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54 Dell HPC System for Manufacturing—System Architecture and Application Performance
7 Conclusion
This technical white paper presents a validated architecture for the Dell HPC System for Manufacturing.
The detailed analysis of the building block configurations demonstrate that the system is architected for a
specific purpose—to provide a comprehensive HPC solution for the manufacturing domain. The design
takes into account computation, storage, networking, visualization and software requirements and
provides a solution that is easy to install, configure and manage, with installation services, and support
readily available.
The performance benchmarking bears out the system design, providing actual measured results on the
system for applications relevant to the manufacturing domain. Additionally, system power data is
presented to allow for upfront power budgeting for this solution.