Sunday September 13, 2009 New Blueprint: Sun Business Ready HPC for ANSYS FLUENT
A new Sun Blueprint article provides an overview of configuration requirements for running ANSYS FLUENT in a high-performance clustered environment on Sun systems. Sample performance data and detailed suggestions for designing and configuring a complete solution that addresses the most demanding ANSYS FLUENT workloads are presented. Full Story
More specifically, this document addresses the following topics:
* “Constructing a Compute Cluster for ANSYS FLUENT,” a description of ANSYS FLUENT and general sizing information regarding node count, memory, disk, and interconnect configurations that can help optimize performance.
* “Recommended Configuration,” includes information on a Sun Business Ready HPC Solution that satisfies the requirements of ANSYS FLUENT workloads.
* “For More Information,” offers pointers to additional informational resources.
* “Appendix A: ANSYS FLUENT Benchmark Models,” includes information on a range of ANSYS FLUENT benchmark models that can be helpful in evaluating the performance capabilities of a particular configuration.
* “Appendix B: The Lustre file system,” includes information on the characteristics and benefits of the Lustre™ file system.
