High Performance Computing (HPC) Assessment

Evaluating the efficiency and scalability of your HPC environment.

The area of High-Performance Computing (HPC) encompasses the use of advanced computing techniques and technologies to solve complex problems and process large amounts of data at exceptionally high speeds. HPC systems are designed to deliver significant computational power and parallel processing capabilities, enabling scientists, researchers, and organizations to tackle computationally intensive tasks that would be impractical or infeasible with traditional computing resources.

Oakwood’s Azure HPC Assessment aims to identify potential performance bottlenecks and areas for optimization within your current HPC environment (on-premises, cloud, or hybrid). It evaluates the efficiency and scalability of your current setup, ensuring that you are utilizing your infrastructure resources effectively to achieve maximum performance and productivity.

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HPC Assessment Objectives

Performance Optimization

We’ll evaluate the efficiency and scalability of your current setup, ensuring that you are utilizing current infrastructure resources effectively to achieve maximum performance and productivity.

Scalability & Elasticity

Oakwood’s assessment will evaluate the scalability and elasticity of your current setup, ensuring that it can handle peak workloads efficiently and cost-effectively.

Cost Optimization

Our assessment helps identify overprovisioned or underutilized resources, allowing you to right-size your infrastructure and optimize costs while maintaining the required level of performance.

Resource Utilization

Our assessment will provide insights into current resource utilization patterns, helping you optimize resource allocation, avoid resource bottlenecks, and maximize the utilization of infrastructure resources.

Security & Compliance

Here we’ll ensure that proper security measures are in place to protect sensitive data, adhere to compliance requirements, and mitigate potential security risks or vulnerabilities.

Roadmapping

We’ll take our assessment findings and work with you to develop a roadmap for future improvements, upgrades, and expansions, aligning your HPC strategy with your business goals and requirements.

Discovery

Understanding the client’s current HPC infrastructure and requirements
Gathering information on the client’s existing workflows and applications
Identifying performance bottlenecks and areas of improvement

Analysis

Evaluating the client’s hardware and software stack
Assessing the scalability and efficiency of the current HPC system
Analyzing workload management, scheduling, and data storage solutions

Performance Evaluation

Benchmarking the client’s HPC system against industry standards
Analyzing the performance metrics of key applications
Identifying areas for optimization and fine-tuning

Recommendations & Roadmap

Providing actionable recommendations to enhance HPC performance
Proposing hardware or software upgrades where necessary
Developing a roadmap for implementing the suggested improvements

Assessment Report

Detailed findings from the assessment process
Summary of performance bottlenecks and areas of improvement
Recommendations and prioritization of suggested enhancements
Roadmap for implementing the proposed improvements

Performance Metrics Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of key application performance
Comparison with industry benchmarks and best practices
Identification of areas for optimization and tuning

Infrastructure Evaluation

Assessment of the client’s HPC hardware and software stack
Evaluation of scalability, efficiency, and reliability
Identification of potential upgrades or replacements

Implementation Guidelines

Step-by-step instructions for implementing recommended changes
Configuration guidelines for hardware, software, and network optimizations
Best practices for workload management and scheduling