Whenever I discuss image management capabilities of the HPC Cluster Manager, one question which invariably arises is, “How do I capture an image of a compute node which has been customized so that I can use it as the ‘master’ for deploying to the rest...

I am pleased to announce the start of the HPC Pack 2012 Beta Program! The 4th major version of our HPC software line following the Compute Cluster Pack, HPC Pack 2008, and HPC Pack 2008 R2 releases, the HPC Pack 2012 release brings a batch of new functionality...

With the introduction of SP1 of HPC Server 2008 R2 it is possible to run workload on Windows Azure. If you want to be able to off-burst your batch application (= extending the infrastructure from classic on-premise servers to cloud based Azure worker...

A few months ago, I was asked a question about how to assign a connection specific DNS Suffix to a NIC which was different from the Active Directory Domain. For example, the AD Domain was contoso.com , but they wanted to be able to assign a DNS suffix...

A common scenario is to have the Windows HPC Server 2008 Private Network DNS on the head node of the cluster. Because the HPC Pack normally manages name resolution for the private network via Hosts files it propagates to all nodes, we do not normally...

The second service pack to the HPC Pack 2008 software is now available! This service pack is a minor bug fixing release, it does not add any major new functionality. It does fix various reliability issues, and is suggested that all users of HPC Pack...

We recently had the chance to speak with some modelers using Matlab to run some analysis for their Enterprise Risk Management program. They were surprised to find out that Matlab was supported on the Windows Compute Cluster Server. Is anybody else out...

For ISV application you have to set some environments variables on the compute node. You can set this variable by hand, but if you have many nodes it can be long. So, the idea of this post is how can set them attaumaticaly ? Use the HPCS tools : ...

HPC Server 2008 R2 SDK SP1 contains sample code that demonstrates the usage of Java on the client side. The framework enables a Java-to-Java communication within HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1. It enables to send Java objects on the client side and process them...

This series of blog posts introduces the SOA programming model for Microsoft HPC Pack 2012. This is the first blog post of the series and provides guidance to write your first SOA service and client. See the accompanying code sample to follow the steps...

Goodfolk, One of my customers wanted to know if they had really built a 64-bit application for their cluster. After all, we run WIndows HPC Server on a 64-bit server OS, so why not take full advantage of it? I had a few minutes before I had to get...

To manage/monitor/use a cluster you don’t need to be logged on the head node, you just have to install the HPC Pack on your Windows Workstation. Idealy your PC and the cluster will be into the same Active Directory, but if this is not the case, you...

The Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) project is a multi-year/multi-institution collaboration to develop a next generation regional forecast model and data assimilation system for operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) and atmospheric research...

Because ISVs have to support solutions from multiple vendors, I frequently get asked: "How do I know if I am running on CCS?" It's a good question. Also, as future versions of the product get shipped, it will be increasingly important to be able to tell...

Last week at the Valuation Actuaries Symposium I was able to attend a session hosted by Milliman at the Embassy Suites Hotel during which the MG-ALFA modeling product and the MG-Triton Valuation product were discussed and reviewed in the context of how...

Do you want to access the HPCS 2008 Job Scheduler from other environments such as Java, Linux, etc? Or build Job Submission tools around a standard web services based interface? Well, in the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) released this week...

Job Templates are one of the most whiz-bang new features in HPC Server 2008, but we've gotten a lot of feedback from the community that you don't really know what they're for or how to use them. So I figured a quick post here might help solve that problem...

Not to be outdone by some of the other parts of the Windows HPC Server product, we wanted to start a blog to get you information on the Windows HPC Server job scheduler, including details on: What's new in HPC Server 2008 How to use different...

'Tool Pack' is the name we use to release various utilities written by the dev team in their spare time. Today we've released one new tool and an update to an old favorite. Lizard - the good old Li npack tuning wi zard has been updated with some...

Mellanox has released a new version of its WHQLed WinOF drivers. V2.0.5 build 4453 See: http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=32&menu_section=34 Click the download tab in the middle of the page and select...

There were a lot of questions about how to use Activation and Submission Filters to help customize queue managmeent and do things like license-aware scheduling. That, on top of some changes made in a QFE , led us to do an updated doc on using filters...

MSMPI Tracing Windows HPC Server 2008 (formerly known as Computer Cluster Server v2) includes all new MPI tracing featuring Windows ETW tracing. The new MPI tracing is always available and with a flick of a switch you can turn tracing on or off without...

HPC uses HPC sessions to support the service-oriented architecture (SOA) programming model based on Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Sometimes troubleshooting errors from this SOA based applications could be challenging. However this tip I'm about...

Recently a customer asked me to create a document to briefly describe the charting and reporting functionality in V2. After completing the document I felt that it would make a good blog posting to share with the HPC community. The document is attached...

Today Clustercorp introduced their new hybrid solution, ROCKS(R)+HYBRID, for supporting Windows HPC Server and Linux on the same hardware. They've pulled together a Rocks-based deployment solution that is consistent with both Windows HPC Server 2008 and...