Unleash Supercomputing Power with HPC-NOW: An Open-Source HPC Solution on AWS

This article introduces HPC-NOW, an open-source HPC solution developed by Shanghai HPC-NOW Technologies Co., Ltd. in collaboration with AWS. It allows users to efficiently manage and scale their HPC workloads on AWS.

Specifically, the article covers:

• The background and motivation behind HPC-NOW, addressing the need for a tool to rapidly deploy and manage HPC clusters on AWS
• The AWS architecture and key features of HPC-NOW, including multi-cluster management, full lifecycle management, cluster connectivity, data management, application management, user management, and job management
• The typical workflow of using HPC-NOW on AWS, from installation to cluster initialization, application deployment, data transfer, job execution, and cluster deprovisioning
• The AWS resources provisioned by HPC-NOW, such as VPCs, EC2 instances, EFS storage, S3 buckets, and IAM entities
• A customer success story highlighting the benefits of using HPC-NOW on AWS, including improved simulation performance, scalability, and cost savings