPC Cloud

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OpenStack Is Leading the Way for Innovation!

• OpenStack velocity is GOOD!• OpenStack ecosystem is

GOOD!• OpenStack visibility is GOOD!• Enterprise adoption =

#Building

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Dell Innovation Lab

Dell Innovation Lab

• Central Lab, IT Innovation projects• Cloud enabled self-service• Access to Corporate & Lab networks• Active Directory Integration• Built in partnership with Dell

Security

Dell IT Mandate: “Incubate on Steroids”

RHEL OpenStack Platform is the response

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Dell, Intel & Red Hat Making OpenStack the de facto open cloud solution for the enterprise

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Dell sees real business impact from OpenStack

User Experience

• Accelerating the introduction of user experience improvements

• Perception of IT as more user focused and responsive

• More time spent on project work and less time on “admini-strivia”

• Lab infrastructure utilization rates improved

IT Staff Productivity

• Faster ramp-up time for new incubations

• Scope and breath of supported projects has been expanded

Pace of innovation

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Compute solutions from your scale to HyperscaleDell Servers

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Dell is differentDriving out unnecessary cost and complexity

Modern portfolio No vested interest in legacy systems

End-to-end solutions

No siloed viewpoint or hidden agenda

Flexible scaling No forced constraints or rip-and-replace

Modular systems No costly monolithic stacks

Open approach No intentionally closed ecosystems

Standards-based No deliberate technology lock in

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We’re unique. We’re proud.

We’re Dell.

It takes a special kind of person to work at Dell. We’re a driven and passionate group that makes amazing things happen with and for our customers every day. Let’s celebrate our similarities, our differences, our passions… all the things that make us unique and proud to be Dell team members. Inspire and be inspired!

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