Forget expensive cloud solutions, endless racks of servers cooled by industrial HVAC systems and a special room for stacks of machines. High performance computing has now evolved to the point where it can enter the office. Any office. CrunchYard and SUSE Linux Enterprise joined forces to provide the world’s most accessible and democratic HPC solution.

You might have seen those old black and white photos, showing the giant machines that were the ancestors to today’s desktops. These machines filled rooms and yet delivered less power and throughput than the average smart phone does today. Computers have changed. They have become smaller, more powerful and relatively less expensive, allowing large swathes of the business and private populations to have, and use them.

That same revolution is now playing out in the world of High Performance Computing. There was a time when HPC was the sole domain of large corporates with deep pockets and an endless supply of expensive skills. But now many smaller firms have taken on more complex and sophisticated problems – and the sheer magnitude of challenges faced by different disciplines and different industries mean that nearly everyone would benefit from having true high performance capabilities.

It's no longer merely the domain of highly specialised scientists. Engineering teams, financial modellers, graphic renderers, database runners, number crunchers, designers, inventors, medicine makers, terrain mappers, simulators, big data analysts, AI pioneers – anybody with tight deadlines, big problems and limited resources could use a supercomputer or two.

The problem is that, traditionally, HPC was expensive to architect, implement and maintain. The skills required are scarce and in too short supply to keep around for as long as they were needed. It required dedicated data centre space, with large amounts of cooling, a team of highly specialised system admins to manage the large array of specialist subsystems. And good soundproofing. Machines that crunch serious numbers were noisy.

CrunchYard – a pioneer in HPC for over a decade – created Office HPC as a solution to all those challenges. The solution is exactly what it says: Office HPC.

Far more economical than cloud-based solutions, Office HPC provides modular, fully scalable, self- contained energy-efficient units, preconfigured to work with open source, commercial or proprietary code. These units can literally be wheeled into any office environment. They require no special room because they are silent – they also require no HVAC because they are water cooled.

Built on SUSE Linux Enterprise – using their robust adaptable and trusted high-performance computing operating system – the same that powers the world’s largest supercomputers.  SUSE Linux Enterprise HPC include a fully-supported set of popular utilities and libraries, broad hardware and cloud platform support for maximum flexibility, and a rich partner ecosystem of verified applications to support your workloads.

Office HPC comes with full remote support – ensuring that your high-performance units are always high performance. They fit in with existing workflows. They keep data on premise. If required they can burst to cloud to manage spikes in workloads. They can be strung together as your requirements expand. They are available worldwide.

 CrunchYard has over a decade of experience creating bespoke HPC Systems and can customise your Office HPC Unit as required (they also have a range of workstations and their larger HPC facility solutions available).

Office HPC

True High Performance Computing optimised for your needs, in any office space.

• Preconfigured, just plug and play
• Soundproofed, ventilated, water cooled
• Works with your team and workflows
• Available in 3 Sizes

For more information on how Office HPC can work for you, or to have any of your other HPC questions answered, visit crunchyard.com or send us a mail and an expert will be glad to help.

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