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"High-performance computing customers with massive workloads can increase business productivity and minimize costs by combining multiple server workloads into a single virtual system. The HP BladeSystem platform coupled with the ScaleMP vSMP Foundation software allows customers to more easily manage large-memory configurations on an affordable unified system."
-- Ed Turkel, product marketing manager, Scalable Computing and Infrastructure organization, HP

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Which vSMP Foundation is right for you?

vSMP Foundation
for SMP

vSMP Foundation
for Cluster

vSMP Foundation
for Cloud
Node Specifications
Max. CPUs1 per Node 16 16 16
Max. CPU1 Speed (Intel) Unlimited 2.4 GHz Unlimited
Memory (GB) per Node (Min. / Max) 4 / 256 4 / 32 4 / 256
VM Specifications
Nodes per VM (Min. / Max) 2 / 16 8 / 16 2 / 16
Max. CPUs1 per VM 255 255 255
Max. Memory (GB) per VM 4096 512 4096
Installation Media Flash drive6 Flash drive6 Network
VM Features
Fault Tolerant2 Support Yes Yes Yes
Backplane Redundancy3 Support Yes - -
Partitioning4 Support Yes Yes -
Direct Connect5 Support Yes - -
Additional Software
vSMP Productivity Pack7 Included Included Included
Profiler Included - Included

 

Notes:

  • CPUs1: Represented by a processor core or a logical processor.
  • Fault Tolerant2: Automatic restart of the VM upon node failure, isolating the failed node.
  • Backplane Redundancy3: Use of 2 parallel connection to one or two InfiniBand switches.
  • Partitioning4: Split of a VM to multiple smaller VMs. Each VM should have atleast 2 nodes.
  • Direct Connect5: Connecting up to 4 nodes without InfiniBand switch (back-to-back).
  • Flash drive6: Media loaded with vSMP Foundation software provided by ScaleMP. Available in USB, CompactFlash or SD card format.
  • vSMP Productivity Pack7: Automatic tool for OS tunning and installation of essentials for HPC operation environments. Available for RHEL and CentOS only.

 

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