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CLUSTERTECH HPC Environment Software Stack (CHESS)

The CLUSTERTECH HPC Environment Software Stack (CHESS) increases efficiency, improves price/performance ratio, reduces TCO and maximizes productivity and returns of your HPC investments with our first rate commercial-grade support and our continuous technology development for your Linux-based HPC cluster. It addresses the three major software aspects of HPC clusters:

Configuration of the operating system (network, services, access control, etc.) at every node to form a coherent HPC platform.
Convenient monitoring, control and management in daily operation of the HPC cluster.
Provision of tools and libraries for development and execution of HPC applications.

The central layer of CHESS consists of two components:

CHESS Core Information Infrastructure (CHESS Core)
CHESS Management Center.

CHESS Core handles low-level system configuration issues and consolidates real-time system statuses for monitoring of CPU, memory and network traffic. Used in conjunction with CHESS Management Center, CHESS enables an effective administration of the HPC cluster from an intuitive yet flexible interface. CHESS provides in its top layer all commonly used tools and libraries for the development and execution of HPC applications. These components are tightly integrated with the core infrastructure and need not be individually reconfigured thus significantly reducing maintenance effort..

Almost any software can be deployed using CHESS Some examples include the following:
General Numerical Computation: Monte Carlo, Finite Difference, Neural Network, PDE, FFT, Lapack Aerodynamics: Nastran, fLuent, Ansys Bioinformatics: mpiBLAST, Finnigan, NAMD, FTDock Chemistry: Gaussian, Materials Studio, Amber, HONDO, TURBOMOLE, ADF, GAMESS, Molpro, VASP Oil and gas: Landmark, Promax, Jason, Geodepth, Focus, Geocluster, Omega, Geotomo Weather prediction: MM5, HIM, MOM, POM, CCSM, GRAPES


Competitive Advantages

	Rapid Installation and Seamless Integration
	CHESS provides an easy-to-use step-by-step installer. Over 30 peripheral components, including resource manager and parallel middleware are tightly integrated with CHESS Core using preconfigured RPM.

	Centralized Cluster Administration
	CHESS provides robust and web-based cluster monitoring with email alerts for quick detection of abnormal system status. Users can access our professional support services via the web, email or telephone.

	Easy to Support and Quick Response
	Web-based cluster monitoring with integrated email alerts upon abnormal system status. Access our commercial-grade support services via the web, email, and/or telephone.

	Scheduler and Management
	CHESS manages fair sharing of a cluster by users and groups. Users can review own cluster usage through reports and fine-tune sharing policies through web interfaces.

	Excellent Application and Hardware Compatibility
	CHESS has proven deployments in general numerical computation, aerodynamics, bioinformatics, oil, gas and weather predictions. It supports various hardware platforms in 32 and 64-bit using Intel / AMD processors and most of the interconnect technologies in the market.

	High Configurability and Scalability
	As demands in I/O throughput, number crunching power and network requirements may change from time to time, and system administrators need the flexibility to conveniently reconfigure the system. The FlexiConf Technology of CHESS with its role-based cluster configuration engine accommodates this need.