Innovative HPC Solutions from Nor-Tech
At the forefront of HPC innovation, Nor-Tech offers a variety of HPC clusters; including standard rackmount clusters, GPU clusters and visualization clusters, as well as the award-winning Portable Cluster. Nor-Tech has developed and built clusters for a wide range of scientific applications, including projects funded by the NSF, NIH and DARPA. Check out our library of Case Studies for more on these exciting projects.
Recently, Nor-Tech has led the charge in the development of GPU/CUDA/OpenCL Clusters, and worked with other innovators to improve benchmarking software for GPUs. Nor-Tech’s unwavering commitment to a positive customer experience is one of the many reasons for Nor-Tech’s strong partnerships with leading OEMs.
Nor-Tech’s HPC clusters are changing the world through…
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- The detection of the first gravitational wave that ultimately confirmed Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
- The discovery of the origin of the universe through the study of cataclysmic astrophysical events involving exploding stars and black holes
- The search for Alzheimer’s and PTSD cures
- Research into Type II Diabetes
- The design and ultimate development of a futuristic transportation system
- The successful development of cars that fly
- The design and development of the world’s fastest luxury airplanes
- The design and development of a revolutionary combustion motor
- Research into hydropower and wind energy
- The exploration of oil and gas fields through onsite field data analysis
- Weather research and forecasting
- Research into nucleation and crystallization
- Research into the reduction of aircraft noise and airline safety
- The development of molecular computational methods and reactive processes
- Research into the stabilization and formulation of biopharmaceuticals
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See also:
- Data Center Clusters
- Ruggedized Portable Clusters
- Workgroup Clusters
- Office Clusters
- GPU Clusters
- Visualization Clusters
- Nor-Tech is an Authorized Supermicro Partner
What Sets Nor-Tech Apart from Every Other HPC Cluster Builder?
- We have the industry knowledge to configure solutions that meet exacting customer requirements.
- We maintain strong partnerships with leading hardware and software OEMs and only work with the best components for the application.
- Nor-Tech’s innovative approach to integration and deployment enables plug & play setup at the client site.
- Client testing before shipment ensures each cluster is fully configured and ready to deploy when it leaves our facility.
- We provide a complete set of references including user manuals, a network topology guide, and a Visio drawing.
- We label all cables with ID tags on both ends.
- We provide a customized bare metal cluster recovery disk.
- Every client is asked to log into their new cluster just after burn-in completion to verify operation and setup users.
- We assist clients with job script creation.
- Our clusters all ship with Storage Guard to alert clients before their clusters run out of space; and ambient temperature monitoring and protection to protect clusters in the event air conditioning fails.
- We guarantee no wait-time support.
- Everything we sell is built by us in Minnesota and supported by us around the world.
Studies Conclude: On-Prem HPC Makes More Sense than Cloud
There is a lot of incomplete information about the benefits of cloud over on-prem HPC. However private and public entities with the resources to thoroughly research this topic conclude that, for most high-level applications, on-prem HPC makes more sense than cloud.
Resources Demonstrating the Advantages of HPC over Cloud
Nor-Tech Resources:
- https://www.nor-tech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/nor-tech-cloud-v.-on-premises-hpc-intel.pdf
- https://www.nor-tech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mst-cloud-article-11-30-20.pdf
Other Resources
- https://www.hpcwire.com/2018/03/15/how-the-cloud-is-falling-short-for-research-computing/
- https://thelinuxcluster.com/2019/01/27/hpc-cloud-versus-on-premise-hpc-cost-studies/
- https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1076794
- https://www.nas.nasa.gov/assets/pdf/papers/NAS_Technical_Report_NAS-2018-01.pdf
- Basecamp CTO: $600k of servers will save $7 million • The Register
- https://www.hpcwire.com/solution_content/ibm/cross-industry/hpc-in-the-cloud-avoid-these-common-pitfalls/
- https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0