CLOUD
Univa UD launches cloud extension for virtual HPC management
- Pay-per-use model built on top of Amazon EC2's simple web service interface Low-cost, unified monthly billing
- Enhanced security and technical support from the experts and thought leaders in HPC
"This is a major step forward for all users of HPC, from entry-level beginners to large-scale consumers," said Gary Tyreman, vice president and general manager, HPC division at Univa UD. "Our customers can now eliminate significant portions of HPC management complexity and cost by using UniCloud to dynamically provision capacity to meet peak demand." "Amazon Web Services is excited Univa UD is integrating Amazon EC2 into their offering," said Steve Rabuchin, Director of Developer Relations and Business Development for Amazon Web Services. "EC2 enables users to develop and deploy applications on a highly available, elastic environment for large scale computing. UniCloud will make it even easier for organizations to extend existing policies and workflows into the Amazon Web Services cloud only paying for capacity that they require." "With UniCloud we're helping to forge the inevitable convergence of HPC computing with cloud and virtualization-focused usage models," said Jason Liu, Univa UD president and CEO. "Customers need to know that solutions like cloud will actually deliver real, measurable benefits – they don't just want to go cloud for the sake of cloud. With UniCloud, we've proven the model and its benefits for HPC – and will be doing the same work for our data center product line." Univa UD recently published a how-to white paper addressing how to run UniCluster in Amazon EC2. The paper, along with a Q&A webinar with the author, is available for download at its web site. UniCloud is available immediately from Univa UD at introductory prices as low as $.10 per computing hour.