High Performance Computing for the Enterprise

Bret Weber, Chief Architect and Fellow, LSI Corporation

In the not so distant past it was easy to categorize the performance and availability requirements of computing environments into three broad buckets: HPC, enterprise and SMB. Today, however, these once well drawn lines are becoming increasingly blurred.  Historically, HPC environments were characterized by early adopters of bleeding-edge technologies offering raw performance over high availability, reliability and remote replication capabilities. In stark contrast, the historic view of the enterprise is that of a conservative adopters of technology with the emphasis on reliability, interoperability and scalability over raw performance.  In this session, the convergence the HPC and enterprise markets will be examined; how it is impacting the demands of the storage system, and the benefits and challenges it presents.  

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will be able to:  

• Gain a better understanding of the historical differences between HPC and enterprise environments, such as the key industries, applications and technologies typical to each
  
• Determine how HPC technology is moving into the enterprise and what the key technology forces are driving this convergence
  
• Assess how end-users are integrating HPC technologies into traditional enterprise environments to address new challenges
  

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