Life sciences research needs a lot of reliable and easy to
administrate computer power. A further important issue is to find a
reasonable price-to-quality ratio.
metalife and Microsoft developed the high performance computing (HPC)
in order to meet those needs. The solution is simple, highly efficient
and failsafe. Also, it is easily scalable at a low cost.
How does it work?
HPC is built on the base of standard computer hardware. If more
computing power is needed, simply connect additional standard computer
hardware. Our software does everything else.
The general principle of the HPC is that each server computer has
information about the status of all other servers and is able to use
their services at any time. There is no central point of communication
or a centralized data management system.
What are the advantages of the HPC?
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HPC is functioning with full capacity.
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Computer 2 changes or retrieves data from server 3.
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Server 3 updates all servers.
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Hardware failure occurs on server 4. The load is distributed automatically across the remaining servers.
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Replace the faulty computer. Then, the new computer is updated automatically.
