High Performance Computing Solutions
Bespoke Solutions for High Performance Computing
Although High Performance Computing (HPC) could be seen as another accelerated workload, it actually requires a far greater degree of third-party software and management overhead than typical graphical or video applications and projects. To this end, Scan and 3XS Systems have partnered with specialist HPC provider, CrunchYard, to deliver tailor-made solutions for the most demanding workloads.
The 3XS Server Philosophy
Specification
3XS HPC solutions are tailored to the applications you will be running, providing optimal performance, and can be customised with your branding.
Service
We provide a one-stop-shop for all your HPC needs - offering seamless support during build, after-sales and with our professional services offering.
Satisfaction
We are proud to say a large proportion of our HPC customers come back to us for upgrades and new builds.
GPU Servers for HPC
As an award-winning system builder, Scan and 3XS Systems have long-standing partnerships with the leading component brands in order to deliver cutting-edge server designs for HPC. Efficient GPU and CPU architectures offer the optimum mix of dedicated memory and accelerator cores to perform thousands of calculations per second whilst processing data and dealing with management tasks simultaneously.
NVIDIA GPU Accelerators
The NVIDIA datacentre family of GPU accelerators provides cutting edge in performance for all HPC workloads, offering unprecedented compute density, performance and flexibility. Offering accelerators in either standard PCIe or high-density SXM formats featuring HBM2 memory, these GPUs have the flexibility to be installed in both air and liquid cooled servers.
Intel Xeon CPUs
The Intel Xeon Scalable Platform processor series is designed to optimise interconnectivity with a focus on speed, without compromising data security. With built-in AI acceleration, advanced security technologies, and exceptional multi-socket processing performance, these processors are built for mission-critical, eal-time HPC workloads.
AMD EPYC CPUs
The AMD EPYC series of processors set the new standard for the modern datacentre. Featuring leadership architecture, performance, and security, AMD EPYC processors help customers turbocharge HPC application performance, transform datacentre operations and help secure critical data.
High Bandwidth, Low Latency Connectivity
Because of our experience providing GPU-accelerated server solutions, the 3XS team of system architects also recognise that connectivity between servers is key to guarantee the optimum performance and maximum utilisation of the GPUs for HPC. Low latency, high-bandwidth NICs and DPUs from NVIDIA Networking (formerly Mellanox) offer the ability to offload work from the CPU to reduce latency to connected external storage devices. With speeds of up to 400Gb/s in Ethernet or Infiniband, these network cards can satisfy the bandwidth demands of any HPC environment
Introducing CrunchYard
A genuine HPC solution is not only made up of optimised compute, networking and storage hardware, but a complex layer of management and orchestration tools and software packages to deliver the desired results in the fastest possible times. For projects such as climate modelling, Monte Carlo simulations, genomic sequencing and fluid dynamics, frameworks such as Python, R or Julia, files systems such as NFS and Lustre and schedulers such as Slurm or Open PBS will be used. The specialised nature of HPC can be a barrier to use for many users – who are experts and specialists in their areas of focus. This can prevent those who need HPC the most from enjoying the benefits of true high- performance computing on their projects and in their workplace.
Dedicated HPC Service & Support
CrunchYard is a specialist HPC service provider dedicated to delivering this expert skillset to manage and maintain high performance computing (HPC) clusters – so that users can enjoy the benefits of HPC without the learning curves, expensive inefficiencies or solutions that are not fit for purpose. CrunchYard makes HPC accessible.
For over 15 years, CrunchYard has provided such integrated and fit-for-purpose HPC solutions to clients in industry, academia, the sciences and engineering. With large and small clients in diverse industry sectors all over the globe, CrunchYard unlocks the power of HPC so that business, scientists and engineers have the power of HPC at their disposal – cost-effectively, rapidly and without complexity. CrunchYard works closely with software providers and packages, as well as hardware partners such as Scan and 3XS Systems – to ensure users have HPC solutions that actually work for them. Regardless of your requirements, industry sector or location – CrunchYard gives you the power
to simulate – anything.
3XS GPU Nodes
The 3XS range of GPU-accelerated nodes for HPC workloads feature cutting edge designs and are fully customisable to your requirements.
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The 3XS range of multi-node servers for HPC workloads feature cutting edge designs and are fully customisable to your requirements.
Find out more3XS Cluster in a Box
The 3XS Cluster in a Box is a self-contained watercooled unit that can be deployed in office environments and comprises compute nodes, storage networking and UPS - fully configured and supported by CrunchYard.
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