LAKE FOREST, CALIF., March 2, 2022  — PSSC Labs, a developer of high performance computing (HPC) and big data computing solutions, announced today an updated release CBeST Cluster Management Toolkit®.  Software Version 6.0 update includes kernel optimizations, custom scripts and open source tools integrated, optimized and customized for your specific PowerWulf® ZXR1+ HPC Cluster hardware and applications.

Version 6.0 includes:

Updated OS Support

• Ubuntu® 20.04 LTS
• Red Hat® 8.0
• CentOS Linux 7.0.

Support for Containers Using Singularity Software

Includes PSSC Labs’ new SimpleAI Framework. Singularity, a cross-platform, open-source computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization also known as containerization. With Singularity containers, developers can work in reproducible environments of their choosing and design, and these complete environments can easily be copied and executed on other platforms – helping bring the HPC and Enterprise computing worlds together.

SimpleAI Framework

SimpleAI Framework enables users to speed up their Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning workloads. SimpleAI includes the following tools:

• Tensorflow
• PyTorch
• Caffe
• Keras, CUDA
• cuDNN
• Rapids AI

Refinements to Existing Features

Improvements to these popular features include:

• Message Passing Interface
• Portable Batch Schedulers (including Slurm)
• Compilers (including Basic GNU development tools and Intel OneAPI Toolkit)
• Ganglia Hardware Monitoring Utilities
• Clonezilla Node Imaging and Replication Utility
• Remote Management (via Intel Platform Management Interface)

“With the addition of Singularity and SimpleAI Framework, maintaining OS compatibility and continuing to finetune our existing features, CBeST 6.0 is our best version yet” said Alex Lesser, President, PSSC Labs.

Availability

CBeST Cluster Management Toolkit Version 6.0 is included with all outgoing PSSC HPC systems and available for existing systems in the field. PSSC Labs also addresses distinct customer requirements by offering customized refinements of this software toolkit.  Go here [link] to learn more.

About PSSC Labs

For over 25 years PSSC Labs has provided custom, on-premise high performance computing (HPC) systems designed to meet unique enterprise computing challenges. PSSC Labs offers HPC AI deep learning solutions and other big data solutions and delivers relentless performance with the absolute lowest total cost of ownership – all backed with industry-leading US-based support.

All products are designed and built at the company’s headquarters in Lake Forest, California.

LAKE FOREST, CALIF., October 13, 2020 — PSSC Labs, a developer of high performance computing (HPC) and big data computing solutions, announces today that a new release of CBeST Cluster Management v 5.0 Software Stack will be available. The newest version of CBeST will add support for the latest Red Hat^® Enterprise Linux^® / CentOS Linux^® 8.0 operating system and provide enhanced support for advanced technologies from Intel^®, AMD^® and NVIDIA^®. CBeST will support bursting to cloud environments including Microsoft^® Azure, Amazon^® AWS and Google^® Compute.

PSSC Labs continues to develop the most full featured cluster management software in the industry. CBeST is a complete cluster management package comprised of kernel optimizations, custom scripts and open source tools that are elegantly integrated, optimized and customized for your specific PowerWulf HPC Cluster hardware and applications. PSSC Labs provides support for CBeST at no additional cost. Below are the components included with CBeST.

Key features:

• Support for Red Hat^® Enterprise Linux^® / CentOS Linux^® 8.0
• Operating System and BIOS performance optimizations tailored by CPU type (AMD^®/Intel^®)
• Support for both Intel^®, AMD^®, NVIDIA^® GPUs
• NVIDIA^® CUDA SDK software preinstalled
• Multiple MPI platforms and versions installed by default
• Environment Modules configuration. This will allow user environment customization to switch between different default MPI/application/compiler versions/environments.
• Support for Cloud Bursting to Microsoft^® Azure, Amazon^® AWS and Google^® Compute
• Support for connecting to different parallel file systems including Gluster, Lustre, and Ceph
• Support for Mellanox^® InfiniBand up to 200 Gb/s and Intel^® Omni-Path up to 100 Gb/s
• Support for high speed ethernet standards 10/25/40/100 Gb/s.
• Enhanced usability and management
• Continued improvements on the build and use of slurm batch scheduler
• Slurm customization, including support for GPUs and Quality of Service prioritizing
• Slurm will allow support for bursting cloud deployment

PSSC Labs clusters are powering a whole new generation of research and business innovation. Their cluster management software stack is designed to automate the process of building and managing high performance clusters, so customers can eliminate the complexity of cluster management and attain ultimate flexibility. Learn more at www.site-a.com.

About PSSC Labs

For technology powered visionaries with a passion for challenging the status quo, PSSC Labs is the answer for hand-crafted HPC and Big Data computing solutions that deliver relentless performance with the absolute lowest total cost of ownership. We are true innovators offering high performance computing solutions to solve the world’s most demanding problems. For 25+ years, organizations of all sizes and from a variety of industries rely on PSSC Labs’ computing systems. We are proud to support many departments within the United States government, Fortune 500 companies, and small and medium-sized businesses.

All products are designed and built at the company’s headquarters in Lake Forest, California.