Success Stories
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UMASS – UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL, USAREAD MOREThe Project: Size: Extend the UMass Medical HPC InfiniBand fabric, post re-cabling projects we did in the last couple of engagements. Primary SI: DELL The Challenges: The UMASS admins were getting a lot of criticism from their customer base. The cluster was slow and unreliable. One of the key professor and researchers was very critical
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INSA – ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIAREAD MOREThe Project: Bringing up OpenStack environment, using our advanced SRIOV feature and Ceph storage to achieve max performance The Challenges: Private cloud solution based on OpenStack Advance Ethernet network Software-defined storage based on Ceph Complete rack solution Compute and Storage scalable Off the shelf building blocks The Solution: Deployment servers: Deployment servers used for solution deployment,
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TENCENT – SHANWEI, CHINAREAD MOREThe Project: Size: Physical Network includes a full fat tree, non-blocking, 2 tier network with 32 LEAFs and 16 SPINEs Primary SI: IBM The Challenges: Aggressive schedule High network demands New servers On-site presence was required during the entire period of the project, including close by engineers during the weekends The Solution: The Physical
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TECH ELECTRONICS – MISSOURI, USAREAD MOREThe Project Mellanox Services was engaged in remotely preparing and assisting with the installation of new Mellanox equipment. The goal was to bring up two SN2700 switches to replace existing core switches (Cisco Nexus). The configuration contained 3rd party equipment and a variety of Ethernet protocols and services. The Challenges: Being the core switches on an
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SEARS – ILLINOIS, USAREAD MOREThe Project: Size: Expansion from 36 nodes to 108 nodes Primary SI: DELL The Challenges: Sears generally uses their cluster for Ad-Hoc projects and to a lesser extent, for Sears Data Scientists. Expansion of Sears current environment from 36 nodes to 108 nodes Converting FDRnon –blocking 1:1 IB network, to a 2:1 blocking IB network
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REDUCE POST PRODUCTION RISK – GE, INDIAREAD MOREThe Project: Size: 800-node, mixed cluster Primary SI: HP The Challenges: 10 different fabrics needed to become one Mix fabric speeds, DDR/QDR/FDR Fabric’s health is known to be unstable Firmware/ software compatibility at such size The Solution: PS worked closely with R&D to mimic such a cluster PS conductedpre project health check for all fabrics
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BT/DOW JONES – NEW JERSEY, USAREAD MOREThe Project: Size: 50 nodes InfiniBand with Gateway The Challenges: Extremely complicated cluster HA needs Multicast Ethernet connectivity redundancy Security restrictions consideration blocking OOB solution configuration Lacking partner experience in similar scenarios The solution: An end-to-end solution including deployment and training for the customer and partners GPS conducted lab tests; simulation to certify a workaround
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FLEXIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY – ASTAR, SINGAPOREREAD MOREThe Project: Size: 1500-node EDR Primary SI: Fujitsu The Challenges: Lack of Fujitsu’s experience Constantly changing target schedule End 2 END large EDR cluster New Fujitsu server integration Aggressive schedule (data center is under construction) Multi-vendor environment – DDN, CISCO, LANTROVISON, PROMETRIX, FUJITSU The Solution: Mellanox TAM, deployment services, Mellanox Care Ground zero bring up
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NEW TECHNOLOGY EXTREME TIME TO MARKET- JURECA, JULICH GERMANYREAD MOREThe Project: Size: 1800 nodes EDR Primary SI: T-Platform The Challenges: First time ever T-Platform integration with Mellanox EDR products FIRST EVER Barracuda installation with a moving GA targets On time deployment 4x BARACODA, 1500 cables under floor layout, 107 xSB7790 T-Platform built and connected 5 cabinets in 3 months’ time frame The Solution:
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