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Description

AWS ParallelCluster is a free, open-source tool designed for efficient management and deployment of High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters within the AWS environment. It streamlines the configuration of essential components such as compute nodes, shared filesystems, and job schedulers, while accommodating various instance types and job submission queues. Users have the flexibility to engage with ParallelCluster using a graphical user interface, command-line interface, or API, which allows for customizable cluster setups and oversight. The tool also works seamlessly with job schedulers like AWS Batch and Slurm, making it easier to transition existing HPC workloads to the cloud with minimal adjustments. Users incur no additional costs for the tool itself, only paying for the AWS resources their applications utilize. With AWS ParallelCluster, users can effectively manage their computing needs through a straightforward text file that allows for the modeling, provisioning, and dynamic scaling of necessary resources in a secure and automated fashion. This ease of use significantly enhances productivity and optimizes resource allocation for various computational tasks.

Description

xCAT, or Extreme Cloud Administration Toolkit, is a versatile open-source solution aimed at streamlining the deployment, scaling, and oversight of both bare metal servers and virtual machines. It delivers extensive management functionalities tailored for environments such as high-performance computing clusters, render farms, grids, web farms, online gaming infrastructures, cloud setups, and data centers. Built on a foundation of established system administration practices, xCAT offers a flexible framework that allows system administrators to identify hardware servers, perform remote management tasks, deploy operating systems on physical or virtual machines in both disk and diskless configurations, set up and manage user applications, and execute parallel system management operations. This toolkit is compatible with a range of operating systems, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, and CentOS, as well as architectures such as ppc64le, x86_64, and ppc64. Moreover, it supports various management protocols, including IPMI, HMC, FSP, and OpenBMC, which enable seamless remote console access. In addition to its core functionalities, xCAT's extensible nature allows for ongoing enhancements and adaptations to meet the evolving needs of modern IT infrastructures.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

AWS Batch Yes 
AWS EC2 Trn3 Instances Yes 
AWS Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) Yes 
AWS HPC Yes 
AWS Lambda Yes 
AWS Parallel Computing Service Yes 
Aiven for PostgreSQL No 
Amazon API Gateway Yes 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Yes 
IBM PowerVM No 
KVM No 
MariaDB No 
MySQL No 
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux No 
PowerAI No 
Python Yes 
SQLite No 
Slurm Yes 
Ubuntu No 

Integrations

AWS Batch No 
AWS EC2 Trn3 Instances No 
AWS Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) No 
AWS HPC No 
AWS Lambda No 
AWS Parallel Computing Service No 
Aiven for PostgreSQL Yes 
Amazon API Gateway No 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) No 
IBM PowerVM Yes 
KVM Yes 
MariaDB Yes 
MySQL Yes 
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux Yes 
PowerAI Yes 
Python No 
SQLite Yes 
Slurm No 
Ubuntu Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

Free
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Amazon

Founded

1994

Country

United States

Website

aws.amazon.com/hpc/parallelcluster/

Vendor Details

Company Name

xCAT

Founded

2024

Website

xcat.org

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