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3 Dell HPC System for Manufacturing—System Architecture and Application Performance
Contents
1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 System Building Blocks ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Infrastructure Servers ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.2 Explicit Building Blocks ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Implicit Building Blocks ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.4 Implicit GPGPU Building Blocks ...................................................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Servers ........................................................................................................................... 9
2.6 Dell NSS-HA Storage ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.7 Dell IEEL Storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.8 System Networks ............................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.9 VDI Software ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12
2.10 Cluster Software ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.11 Services and Support ........................................................................................................................................................ 12
3 Reference System ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
4 System Performance ................................................................................................................................................................... 15
4.1 STREAM................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
4.2 High Performance Linpack (HPL) ................................................................................................................................... 15
4.3 ANSYS Fluent ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.4 ANSYS Mechanical ........................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.5 CD-adapco STAR-CCM+ ............................................................................................................................................... 33
4.6 LSTC LS-DYNA .................................................................................................................................................................. 39
5 System Power Requirements .................................................................................................................................................... 43
6 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) ........................................................................................................................................ 50
7 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................................... 54