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HPC Success Stories

Success Story: 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 HPC systems from beginning-to-end. The datacenter will be designed to handle high density racks with optimal PUE and the HPC infrastructure will be designed for optimal management and performance. The customer chose us because of our experience and reputation in the HPC management space and because of our vendor neutrality. This provides them the ability to execute quickly and effectively in an area where they don’t have a lot of experience, while focusing on their key core area of internal development.

 

Success Story: 928-Node IBM COD Cluster Deployment

When a local geophysics company abruptly encountered an issue where they needed to expand their systems, X-ISS was there. Despite the project being short notice, X-ISS understood the need for quick turnaround, and with superior expertise in the area, X-ISS deployed the cluster over the weekend, enabling the client to come back to “business as usual” on Monday.

“X-ISS gives a broader view of technological options for advancing IT and has the experience to properly implement those options.”

– Keith Ritchie, Ion Geophysical

 

Success Story: Three 500-Node IBM Cluster Install

A local Houston client was in need of a new environment ASAP and they knew to come to X-ISS. X-ISS had set up one 500-node cluster for this client the previous year and the idea was to add two more clusters. However, time-to-production was an important factor for implementing the new system.

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Some other ways in which clients have engaged X-ISS as a trusted advisor and utilized the X-ISS Business Approach to IT:

  • To implement clusters with full remote power and console management functionality to facilitate off-site control
  • To reduce manual intervention needed to implement additional nodes
  • To complete projects with a Zero Time to Production Promise
  • To fit customers’ needs through custom changes
  • To provide on-site, hands-on knowledge transfer to help customers become familiar with the setup

“X-ISS’s experience and expertise are not easy to match. They are our ‘go-to’ partner for High-Performance Computing.”

 

– One of the world’s largest computer companies who considers
X-ISS a trusted partner for their HPC engagements