About Intel® Cluster Ready

Why Clusters?
Amplify your workstation and gain more muscle for your toughest challenges. Add the power of an Intel® Xeon® processor-based high-performance computing (HPC) cluster to enhance productivity and solve new problems. Simulate, analyze and visualize more complex, data-intensive models faster.

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Why Intel® Cluster Ready?
Intel Cluster Ready architecture means pre-tested interoperability, so you realize HPC benefits faster. Match certified systems with registered applications and enjoy the freedom to focus on purchasing the configuration that best fits your application workload - without worrying if components will work together. Intel Cluster Ready solutions come with the Intel® Cluster Checker tool, to help you validate that the cluster remains within certification over time and troubleshoot any problems that occur. The result: greater productivity and higher return on your HPC investment.

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How Does Intel Cluster Ready Work?

1. Platform providers and system integrators use the Intel Cluster Ready architecture and specification to develop interoperable clusters that are easy to deploy and manage. They do the work of ensuring components work together, so you can buy an Intel Cluster Ready system with confidence that it will work as it should, right from the start. Intel Cluster Ready systems must pass a certification process to verify they are interoperable with registered Intel Cluster Ready software.
2. Software developers test their applications running representative workloads on certified Intel Cluster Ready systems to ensure that they run as expected. Once proper execution is verified, the application is registered as capable of running on any system compliant with the Intel Cluster Ready specification. You can choose the right cluster to run the registered Intel Cluster Ready software you depend on, and experience great application performance, right from the start.
3. Intel Cluster Checker, provided with all Intel Cluster ready systems, cures the headaches of traditional cluster maintenance and gives you the power of HPC clusters with less need for specialized experience. Use Intel Cluster Checker to enhance system reliability, reduce total cost of ownership over the cluster's lifetime, and ensure continuing performance.

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