X-ISS Upgrades xCAT Cluster Manager with Custom BitTorrent Deployment
X-ISS successfully upgraded a client’s cluster manager from xCAT 2.3 to xCAT 2.8 without any system downtime. Along with the upgrade, X-ISS designed and implemented BitTorrent as the compute node image transfer technology, possibly the first such deployment on an xCAT cluster. The...BRP Relies on X-ISS to Keep its Engine Simulations Running Smoothly
BRP is well known for its power sports brands, Sea Doo, Ski Doo, and Can Am. The company is also a major competitor in the marine industry, as a manufacturer of Evinrude outboard engines. Recently, BRP made a significant investment in their Sturtevant,...X-ISS Manages HPC Data Center Relocation and Expansion on Tight Deadline
ION GX Technology (GXT) is a leader in providing advanced seismic data processing and visualization services to oil and gas clients through a series of worldwide geophysical centers. The computing power that drives these processing services comes from a large internal cloud-based HPC...X-ISS Sets Up Diskless Windows HPC Cluster for Secure Military Environment
A Department of Defense site needed a powerful Microsoft Windows HPC cluster to run mission critical simulation applications. At 196 nodes, the cluster was relatively large, and due to security constraints, it had to be diskless. In a diskless cluster, a central storage area...Companies Benefit from ManagedHPC
Through our Tier-1 OEM partner, ManagedHPC was selected as the preferred remote cluster management solution by the North American manufacturing arm of a world leader in the design, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of motorized recreational vehicles and powersports engines. ManagedHPC is also the...
ManagedHPC as OEM’s Cluster Management Solution
A Tier-1 OEM was looking to provide incremental value-add to its HPC customers by offering a cost-effective means of managing and maximizing uptime of their compute environments. Knowing that a large number of customers were struggling with finding and hiring HPC system administrators,...
Geoscience Solutions Company Chooses DecisionHPC
DecisionHPC was selected as the primary HPC metrics and analytics tool by a company which provides an integrated suite of geoscience solutions to the global oil and gas industry through innovative uses of high performance compute clusters. DecisionHPC gives managers and system administrators...
X-ISS Helps University of Wisconsin Focus on Supporting Researchers
At the University of Wisconsin, the Engineering Department did not have the time to hire and train a person to administer the complex HPC cluster required for research. Only a small handful of candidates who applied for the position were qualified to administer...HPC Data Center Design
A seismic processing client was looking to modify their commercial facility to provide adequate infrastructure for a 1.5 MW HPC datacenter. X-ISS has won that opportunity and will be providing assessment, design, vendors selection, and implementation services for both the datacenter and the...
