The virtualization environment from Orion soft is deployed in the computing cluster of Novosibirsk State University

2023: Configuring Virtualization for a Supercomputer Computing Cluster

The virtualization environment from Orion soft is deployed in the computing cluster of Novosibirsk State University. Orion soft announced this on August 29, 2023.

Based zVirt platforms on the National Technology Initiative Center, the partner company K2 Teh has deployed and configured the environment virtualizations for a super computer computing cluster. Virtualization supercomputer allows you to create a more flexible infrastructure, as well as reduce the load in large-scale modeling systems designed for a large amount of computing. NTIs are research tasks related to the development of algorithms a solution to reverse problems of optimizing composite structures according to various strength criteria, the development of a mathematical apparatus and its software implementation for modeling complex anisogrid structures, modeling the static and cyclic strength of the material-coating system, modeling combustion and fire, developing software modules and much more.

For August 2023, the NTI Center aims to create and accelerate the launch of new types of materials and products based on them. Their use in the design of parts, structures and other products contributes to the development of domestic aviation, and space power others, industrial industries ensuring technological sovereignty. Therefore, not only the high performance of the computing cluster, but also its component and software independence was important to us. And this means compliance with the requirements, - import substitution commented the director of the NTI Center for New Functional Materials on the basis of Novosibirsk a state university. Amiran Vekua

The cluster infrastructure is built on 11 high-performance computing nodes of Russian production, combined by the Angara high-speed network developed by JSC. NICEVT The computing subsystem of the complex consists of 392 processor cores installed in 7 high-performance ones. servers They include both servers CPU-based and graphics with GPU accelerators for processing. visual data The exchange between data the servers is provided by the first Russian interconnect - the high-speed network "" Angara developed by NITSEVT JSC. The nominal data transfer rate is at least 75 Gbps, without locks and with low delays. The expected peak performance of the supercomputer is 47 Tflops. Failover NFS storage provides at least 40 TB of data.

The supercomputer in the NTI center will speed up mathematical calculations, minimize the number of errors and, as a result, reduce the development time of new materials and products. At the same time, in the process of designing a computing cluster, K2Tex experts provided for the possibility of its further scaling, including through virtualization, "said Alexey Zotov, head of the K2Tex IT infrastructure department.

Orion soft allows you to dispose of the computing power of servers designed for the operation of supercomputer management services. At the same time, zVirt provides a high level of availability and security of resources.

zVirt includes all the necessary functionality to effectively manage servers and virtual machines. The use of the platform opens up unlimited opportunities for infrastructure virtualization and will allow the university to implement large-scale technical projects. zVirt copes with peak loads, which guarantees stable operation and high cluster performance when implementing the most complex computing tasks. Thanks to a simple, understandable Russian-language interface, it will be easy and convenient for NTI users to work with the platform, "said Maxim Berezin, director of business development at Orion soft.