* HPE will deliver an end-to-end infrastructure featuring its industry-leading high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions powered by HPE Apollo Systems and HPE Superdome Flex Servers, as well as HPE Ezmeral Container Platform software capabilities
* The EIDF will offer researchers access to HPC and AI technologies to apply analytics to modeling and simulation to increase accuracy of results and speed time-to-discovery
* HPE uniquely deliver end-to-end infrastructure that seamlessly combines advanced HPC, AI, container, and software technologies into a single framework to enable collaborative, optimal experiences
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The deal, which has an expected value of more than US
As a hub for innovation, the EIDF will enable R&D on initiatives focused on addressing global issues such as food production, climate change, space exploration and genetically-tailored healthcare. The EIDF will offer researchers access to HPC and AI technologies to apply analytics to modeling and simulation to increase accuracy of results and speed time-to-discovery.
The EIDF will enable R&D on initiatives focused on addressing global issues
The EIDF will also improve overall insights by allowing users to securely access shared datasets and analytics from public and private sources.
The EIDF will play a critical role in the region's Data Driven Innovation (DDI) program, which involves greater collaboration between industry, the public sector and academia. The new facility will power five DDI hub sites with vital infrastructure to meet complex long-term project demands. The DDI program was pioneered by the
"We are pleased to be working with HPE to deliver what we believe is the only facility of its kind in
To support its mission, EIDF turned to HPE to uniquely deliver an end-to-end infrastructure that seamlessly combines advanced HPC, AI, container, and software technologies into a single framework to enable collaborative, optimal experiences across broad groups of users.
As AI and ML practices are becoming integral to scientific research and engineering, managing AI workloads and applications at scale is a critical requirement for EIDF. In order to address these requirements, EIDF is deploying the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform running on HPE Apollo Systems that are purpose-built to support HPC, deep learning and other data-intensive workloads. Additionally, the platform will also run HPE Superdome Flex Servers to support applications requiring large in-memory processing.
The HPE Ezmeral Container Platform provides native Kubernetes support and enables self-service AI / ML applications for EIDF scientists, with flexible use of accelerators such as GPUs. It will also allow developers to standardize machine learning workflows and accelerate AI deployments from months to days with the HPE Ezmeral ML Ops solution. The solution enables developers to streamline and speed up the entire machine learning model lifecycle from proof-of-concept and pilot stages, all the way through deployment, using a DevOps-like process to standardize models.
It also includes pre-integrated persistent data storage in the form of the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric file system, for high-performance and high-throughput advanced analytics. This allows EIDF scientists to easily access the data they need in a secure multitenant and collaborative manner, accelerate the deployment of machine learning workloads and models, and get to insights faster.
HPE will also deliver the Cray Shasta ClusterStor E1000 system, which utilizes tailored software and hardware features to meet high-performance storage requirements of any size. It is purpose-built to support EIDF's ongoing data growth and converged HPC and analytics workloads using intelligent data management. EIDF will gain 20 petabytes of storage capacity with the new system which will be used for the regional data facility and for vital COVID-19 research at the
EIDF will gain 20 petabytes of storage capacity with the new system
"HPE is proud to embark on this long-term initiative with the
Shipment and installation are planned to begin immediately, with first orders already underway. The agreement is for a single source framework through to 2030, with the EIDF expected to be fully operational in the fall of 2020.
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