dell it innovation labs in the cloud “the power to do more!” andrew underwood – manager, hpc...
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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
4 of 5top search engines worldwide powered by Dell
Data center#1provider of virtualized data center infrastructure
Social
3 of 4top social media websites are powered by Dell
Cloud
#1 provider of cloud infrastructure—over 1M servers shipped
Software
90%of Fortune 1000 companies use Dell software
Servers
#1Storage
#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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