At-a-Glance
Windows HPC Server 2008 (HPCS) combines the power of the Windows Server platform with rich, out-of-the-box functionality to help improve the productivity and reduce the complexity of your HPC environment. Windows HPC Server 2008 can efficiently scale to thousands of processing cores and provides a comprehensive set of deployment, administration, and monitoring tools that are easy to deploy, manage, and integrate with your existing infrastructure. These resources will help you deploy HPC solutions within your own environment.
Videos
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Windows HPC Server 2008 Video
This video provides an introduction to Windows HPC Server 2008; it features a customer case study and interviews with key members of the product team. Read more
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NCSA Video
This video describes the advantages that NCSA has gained from installing Windows HPC Server 2008 on Abe, their TOP500 HPC system. Read more
Webcasts
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Towers Perrin's MoSes
Learn how insurers can use Towers Perrin's MoSes V6.2 software with Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to run sophisticated Financial models in less time. Read more
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Improving Electronic System Design using Synopsys System Studio
Join us for this informative webcast and get the latest information on how System Studio further improves performance and signal processing design productivity. Read more
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HPC in Life Insurance Modeling - Leveraging Milliman's MG-ALFA on the Cray CX1
Learn about the new Cray CX1 system, get the latest information on the recent developments in version 6.7 of MG-ALFA and explain the benefits of MG-ALFA. Read more
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HPC for the Masses with Intel
Please join Intel for an overview of the current HPC marketplace and the potential alternatives of utilizing High Performance Computing clusters for both increased productivity and competitive advantage. Read more
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Acceleration of Excel-based Trading Simulations with Platform and Microsoft
Review the challenges of running Excel models in a distributed environment, and find details of how to deploy models without wholesale code/macro changes. Read more
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Using Windows high performance clustering with Electric Cloud and Microsoft
Find out why Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 provides the most effective cluster infrastructure to support the ElectricAccelerator technology. Read more
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Reservoir Simulation using Roxar's Tempest on Windows Compute Cluster Server
Roxar's Tempest simulator can take full advantage of clusters using Windows Compute Cluster Server to simplify job submission and administration. Read more
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HPC Clusters: Reduce Complexity with IBM and Microsoft
Learn how IBM can help you reduce the risk and manage growth more easily with the pre-tested, easy-to-deply, easy-to-manage IBM Cluster 1350 solution. Read more
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Scaling up Analysis using Windows HPC Server 2008
This presentation will review the performance of simulation software from ANSYS on Windows HPC Server 2008. Read more
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Windows HPC Server 2008 - New and Advanced Features
Take a tour of the new Windows Compute Cluster Server, highlighting the major advancements in deployment, management, interoperability and scheduling. Read more
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Viglen and Microsoft HPC Server 2008
This session covers how Viglen can offer you a complete high-performance computing (HPC) solution built on enterprise-class, HPC-tuned hardware and Windows HPC Server 2008 software. Read more
Documents
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Windows HPC Server 2008: System Management Overview
This white paper provides an overview of system management features in Windows HPC Server 2008, including template-based deployment capabilities. Read more
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Using Windows HPC Server 2008 Job Scheduler
This white paper describes the new Job Scheduler functions in Windows HPC Server 2008, such as job submission, job scheduling, and job execution. Read more
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Technical Overview of Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
This white paper introduces Windows HPC Server 2008 and the many features and benefits it provides to streamline the work of the IT administrator. Read more
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Windows HPC Server 2008 Job Templates
This white paper describes the process of creating and using job templates in a Windows HPC Server 2008-based high-performance computing cluster. Read more
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Using Microsoft Message Passing Interface (MS MPI)
This white paper provides a thorough introduction to the MPI specification, with specific emphasis on the version included with Windows HPC Server 2008, MS MPI. Read more
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Overview of SOA Programming Model and Runtime System for Windows HPC Server 2008
This white paper provides a technical overview of SOA applications and the Windows HPC Server 2008 functions that support the SOA programming model. Read more
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HPC Cluster Storage Solutions Datasheet
This datasheet examines the factors that must be considered when selecting a storage solution for an HPC cluster, and describes the various options available. Read more
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Windows HPC Server 2008 Datasheet
This datasheet describes features and benefits in Windows HPC Server 2008 that offer enhanced productivity, scalable performance, and improved monitoring and reporting. Read more
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Windows HPC Server 2008 V1 and V2 Coexistence Datasheet
This datasheet discusses the coexistence of the two versions of Windows HPC Server 2008, including requirements for having both versions on the same network. Read more
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NCSA Datasheet
This datasheet describes the benefits that NCSA has gained from installing Windows HPC Server 2008 on Abe, their TOP500 HPC system. Read more
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High-Performance Computing and Insurance Actuarial Modelling
This white paper discusses the pressures that exist in the insurance industry for more sophisticated, timelier actuarial modeling, and it examines the role of regulators and business drivers. Read more
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Supercomputing company chooses
Windows HPC Server 2008
over LinuxThis datasheet describes why Dawning Information Industry Company chose to switch from Linux high- performance computing (HPC) operating systems to Windows HPC Server 2008. Read more
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Highly Productive, Scalable Actuarial Modeling
This white paper describes a complex actuarial analyses solution created by bundling MG-ALFA with Windows HPC Server 2008 on IBM BladeCenter or System x clusters. Read more